Zwiesel (Bay) train station
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 Zwiesel station building from the street side (2012)
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| Platform tracks | 4th |
| abbreviation | NZWL |
| Price range | 5 |
| opening | November 15, 1877 |
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| City / municipality | Zwiesel |
| country | Bavaria |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 1 '15 " N , 13 ° 13' 35" E |
| Height ( SO ) | 578 m |
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| Railway stations in Bavaria | |
The Zwiesel (Bay) Station is the most important railway junction in the Bavarian Forest . It is the only train station in the Lower Bavarian town of Zwiesel . In addition to the Zwiesel train station, there is also the Lichtenthal stop in the Lichtenthal district. Zwiesel station has four platform tracks and belongs to station category 5 of DB Station & Service . Zwiesel is on the Plattling – Bayerisch Eisenstein line , also known as the Bavarian Forest Railway. The railway lines to Grafenau and Bodenmais branch off from the Bavarian Forest Railway at Zwiesel station . The railway lines are served by Regentalbahn trains under the brand name Waldbahn .
history
The station in the glassmaking town of Zwiesel was put into operation on November 15, 1877 with the main line Plattling – Bayerisch Eisenstein . Since September 1, 1890, the station has also been the starting point of the branch line to Grafenau , which further increased the importance of the station. Another branch line followed with the Zwiesel – Bodenmais line , which was opened on September 3, 1928 and also has its starting point in Zwiesel. Due to the three railway lines, which lead in all four directions, the network of lines leaving the station is also known as the Zwieseler Spider .
Infrastructure
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A new island platform was built between September 2006 and July 2007 . The platform has three platform edges , which lie on the continuous tracks 2 and 5, as well as the butt track 4. The height of the platform has been increased to 55 cm so that boarding the trains is possible at the same height. During the renovation of the island platform, the platform roofing type "Zwiesel", named after the station, was used for the first time and has since been installed at several other stops and stations. Only platform track 1 on the house platform had a platform height of only 22 cm until 2013. This was increased in the summer of 2013 for 600,000 euros to a height of 55 centimeters. The converted platform is 90 m long. This means that the station is fully equipped with platforms with a height of 55 cm, which means that level access to all trains is possible.
To the north of the station building there is still a loading street. However, freight traffic at the station was discontinued. The interior of the station building was also renovated during the modernization of the platforms. Deutsche Bahn has been operating a DB Service Store there since spring 2008 . In addition to a café, there is also a ticket office.
The station is a central hub in the city, which is served by the city bus lines, the RBO buses and the Falkenstein buses, the stops are in the apron of the station.
| track | Usable length | Platform height | Current usage |
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| 1 | 90 m | 55 cm | Regional trains to Grafenau |
| 2 | 120 m | 55 cm | Regional trains to Bayerisch Eisenstein |
| 4th | 70 m | 55 cm | Regional trains to Bodenmais |
| 5 | 120 m | 55 cm | Regional trains to Plattling |
business
Until 2000, the Zwiesel station was also served by long-distance trains. Until 1987, the railcar train VT 601 of the Deutsche Bundesbahn ran as the Alpen-See-Express to Zwiesel and further into the Bavarian Forest. The train mainly served the numerous tourists in the Bavarian Forest. After the train stopped, through coaches from IC Arber and IC Bayerwald came to Zwiesel. The forest railway connection to Špicák (via Bayerisch Eisenstein) was discontinued when the timetable changed at the end of 2014.
Since 2003, the train service, apart from rare special trips, has only been carried out in clocked operation with the green-yellow Regio-Shuttles of the Regentalbahn under the operating name Waldbahn , whereby the trains from the Plattling long-distance station , the Bodenmais station and the Bayerisch Eisenstein border station are short before the hour ( hour clock ), and the train from Grafenau odd hour meeting (2-hour intervals) in the station.
| Train type | route | Clock frequency |
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| WBA 1 | Plattling - Deggendorf - Gotteszell - Regen - Zwiesel - Bayerisch Eisenstein | Hourly |
| WBA 2 | Zwiesel - Bodenmais | Hourly |
| WBA 3 | Zwiesel - Frauenau - Spiegelau - Grafenau | Every two hours |
Scheduled freight traffic has not taken place since 2000. Today the still existing goods shed testifies to the former large volume of goods. There was also a siding to Zwieseler Kristallglas AG.
literature
- Christoph Riedel: The Zwieseler Spider . In: Railway magazine . No. 4/2012 , p. 30-32 .
Web links
- Tracks in service facilities (NZWL) , DB Netz AG (PDF; track plan of Zwiesel station)
Individual evidence
- ^ Walther Zeitler: The Bavarian Forest Railway . Neue Presse, Passau 1991, ISBN 3-924484-38-4 .
- ↑ Christoph Riedel: The Zwieseler Spider . In: Railway magazine . No. 4/2012 , p. 30-32 .
- ↑ Zwiesel platform roofing . In: doering-stahlbau.de . Döhring steel construction. Archived from the original on August 25, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
- ↑ The platform is being renewed . In: Bayerwaldbote Zwiesel . May 6, 2012.
- ↑ a b Platform information at Zwiesel (Bay) station. DB Station & Service, accessed on December 17, 2018 .