Central Station

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Entrance of the Berlin Central Station
Dresden Central Station around 1900

Main station (abbreviated in Germany and Austria Hbf , in Switzerland HB ) usually designates the most important of several passenger stations in many cities in German-speaking countries . A main station can also include a freight yard or marshalling yard .

In several non-German-speaking countries, such as Italy , the Netherlands or the Czech Republic , terms with a similar meaning are used for this, while in other countries - such as France , Spain or Romania - it is not common to have a certain train station as the central or most important one To designate the city's train station. In the 19th century, the term Centralbahnhof was also used in Germany for the most important train station in a large city , sometimes also spelled Zentralbahnhof .

Germany

The DB Station & Service referred 125 stations as the main station . Since the name is based on its importance for railway operations, the main station of a city is not necessarily in the center of the city. If there is another train station in the city center in such a case, its central location can be emphasized by adding a name such as “Mitte”, “Ort”, “Stadt”, “Stadtmitte” or “Dorf”.

Superlatives

particularities

Baden-Württemberg

  1. Aalen Central Station
  2. Bad Friedrichshall Central Station
  3. Freiburg (Breisgau) main train station
  4. Freudenstadt Central Station
  5. Heidelberg main station
  6. Heilbronn main station
  7. Old Central Station (Heilbronn)
  8. Karlsruhe main station
  9. Laupheim main station
  10. Loerrach Central Station
  11. Mannheim Central Station
  12. Maulbronn main station
  13. Öhringen main station
  14. Pforzheim Central Station
  15. Reutlingen Central Station
  16. Sinsheim (Elsenz) Central Station
  17. Stuttgart main station
  18. Tübingen main station
  19. Ulm Central Station

Bavaria

  1. Aschaffenburg Central Station
  2. Augsburg main station
  3. Bayreuth Central Station
  4. Berchtesgaden main station
  5. Deggendorf main station
  6. Fürth (Bavaria) Central Station
  7. Hof Hauptbahnhof
  8. Ingolstadt main station
  9. Kempten (Allgäu) main station
  10. Landshut (Bay) Central Station
  11. Lindau main station
  12. Miltenberg main station
  13. Munich central station
  14. Nuremberg main station
  15. Passau Central Station
  16. Regensburg Central Station
  17. Schweinfurt Central Station
  18. Würzburg Central Station

Berlin

  1. Berlin Central Station since 2006
  2. Berlin Ostbahnhof (1987–1998 referred to as Hauptbahnhof)

Brandenburg

  1. Brandenburg Central Station (after 1945)
  2. Cottbus main station (since 2018)
  3. Eberswalde Central Station
  4. Lübben Central Station
  5. Neuruppin Hauptbahnhof (from 1930 to the 1960s)
  6. Old Potsdam Central Station (1961–1993)
  7. Potsdam Central Station (since 1999)
  8. Ziesar Hauptbahnhof (around 1930 to the 1960s)

Bremen

  1. Bremen Central Station
  2. Bremerhaven Central Station

Hamburg

  1. Hamburg Central Station
  2. Altona Hauptbahnhof (until 1938)
  3. Harburg Hauptbahnhof (until 1927, then until 1938 Harburg-Wilhelmsburg Hauptbahnhof)

Hesse

  1. Darmstadt main station
  2. Frankfurt (Main) Central Station
  3. Hanau main station (since 1927)
  4. Höchst (Main) Central Station (1927–1928)
  5. Kassel main train station
  6. Korbach Central Station
  7. Offenbach (Main) Central Station
  8. Wiesbaden Central Station

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

  1. Neustrelitz main station (since 1941)
  2. Rostock Central Station
  3. Schwerin Central Station
  4. Stralsund main station (since 2010)

Lower Saxony

  1. Braunschweig main station
  2. Emden Central Station
  3. Hanover Central Station
  4. Hildesheim Central Station
  5. Oldenburg (Oldenburg) central station
  6. Osnabrück Central Station
  7. Wilhelmshaven Central Station
  8. Wolfsburg Central Station

