Thuringia funds Gotha station redevelopment with about EUR 13 million

The station, built in 1848 and owned by Baugesellschaft Gotha since 2021, is to become a mobility hub with a service area, co-working space, step-free access and a bicycle station; no completion date is given.

Minister-President Mario Voigt and Minister Steffen Schütz handed the funding notice to Mayor Knut Kreuch on 17 April 2026, launching delivery of the project. The money comes from ERDF and urban development programmes; plans include a central service area with waiting zone, catering and co-working, a modernised west wing and an east wing converted into a bicycle station. The report gives no completion date (LOK Report, 17 Apr 2026).