urbanism

First opened in 1866, it was built in its current form in 1978 and has since been renovated in 1995 and 2016. Currently, the previously white paneling of the station building (still visible from the train platforms), has the livery of the Climate Stripes, showing the rise of average temperatures over the last 173 years. Opposite the station entrance building is the city bus and tram terminal.

It is also known as Chóśebuz głowne dwórnišćo in the local Lower Sorbian language, a western slavic ethnic group living in southern Brandenburg and Eastern Saxony.

I took the picture.

Rail connections from the station (omitting small towns from itinerary stops):

IC 2432 (InterCity): Cottbus -> Berlin -> Magdeburg -> Hannover -> Bremen-> Norddeich Mole (oceanside station in far-northwest Germany) - once daily at 06:01 AM - arrival 1:38 PM (7h 37min)

RE2 (Regional-Express): Cottbus -> Berlin -> Nauen (every 60 minutes from 3:47 AM to 10:03 PM; 2h 19min)

RE10: Frankfurt by the Oder (border with Poland) -> Cottbus -> Leipzig (every 120 minutes; 3h 14min)

RE13: Cottbus -> Senftenberg -> Elsterwerda (every 60 minutes to Senftenberg, every 120 minutes to Elsterwerda; 1h 6min)

RE18: Cottbus -> Dresden (every 120 minutes; 1h 44min)

RB43 (Regional Train): Frankfurt by the Oder -> Cottbus -> Falkenberg (every 120 minutes; 2h 30min)

Note: Due to the RE10 and RB43 being one hour apart, there is a connection between Cottbus and Frankfurt by the Oder every 60 minutes)

ODEG RB46 (Operated by the private company East German Railway): Cottbus -> Forst an der Lausitz (border with Poland) (every 60 minutes; 18min)

RB49: Cottbus -> Falkenberg (different route than RB43) (every 120 minutes; 1h 30m)

ODEG RB65: Cottbus -> Görlitz (border with Poland) -> Zittau (border with Poland and the Czech Republic) (every 60 minutes; 1h 52m)