North Rhine-Westphalia

  1. Aachen Central Station
  2. Bielefeld main station
  3. Bochum Central Station
  4. Bonn Central Station
  5. Bottrop main station (since 1933)
  6. Castrop-Rauxel main station
  7. Dortmund Central Station
  8. Duisburg Central Station
  9. Düsseldorf Central Station (since 1936, predecessor since 1891: Old Central Station (Düsseldorf) )
  10. Eschweiler Central Station (since 1911)
  11. Essen Central Station
  12. Gelsenkirchen main train station
  13. Gevelsberg Central Station (since 1968)
  14. Gütersloh main station
  15. Hagen main station
  16. Hamm (Westphalia) Central Station (since 2019)
  17. Cologne Central Station
  18. Krefeld main station
  19. Lünen Central Station
  20. Mönchengladbach Central Station (since 1927)
  21. Mülheim (Ruhr) main station (since 1974, previously Mülheim (Ruhr) city, before that Mülheim (Ruhr) -Eppinghofen)
  22. Münster (Westphalia) Central Station
  23. Neuss main station (since 1988)
  24. Oberhausen main station
  25. Paderborn Central Station
  26. Recklinghausen Central Station
  27. Remscheid Central Station (since 1914)
  28. Rheydt Central Station
  29. Siegen main station
  30. Solingen main station in Solingen-Ohligs (since 2006, predecessor since 1913: old main station (Solingen) )
  31. Steele Hbf (1926-1950, today Essen-Steele Ost)
  32. Stolberg (Rhineland) Central Station
  33. Velbert main station (until 1999)
  34. Wanne-Eickel main station
  35. Witten main station
  36. Wuppertal Central Station (since 1992, previously Wuppertal-Elberfeld station)

Rhineland-Palatinate

  1. Bingen (Rhine) main station in Bingerbrück (since 1993)
  2. Boppard Central Station (since 2001)
  3. Frankenthal Central Station
  4. Kaiserslautern Central Station
  5. Koblenz Central Station
  6. Landau (Pfalz) central station
  7. Ludwigshafen (Rhine) Central Station
  8. Mainz main station
  9. Neustadt (Weinstrasse) Central Station
  10. Pirmasens main station (since 1928)
  11. Speyer main station
  12. Trier main station
  13. Wittlich main station in Wengerohr (since 1987)
  14. Worms main station
  15. Zweibrücken Central Station (since 1941)

Saarland

  1. Homburg (Saar) central station
  2. Neunkirchen (Saar) central station
  3. Saarbrücken main station
  4. Saarlouis main station

Saxony

  1. Chemnitz Central Station
  2. Döbeln Central Station
  3. Dresden Central Station
  4. Leipzig Central Station
  5. Zwickau (Sachs) main station

Saxony-Anhalt

  1. Bernburg Central Station
  2. Dessau main train station
  3. Elbingerode Central Station
  4. Halle (Saale) Central Station
  5. Magdeburg main station
  6. Merseburg Central Station
  7. Naumburg (Saale) central station
  8. Stendal main station
  9. Thale Central Station
  10. Wernigerode main station
  11. Lutherstadt Wittenberg Central Station

Schleswig-Holstein

  1. Kiel Central Station
  2. Lübeck Central Station

Thuringia

  1. Altenburg Central Station
  2. Arnstadt Central Station
  3. Erfurt main station
  4. Gera main station
  5. Sonneberg (Thür) main station

Austria

The northern entrance of the Vienna Central Station

In Austria there is a main train station in twelve cities:

  1. Graz Central Station
  2. Innsbruck main station
  3. Klagenfurt main train station
  4. Leoben Central Station
  5. Linz Central Station
  6. Salzburg main station
  7. St. Pölten main station
  8. Villach main station
  9. Wels main station
  10. Vienna Central Station
  11. Wiener Neustadt Central Station
  12. Wörgl main station

Vienna Central Station is the youngest Austrian central station and has been in full operation since December 13, 2015. For the first time in the history of the city, the city ​​of Vienna received a central station.

