Schwandorf station
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 Front view of the Schwandorf train station
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| Location in the network | Crossing station |
| Platform tracks | 5 |
| abbreviation | NSCH |
| IBNR | 8000027 |
| Price range | 4th |
| opening | December 12, 1859 |
| Website URL | Station profile of the BEG |
| Profile on Bahnhof.de | Schwandorf |
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| City / municipality | Schwandorf |
| country | Bavaria |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 19 '36 " N , 12 ° 6' 15" E |
| Height ( SO ) | 359 m |
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| Railway stations in Bavaria | |
The Schwandorf station is, after the Regensburg station , the most important regional transport hub in the Upper Palatinate and one of the two stations still in operation in the city of Schwandorf . He is with the Deutsche Bahn in the category divided 4th
history
The station was put into operation on December 12, 1859 by the AG der Bayerische Ostbahnen with the opening of the Nuremberg –Schwandorf– Regensburg line. Almost four years later, on October 1, 1863, the Schwandorf– Weiden railway was handed over to its destination, which was extended to Cheb in 1865 . After a connection to Cham was inaugurated on January 7, 1861, the line was open to traffic from autumn of the same year via Furth im Wald and Pilsen to Prague . Thus, two routes ran through the city in north-south and east-west directions. These lines still exist today, although Schwandorf can no longer be called a "railway town", as it used to be.
Infrastructure and equipment
The station now has twelve main tracks, five of which are used for passenger traffic. The main platform and the two island platforms are 38 centimeters high, only connected by stairs, and therefore do not offer any requirements for barrier-free boarding conditions. In addition to a ticket office, the reception building houses a magazine shop, a bakery and a shop for travel needs with a bistro.
Transport links
| Train type | route | Clock frequency | |
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| alex north | Munich Hbf - Landshut - Regensburg - Schwandorf - Hof Hbf / Furth im Wald - Plzeň (Pilsen) - Praha hlavní nádraží (Prague) | Every two hours | |
| RE | (Regensburg -) Schwandorf - Amberg - Nürnberg Hbf | Hourly | |
| RE | Regensburg Hbf - Schwandorf - Hof Hbf | once on fridays | |
| OPB1 (Upper Palatinate Railway) | (Regensburg Hbf -) Schwandorf - Weiden (Oberpf) (- Marktredwitz ) | Hourly | |
| OPB3 (Upper Palatinate Railway) | Schwandorf - Roding - Cham - Furth im Wald / (Lam) | Hourly | |
Around a hundred trains run at Schwandorf station every day.
There is a bus station next to the train station, from which buses run to all parts of the city and the surrounding communities. A park-and-ride space and a taxi rank are also available at the train station.
Irrenlohe station
In the north of the city, in the Irlaching district, there is still the Irrenlohe station, which is divided into station category 6. The composer Franz Schreker was inspired to write his opera Irrelohe while driving through the train station in 1919 .
The station was also built with the connection from Regensburg to Nuremberg. With the junction towards Weiden, Irrenlohe also became a small traffic junction. This was also the reason why the village was bombed during World War II.
The reason why the station is called Irrenlohe and not Irlaching is due to the fact that the Irlaching population showed little interest in the rail connection and therefore the construction of the station was paid for by Irrenlohe.
From the diary of Josef Ebensberger († 2013):
The Regensburg – Hersbruck railway was put into operation in 1859. The small town of Irrenlohe built a train station about 500 meters from the outskirts (today an antique shop). With the construction of the railway line to Weiden (1863), the station was moved 1.5 km further in the direction of Schwandorf because of the cheaper junction, where the hamlet of Irlaching was just emerging. So the Irrenlohe train station came to Irlaching in Schwandorf.
The station has five main tracks, three of which are platform tracks. Passenger traffic exists according to:
- Schwandorf – Regensburg (every two hours, OPB)
- Weiden – Marktredwitz (hourly, OPB)
- Schwandorf – Regensburg (once a day, RE)
- Schwandorf (once a day, RE)
Others
There is also a train station in the Klardorf district to the south of Schwandorf, but since June 2, 1985, no passenger trains have stopped there. As part of the Danube-Vltava Railway project , a south-eastern bypass curve for Schwandorf was planned, which would make the previous change of direction of the trains from Munich to Prague superfluous and thus lead to a reduction in travel times.
Web links
- Schwandorf track plan of DB Netz AG (PDF file; 209 kB)
- Track plan Irrenlohe of DB Netz AG (PDF file; 169 kB)
- Information on Irrenlohe train station at bahnhof.de
- Irrenlohe in the station database Bavaria