# Freiberg (Sachs) station

Freiberg (Sachs) station is a station on the Dresden–Werdau railway and the Nossen–Moldava railway in Freiberg in the German state of Saxony. Until 1995 it was also the start of the disused Freiberg–Halsbrücke railway.

## History

Freiberg (Sachs) station was opened with the opening of the extension of the Dresden–Tharandt railway to Freiberg on 11 August 1862. The station building, which was generous at the time, was designed by Freiberg architect Eduard Heuchler and included Gothic Revival elements. There is not much to see of these since reconstruction in the 20th century, but in its basic structure the station is still the building of 1862. Nearly seven years after its opening, the extension of the line to Chemnitz was opened on 1 March 1869 and Freiberg station became a through station. In the following decade, the Nossen–Moldava railway, which ran via Freiberg, was opened and, in 1890, operations began on the Freiberg–Halsbrücke railway, which had particular significance for freight transport. The sharp increase in passenger and freight traffic required the reconstruction of the station's rail facilities in 1900. The station's track layout was extended to the south, the low platforms between the tracks (which had access to only one track and were reached by passengers across the tracks from the central island platform, as was once common) were replaced with platforms connected by passenger tunnels and the level crossings over streets were replaced by underpasses.
According to the official timetable of 1944-45, three long-distance services stopped at Freiberg station.
| Line | Route |
| 2 | Breslau−Dresden−Freiberg (Sachs)−Hof−Nuremberg−Regensburg−Munich |
| 36 | Breslau−Dresden−Freiberg (Sachs)−Hof−Nürnberg−Stuttgart |
| 37 | Breslau−Dresden−Freiberg (Sachs)−Hof−Würzburg−Mannheim−Saarbrücken |
In 2011, the Freiburger IF Group acquired the station building and part of the station precinct from Deutsche Bahn for a six-figure purchase price. The intended renovation will include more retail space on the ground floor and office space upstairs.

## Rail services

Freiberg station used to be a stop for the Franken-Sachsen-Express from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Nuremberg, this service was cancelled in December 2014. Today the station is served by regional and suburban services of Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn, DB Regio and the Freiberger Eisenbahn service to Holzhau. All services run every hour. The Regional-Express services meet on the half-hour and each connect to and from the FEG trains to and from Holzhau.
Since 9 December 2007, Freiberg has been connected by the Dresden S-Bahn to Dresden. The S-Bahn line S 3 runs only from Monday to Friday in the peak hour. Together with RB 30, it creates a 30-minute interval service between Freiberg and Dresden.
| Line | Route | Frequency (min) | Operator |
| IC 17 | Warnemünde – Rostock Hbf – Berlin Hbf tief – BER Airport – Terminal 1-2 – Dresden Hbf – Freiberg (Sachs) – Chemnitz Hbf | | DB Fernverkehr |
| RE 3 | Dresden Hbf – Freiberg (Sachs) – Chemnitz Hbf – Zwickau (Sachs) Hbf – Plauen (Vogtl) ob Bf – Hof Hbf | 60 | Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn |
| RB 30 | Dresden Hbf – Freiberg (Sachs) – Chemnitz Hbf – Zwickau (Sachs) Hbf | 60 | Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn |
| RB 83 | Freiberg (Sachs) – Holzhau | 60 | Freiberger Eisenbahn |
| S 3 | Dresden Hbf – Freiberg (Sachs) | Individual services | DB Regio Südost |