Deutsche Reichsbahn in the connection area

In the course books of the Deutsche Reichsbahn from 1939 to 1944, the following train stations (mostly to distinguish them from the local train station) were referred to as "Hauptbahnhof":

  1. Bregenz from May 5, 1941
  2. Bruck an der Leitha
  3. Gänserndorf until July 2, 1944
  4. Gmünd (Lower Austria)
  5. Gmunden
  6. Graz
  7. innsbruck
  8. Jenbach
  9. Kapfenberg
  10. Klagenfurt
  11. Komotau
  12. Laa
  13. Linz
  14. Mistelbach
  15. Neunkirchen N.Ö. until July 2, 1944
  16. Salzburg
  17. Sankt Pölten
  18. Sankt Veit an der Glan from October 6, 1941
  19. Villach
  20. Waidhofen an der Ybbs
  21. catfish
  22. Wiener Neustadt

Switzerland

Zurich HB

In Switzerland, since the noughties, only the Zurich train station has been officially referred to as the main train station by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB); otherwise, all previous main train stations simply bear the name of the city. Furthermore, the designated Federal Office of Transport in his services documentation (Didok) in city traffic , the bus stop at the stations Bern , Rorschach , Solothurn and Winterthur with Central Station . The Lausanne train station was also once called Gare centrale .

In German-speaking Switzerland, Hauptbahnhof is abbreviated to HB .

The Basel SBB train station and the attached Basel SNCF train station represent the main train station of the city of Basel , although the main train station is neither used by the SBB nor by the Federal Office of Transport in urban traffic. From its creation in 1860 until it was taken over by SBB in 1902, it was called Basel Centralbahnhof .

The train station Genève-Cornavin is the main station of Geneva. The French SNCF continues to refer to it as Gare de (Genève-) Cornavin , named after the Cornavin district in which it is located.

Belgium

Antwerp-Centraal
  1. Antwerp-Centraal
  2. Brussels-Central / Centraal
  3. La Louvière Center
  4. Pepinster-Cité station
  5. Verviers-Central

De facto main stations with a different designation

  1. Charleroi Sud
  2. Gent-Sint-Pieters
  3. Liège-Guillemins (named after a district)
  4. La Louvière Sud

Bulgaria

  1. Burgas (Централна гара Бургас)
  2. Plovdiv (Централна гара Пловдив)
  3. Sofia (Централна гара София)

Denmark

The main train stations in Denmark have the suffix "H":

  1. Aarhus Hovedbanegård ( Aarhus H )
  2. Københavns Hovedbanegård ( København H )

Former:

  1. Haderslev H (1943–1968)
  2. Nyborg H (until 1972)
  3. Rønne H (until closing)
  4. Skive H (1927 to 1972)
  5. Sønderborg H (until 1972)
  6. Tønder H (until 1972)

Finland

  1. Helsinki Central Railway Station ( Helsingin päärautatieasema )
  2. Turku Central Railway Station ( Turun päärautatieasema )

France

Ville

In France it is not very common to refer to a specific train station as the central or most important train station in a city. Nevertheless, some use the term Ville for 'city' and Center for 'center'.

In contrast, the stops of trams and buses at most of the larger train stations have the designation Gare centrale , in English central station .

  1. Achères-Ville
  2. Albi-Ville
  3. Biarritz-Ville (closed)
  4. Bitche-Ville (closed)
  5. Boulogne-Ville (old train station)
  6. Calais-Ville
  7. Cambrai-Ville
  8. Cannes-Ville
  9. La Ciotat-Ville (closed)
  10. Civray-Ville
  11. Dijon-Ville
  12. Dole-Ville
  13. Eymoutiers-Ville (closed)
  14. Givors-Ville
  15. Hennebont (closed)
  16. Lorient-Ville (closed)
  17. Mâcon-Ville
  18. Marignane-Ville (closed)
  19. Metz-Ville
  20. Montauban-Ville-Bourbon
  21. Montebourg-Ville (closed)
  22. Montluçon-Ville
  23. Mulhouse-Ville
  24. Nancy-Ville
  25. Nanterre-Ville
  26. Neuf-Brisach Ville (closed)
  27. Nice-Ville
  28. Orly-Ville
  29. Orsay-Ville
  30. Port-Vendres-Ville
  31. Reichshoffen-Ville
  32. Ribeauvillé-Ville (closed)
  33. Rochechouart-Ville (closed)
  34. La Rochelle-Ville
  35. Rosheim-Ville (closed)
  36. Saint-Valery-Ville
  37. Strasbourg-Ville
  38. Ussel-Ville (closed)
  39. Uzerche-Ville (closed)
  40. Valence-Ville
  41. Vierzon-Ville

