page_title: Quedlinburg station
section_title: Level crossings
hierarchical_section_title: Quedlinburg station / Architecture / Level crossings
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Bahnübergang in Quedlinburg: Magdeburger Straße (ehemals B6, Blickrichtung stadtauswärts English: level-crossing at Quedlinburg: Magdeburger Straße
context_page_description: Quedlinburg station is a station on the Magdeburg–Thale railway in Quedlinburg in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It was built in 1862 as a through station on the southern edge of the town. The Gothic Revival entrance building of 1862, together with the other parts of the nearly complete Gründerzeit ensemble, is heritage-protected.
  Since the conversion of part of the formerly standard-gauge line to Frose in 2006 to create the Quedlinburg–Gernrode section of the metre gauge Selke Valley Railway, it has been an interchange station between that line and the standard gauge Halberstadt–Thale railway. From 1908 to 1969, the station was also served by the line to Blankenburg, the so-called Quäke.
  Of the other four former Quedlinburg stations, the request stop of Quedlinburg-Quarmbeck is the only one still operating.
context_section_description: In central Quedlinburg there are ten level crossings, two of which are used exclusively for agricultural traffic. At the end of the 20th century, the full barrier systems were manually operated. The gatekeepers worked at Gernröder Weg, at the Quedlinburg Ost, Mitte and West signal boxes and at the Magdeburger Straße crossing. Initially, the Frachtstraße level crossing was upgraded to electronic-control by the Quedlinburg-Ost interlocking, followed by the Gernröder Weg and Neinstedter Feldweg crossings. As part of the conversion of a line to be incorporated in the Harz narrow gauge railways in 2005/2006, the affected level crossings were converted to automatic systems with half barriers. These are additionally connected to the traffic lights at Gernröder Weg/Harzweg and Harzweg/Stresemannstraße. As a result, traffic on the connecting streets to Stresemannstrasse and to Gernröder Weg is controlled, so there is no traffic jams at the crossings. The Stresemannstraße level crossing was formerly controlled by Quedlinburg-Mitte (QmF) signal box, which was directly adjacent. Like the following crossing in Albert-Schweitzer-Straße, the barriers were raised and lowered by wire ropes. Today, the level crossings have different modes of operation. Thus, the level crossing in the station area in Stresemannstraße can be operated both by the Quedlinburg-Ost signal box and fully automatically.
  Necessary renovation work on the more northeastern level crossings failed to eventuate for a long time because Deutsche Bahn would not commit to carry it out or provide a share of the finance. For example, Magdeburger Straße (formerly  B6, now a feeder to B6n) was completely renovated with footpaths and cycle paths on both sides except in the area of the level crossing. The lack of redevelopment meant that pedestrians and cyclists had to use the road, with a path only existing on the northern side and pedestrians having to cross the busy road. Until the end of 2013, this was the last crossing in the town that had a full barrier and was hand-operated by a gatekeeper. The barrier in Badeborner Weg was most recently operated electronically from the gatekeeper's lodge. The level crossings of Magdeburger Straße, Badeborner Weg and Frachtstraße were to be redesigned in the spring/summer of 2013 as part of the flashing light program. The plan was not implemented until the end of 2013. The crossings in the northeast of the railway station were provided with automatic half barriers with traffic signals. This meant that the last gatekeeper's lodge in Magdeburger Strasse had to be demolished. Full barriers with flashing lights are still in operation only on Frachtstraße (as of February 2014), because there are safety issues in relation to the entry of trucks to the adjacent supermarket.
  There is still a functioning pedestrian subway at the Stresemannstraße level crossing.
caption: Magdeburger Straße (formerly B6, not upgraded until late 2013)
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