Kulmbach train station
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| Location in the network | Intermediate station | ||
| Platform tracks | 4th | ||
| abbreviation | NKU | ||
| Price range | 4th | ||
| Website URL | stationsdatenbank.bayern-takt.de | ||
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| City / municipality | Kulmbach | ||
| country | Bavaria | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| Coordinates | 50 ° 6 '35 " N , 11 ° 27' 8" E | ||
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The Kulmbach train station is the only train station in the urban area of the large district town of Kulmbach in Upper Franconia . The station is on the Bamberg – Hof railway line and is served by local trains operated by DB Regio Nordostbayern and Agilis Verkehrsgesellschaft . The station has four platform tracks and belongs to station category 4.
location
The Kulmbach train station is not far from the old town of Kulmbach on Heinrich-von-Stefan-Straße. The building complex of the former Kulmbach spinning mill and the city center are located south of the track system . In the north, the Bergophor building is directly connected to platform 4. The Kulmbach freight yard, located to the west of the passenger station, is no longer in operation.
Infrastructure
Reception building
The station building is located south of the track system. In the building there is a waiting room with seating and a ticket machine, a magazine shop, a travel agency, a bar, a nail care studio, an insurance branch and private apartments.
Platforms
The Kulmbach station has four platform tracks. Platform 1 is the house platform, located directly at the reception building. There is a toilet facility at the western end of the platform. Most of the platform is covered. From platform 1, an underpass leads to the other platforms.
The platform with platform tracks two and three is designed as a central platform and can only be reached through the underpass. The middle part with staircases and stairs and some seating is covered. There are also additional benches with weather protection at the ends of the platform. This platform is used almost exclusively for passenger train operations.
The outside platform with platform track four, however, has no roof. There is only a bench without weather protection. This platform is not served by any passenger train as scheduled.
| Track no. | Platform height | Platform length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 38 cm | 147 m |
| 2 | 38 cm | 302 m |
| 3 | 38 cm | 302 m |
| 4th | 38 cm | 235 m |
Accessibility
Kulmbach train station is not completely barrier-free . The station building and platform 1 can be reached without steps, most train traffic is handled via the central platform. Platform tracks two to four can only be reached via the stairs of the underpass, there are no elevators.
Demands for renovation
For several years now, the city of Kulmbach has asked Deutsche Bahn as well as the federal and state governments to renovate the station facilities. In addition to the completely inadequate accessibility, the dilapidated condition of the reception building and the railway systems are also criticized. In addition, there is the widely complained odor nuisance in the underpasses. An offer from the city of Kulmbach to buy the station and renovate it itself was just as unaccepted as the signaling effect of structural improvements that the city carried out within the scope of its possibilities was not recognized. The governments say that the station is too small and, with a passenger volume of 1700 people per day, too insignificant for renovation in the near future. They point to possible possibilities for future funding programs. The fact that many train stations are currently being refurbished, especially in the immediate vicinity, makes this stagnation all the more unsatisfactory, especially since the immediate vicinity of the train station will be considerably upgraded in the near future through the refurbishment and revitalization of the former Kulmbach spinning mill, the new building of a faculty at the University of Bayreuth and other construction activities will be.
history
The Bamberg - Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg section of the Ludwig-Süd-Nord-Bahn was opened on October 15, 1846. For many years the Kulmbach station was a connecting station , from 1908 to 1993 there was passenger traffic on the branch line to Thurnau . Today only a remnant of it exists as a siding .
traffic
Long-distance transport
Kulmbach station is not connected to the DB Fernverkehr AG network. The next long-distance train stations are Lichtenfels , Bamberg and Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof .
Local transport
Kulmbach station is served by regional express trains of the DB Regio Nordostbayern on the routes (Bamberg–) Lichtenfels– Hof Hbf and (Bamberg–) Lichtenfels– Bayreuth Hbf (–Nürnberg Hbf). Class 641 railcars run every two hours as the Main-Saale-Express from Bamberg to Hof and Bayreuth. These trains run with two railcars from Bamberg via Kulmbach to Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg. In Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg, the railcars are separated and one part of the train continues to Hof Hbf, the other to Bayreuth Hbf. The other hour, class 612 railcars run from Lichtenfels to Hof Hbf and Nürnberg Hbf (via Bayreuth Hbf). These trains also travel together to Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg and are separated there. In the opposite direction, trains are also merged in Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg.
In addition to express services, Kulmbach station is also served by Agilis Verkehrsgesellschaft trains, which stop at almost every station. Almost all Agilis trains run on the Lichtenfels – Bayreuth Hbf route. In addition to the trains that continue from Lichtenfels to Bad Rodach via Coburg, there are also services that end in Lichtenfels or Coburg. Some trains continue from Bayreuth Hbf to Hof Hbf via Kirchenlaibach and Marktredwitz. There are also services that end in Bayreuth and a trip to Weidenberg .
Public transport connection
The Kulmbach train station does not have its own bus stop. The next bus stop is the central bus station (ZOB) Kulmbach, about 100 meters away.
literature
- Robert Zintl: The Thurnauer Bockela . Baumann, Kulmbach 1986, ISBN 3-922091-15-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Query of the course book route 820 at Deutsche Bahn.
- ↑ Query of the course book route 850 at Deutsche Bahn.
- ↑ http://www.deutschebahn.com/file/de/2201914/NrI-UHqK9fKym_RWugjkm5znKvg/8136558/data/bahnhofskategorieliste_2015.pdf
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated February 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Forgotten by rail, federal and state at: nordbayerischer-kurier.de, accessed on August 7, 2018
- ↑ Except for the roof, everything stays the same: frankenpost.de, accessed on August 7, 2018