Center / Central

  1. Avignon Center
  2. La Chapelle Center
  3. Cordesse Center
  4. Decaueville Center (closed)
  5. Fos-Mole-Central
  6. Grigny Center
  7. Thann Center
  8. Le Vésinet Center

Deutsche Reichsbahn in the realm of Alsace-Lorraine

In the course book of the Deutsche Reichsbahn in 1941, the stations of Kolmar , Metz , Mulhouse , Saargemünd (1943 and 1944) and Strasbourg were referred to as the "main station" for Alsace-Lorraine , which has remained in German-speaking countries to this day (among other things, the Strasbourg- Ville referred to in the announcements in the trains of the Ortenau S-Bahn as "Strasbourg Central Station").

Italy

Centrale

The suffix "Centrale" means "Hauptbahnhof":

  1. Agrigento Centrale
  2. Bari Centrale
  3. Barletta Centrale (FNB)
  4. Bologna Central
  5. Caltanissetta Centrale
  6. Catania Centrale
  7. Gorizia Centrale
  8. La Spezia Centrale
  9. Lamezia Terme Centrale
  10. Livorno Centrale
  11. Messina Centrale
  12. Milano Centrale
  13. Napoli Centrale
  14. Palermo Centrale
  15. Pescara Centrale
  16. Pisa Centrale
  17. Potenza Centrale
  18. Prato Centrale
  19. Reggio Calabria Centrale
  20. Rimini Centrale
  21. Tarvisio Centrale (closed)
  22. Torre Annunziata Centrale
  23. Treviglio (known as Treviglio Centrale )
  24. Treviso Centrale
  25. Trieste Centrale

De facto main stations with a different designation

  1. Como San Giovanni
  2. Firenze Santa Maria Novella (named after the church of the same name )
  3. Genova Brignole
  4. Genova Piazza Principe
  5. Roma Termini (named after the Baths of Diocletian )
  6. Torino Porta Nuova ( old ) replaced by Torino Porta Susa
  7. Torino Porta Susa
  8. Venezia Santa Lucia (named after the church of the same name )
  9. Verona Porta Nuova

Centro

The suffix "Centro" means "center":

  1. Aversa Centro
  2. Bollate Centro
  3. Borgo Valsugana Centro
  4. Fratte Centro
  5. Massa Centro
  6. Montecatini Centro

Città

The suffix "Città" means "city":

  1. Avigliano Città
  2. Catanzaro Città
  3. Cisternino Città
  4. Lucera Città
  5. Manfredonia Città

Croatia

  1. Zagreb Glavni kolodvor ( Zagreb Central Station )

Netherlands

  1. Amersfoort Centraal (since December 15, 2019)
  2. Amsterdam Centraal
  3. Arnhem Centraal (since November 19, 2015)
  4. The Hague Centraal
  5. Eindhoven Centraal (since December 15, 2019)
  6. Leiden Centraal (since 1997)
  7. Rotterdam Centraal
  8. Utrecht Centraal

There are also train stations with the addition "Centrum", which is intended to reflect the spatial proximity to a town center:

  1. Almere Center
  2. Barneveld Centrum
  3. Ede Center
  4. Kerkrade Center
  5. Lelystad Center
  6. Schiedam Center
  7. Veenendaal Centrum

Norway

  1. Oslo Central Station
  2. Trondheim Central Station

Poland

The following train stations are referred to as "Główn -a, -e, -y" (Central Station, abbreviation: "Gł" ) in Poland . The respective year is given since the station was called the main station. Some have the addition "Osobow -y, -a" ("person").

