Gera Hauptbahnhof

Gera Central Station is the main station of the Thuringian town of Gera. Gera is one of the largest cities in Germany with no long-distance rail connections and no electrified lines. The station is a significant regional transport hub. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station.

The railway was extended in 1859 from Weißenfels to Gera via Zeitz. At that time, the first station was built at the site of today's Hauptbahnhof as the Prussian station, as distinct from the Saxon station at today's Gera Süd station. In the following years further lines were built converging on Gera Hauptbahnhof: in 1865 the connection with the Leipzig–Hof line at Gößnitz to the east, in 1871 to Saalfeld in the south-west, in 1873 to Leipzig in the north, in 1875 to Plauen in the south, in 1876 to Erfurt in the west and to Zwickau in the south-east, in 1880 to Eisenberg in the northwest and in 1883 to Zeulenroda-Triebes…