Erfurt Central Station (Erfurt Hauptbahnhof) is the central railway station of Erfurt in Germany. It is an important junctions of the German railways and is served by numerous local and long-distance rail services. Immediately north of the station, is Erfurt's city center. It had approximately 12.5 million passengers in 2006, that is an average of about 34,000 per day. The station lies on the Thüringer Bahn, which connects Halle to Bebra.
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