Main train stations for people

  1. Bielsko-Biała Główna ( Bielsko , 1943–1945, from 1958)
  2. Bydgoszcz Główna ( Bromberg , 1942–1945, from 1947)
  3. Gdańsk Główny ( Danzig , 1896–1945, from 1947)
  4. Gdynia Główna ( Gdynia or Gotenhafen , since 1967 with the addition Osobowa )
  5. Iława Główna ( German Eylau , 1903–1920, 1941–1945, from 1947)
  6. Kłodzko Główne ( Glatz , 1901–1945, from 1949)
  7. Kraków Główny ( Kraków , 1939–1945, 1947–1957, since 1958 with the addition Osobowy )
  8. Lublin Główny (from 2019)
  9. Łowicz Główny ( Lowitsch , from 1951)
  10. Olsztyn Główny ( Allenstein , from 1936)
  11. Opole Główne ( Opole , from 1936)
  12. Piła Główna ( Schneidemühl , 1944, from 1968)
  13. Podkowa Leśna Główna (1927–1939, from 1945)
  14. Poznań Główny ( Posen , from 1879 to 1900 as Poznan Central Station , 1901-19 ?? as Poznan Central Station , from 1916 to 1919 and from 1939 to 1945 as Poznan Central Station , from 1945 to 1953 as Poznań Główny since 1954 as Poznań Główny Osobowy )
  15. Przemyśl Główny (1941–1944, from 1947)
  16. Rzeszów Główny ( Reichshof , from 2008)
  17. Sosnowiec Główny ( Sosnowitz , from 1951)
  18. Szczecin Główny ( Stettin , from 1931)
  19. Świdnica Główna ( Schweidnitz , 1916–1945, 1945–1948)
  20. Świnoujście Główne ( Swinoujscie , 1910–1949)
  21. Toruń Główny ( Thorn 1901–1909, 1916–1920, from 1937)
  22. Wałbrzych Główny ( Waldenburg-Dittersbach , from 1949)
  23. Warszawa Centralna ( Warsaw Central , ?? - ?? as Warszawa Centrum , from 1969)
  24. Warszawa Główna ( Warsaw Central Station , 1918–1944, closed, has housed the Warsaw Railway Museum since 1972 )
  25. Wrocław Główny ( Breslau , 1884–1900 as Breslau Central-Bahnhof , 1901–1953, since 1954 with the addition 'Osobowy')
  26. Zielona Góra Główna ( Grünberg (Silesia) , from 2018)

Main stations for goods

  1. Bydgoszcz Główna Towarowa ( Bromberg , 1920–1939, from 1945)
  2. Gdynia Główna Towarowa ( Gdynia or Gotenhafen , 1926–1939, 1945–1991)
  3. Gdynia Port Centralny ( Gdynia or Gotenhafen , from 1945)
  4. Kraków Główny Towarowy ( Kraków , 1947–1992, since 1993 as Kraków Główny Zachod )
  5. Opole Główne Towarowe ( Opole , from 1948)
  6. Pila Główna Towarowa ( Schneidemühl , from 1968)
  7. Poznań Główny Towarowy ( Poznan , 1919–1934, 1945–1997)
  8. Szczecin Port Centralny ( Stettin , 1906–1918, 1919–1945, from 1947)
  9. Toruń Główny Towarowy ( Thorn , 1920–1939, from 1945)
  10. Wrocław Główny Towarowy ( Breslau , from 1945)

Romania

  1. Arad ( Gara Centrală din Arad )

Russia

  1. Yaroslavl (Ярославль-Главный, Yaroslavl-Glawnyi)
  2. Novosibirsk Central Train Station (Станция Новосибирск-Главный, Stanzija Novosibirsk-Glawnyi)
  3. Rostov-on-Don (Станция Ростов-Главный, Stanzija Rostow-Glawnyi)

Sweden

The main train stations in Sweden have the suffix "C":

