Aschersleben-Staßfurt [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Aschersleben-Staßfurt
Aschersleben-Staßfurt was a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany until 2007. It was bounded by (from the northeast and clockwise) the districts of Schönebeck, Bernburg, Mansfelder Land, Quedlinburg and Bördekreis.
History.
The two districts of Aschersleben and Staßfurt were merged in 1994 in order to form the new district of Aschersleben-Staßfurt. As part of the reform of 2007 the district was disbanded and the area is now part of the Salzlandkreis district except Falkenstein which now is part of the
Salzelmen was connected to the network of the Magdeburg S-Bahn. This required the electrification of the Schönebeck-Schönebeck-Salzelmen section. In the winter of 1975, three pairs of express trains operated between Magdeburg and Erfurt, stopping in Schönebeck, Staßfurt and Güsten. About half of the passenger trains from Schönebeck ran towards Güsten and Aschersleben, while the rest ended in Güsten or continued south to Sangerhausen. Services on the line were similar in the 1991/92 timetable.
According to the law of 23 August 1999 implementing the state