  1. Arlanda central station
  2. Avesta center
  3. Floor central station
  4. Borlänge central station
  5. Borås central station
  6. Fagersta central station
  7. Falköpings central station
  8. Falun centralstation
  9. Gävle central station
  10. Gothenburg central station
  11. Halmstad's central station
  12. Helsingborg's central station
  13. Hässleholm's central station
  14. Jönköpings central station
  15. Kalmar central station
  16. Karlskrona central station
  17. Karlstad's central station
  18. Kiruna central station
  19. Kristianstad's central station
  20. Linköpings central station
  21. Lunds central station
  22. Malmö central station
  23. Norrköpings central station
  24. Nässjö central station
  25. Skövde centralstation
  26. Stockholm's central station
  27. Sundsvalls central station
  28. Söderhamn's central station (1886–1997)
  29. Södertälje centrum
  30. Trollhättan's central station
  31. Uddevalla central station
  32. Umeå central station
  33. Uppsala central station
  34. Västerås central station
  35. Örebro central station
  36. Örnsköldsviks central station
  37. Östersunds central station

Serbia

  1. Beograd-Glavna ( Serbian - Cyrillic Београд – главна , Belgrade Central Station ) by 2018
  2. Beograd Centar ( Serbian - Cyrillic Београд Центар ) intended as the new central station of the city of Belgrade through station

Slovakia

  1. Bratislava hlavná stanica ( Pressburg Central Station )

Slovenia

  1. Marburg an der Drau from October 6, 1941

Spain

In Spain there is no single term for the main train station in a city. The following train stations can therefore be regarded as principal estación (main station):

  1. Albacete-Los Llanos
  2. Alcobendas-San Sebastian de los Reyes
  3. Alicante Terminal
  4. Desierto-Baracaldo Baracaldo station as Desierto-Baracaldo
  5. Barcelona-Sants , named after the Sants-Montjuïc district
  6. Bilbao-Abando , named after the Abando district
  7. Burgos Rosa de Lima
  8. Huelva-Término
  9. Lérida Pirineos
  10. Madrid Atocha , named after the Atocha district
  11. Málaga María Zambrano , named after María Zambrano (since November 27, 2006)
  12. Murcia del Carmen
  13. Orense Empalme
  14. Palma, Estació Intermodal
  15. Seville Santa Justa , named after the Sevillian martyr Justa
  16. Valencia North
  17. Valladolid-Campo Grande , named after the Campo Grande park
  18. Vigo-Guixar
  19. Zaragoza-Delicias , named after the Delicias district

Czech Republic

Praha hlavní nádraží (Prague Main Railway Station)

In Czech , "hlavní nádraží" (abbreviated to "hl.n.") means main station:

  1. Brno hlavní nádraží (Brno)
  2. Česká Lípa hlavní nádraží (Bohemian Leipa)
  3. Děčín hlavní nádraží (Tetschen)
  4. Hradec Králové hlavní nádraží (Königgrätz)
  5. Karviná hlavní nádraží ( Karviná )
  6. Kutná Hora hlavní nádraží (Kuttenberg)
  7. Mladá Boleslav hlavní nádraží (Jungbunzlau)
  8. Nymburk hlavní nádraží (Nimburg)
  9. Olomouc hlavní nádraží (Olomouc)
  10. Ostrava hlavní nádraží (Ostrau)
  11. Pardubice hlavní nádraží (Pardubice)
  12. Plzeň hlavní nádraží (Pilsen)
  13. Praha hlavní nádraží (Prague)
  14. Prostějov hlavní nádraží (Proßnitz)
  15. Trutnov hlavní nádraží (Trautenau)
  16. Ústí nad Labem hlavní nádraží (Aussig)

In some cities, such as Liberec and Kladno , the addition “hlavní nádraží” is omitted at the main train station.

The Praha Masarykovo nádraží station was called "Praha střed" (Prague center) from 1953 to 1990.

Deutsche Reichsbahn in the connection area

In the course books of the Deutsche Reichsbahn from 1939 to 1944, the following train stations (mostly to distinguish them from the local train station) were referred to as "Hauptbahnhof":

  1. Ash ( Aš ),
  2. Iglau ( Jihlava ),
  3. Jungbunzlau ( Mladá Boleslav ),
  4. Karlsbad ( Karlovy Vary ), from October 6, 1941
  5. Moravian-Ostrau ( Ostrava ), from May 5, 1941
  6. Marienbad ( Mariánské Lázně ),
  7. Olomouc ( Olomouc ),
  8. Praha hlavní nádraží ( Prague ), from May 5, 1941
  9. Proßnitz ( Prostějov ).

Ukraine

The Lviv railway station is referred to in some contexts as the "Central Railway Station".

United Kingdom

In some cities, with several stations of the largest railway station is sometimes Central ( Central ) or General ( General ) mentioned, but this is not a hard and fast rule. In Liverpool, for example, Liverpool Lime Street station is the terminus for long-distance trains, while Liverpool Central station is just a Merseyrail S station.

The capital London does not have a central station, because in the 19th century the railway companies were not allowed to build stations in the city center. Instead, London has many terminal stations that are networked by the London Underground . The most important among them are Charing Cross , Euston , London Bridge , King's Cross , Paddington , St Pancras , Victoria , and Waterloo .

England

Train stations with the function of a main train station:

  1. Barnsley Interchange
  2. Birmingham New Street
  3. Blackpool North
  4. Bradford Interchange
  5. Brighton
  6. Bristol Temple Meads
  7. Chester (formerly Chester General)
  8. Doncaster
  9. Derby (formerly Derby Midland)
  10. Exeter St Davids (there is also a smaller Exeter Central train station )
  11. Hull Paragon Interchange
  12. Leeds City
  13. Leicester
  14. Liverpool Lime Street
  15. Manchester Piccadilly (currently for trains from the south of England and TransPennine )
  16. Manchester Victoria (currently for trains from the north of England)
  17. Newcastle Central
  18. Nottingham (formerly Nottingham Midland)
  19. Portsmouth & Southsea
  20. Reading General
  21. Ryde Esplanade
  22. Sheffield (formerly Sheffield Midland)
  23. Wakefield Westgate
  24. Warrington Bank Quay (there is also a smaller Warrington Central station )
  25. Wigan North Western
  26. York Railway Station

Lincoln Central and Rotherham Central were the main train stations up to the Beeching-Ax . Since then they have been the only train stations in Lincoln and Rotherham, but are still called Central .

Scotland

  1. Aberdeen
  2. Dumbarton Central
  3. Edinburgh Waverley
  4. Glasgow Central (mainly for trains to / from England)
  5. Glasgow Queen Street (mainly for trains through Scotland)
  6. Inverness

Wales

  1. Bridgend
  2. Cardiff Central
  3. Llandudno Junction ( Llandudno is only for regional trains)
  4. Newport
  5. Swansea
  6. Wrexham General (there is also a smaller Wrexham Central train station )

Northern Ireland

  1. Belfast Central (terminus for the Enterprise cross-border long-distance train )
  2. Belfast Great Victoria Street

Belarus

  1. Baranowitschi Hauptbahnhof ( Baranowicze Centralne, Баранавічы Цэнтральныя )
  2. Brest Zentralny ( Brest-Centralny, Брест-Центральный )
  3. Wolkowysk Central Station ( Wołkowysk Centralny, Ваўкавыск Цэнтральныя )

Africa

Egypt

  1. Ramses train station, Cairo

Tunisia

  1. Gare de Tunis

America

Brazil

  1. Estação Central (Belo Horizonte)
  2. Rio de Janeiro Central Station
  3. Estação Central (Metro Rio)
  4. Estação Central (Metrô de Brasília)
  5. Estação Central-Chico da Silva of the Metrô de Fortaleza

Chile

Estación Central de Santiago is the main train station of the capital Santiago de Chile.

Canada

  1. Central (ETS) , a local transit station in Edmonton
  2. Guelph Central Station
  3. Montreal Gare Centrale
  4. Toronto Union Station (with connection to Union (Toronto Subway) )
  5. Union Station (Montreal)
  6. Winnipeg Union Station
  7. Pacific Central Station in Vancouver
  8. Coquitlam Central Station in Vancouver (metro and local transit)
  9. Government Conference Center in Ottawa (formerly Ottawa Union Station)

Cuba

Estación Central de Ferrocarriles (La Habana) is the main train station of the capital Havana.

Uruguay

Montevideo Estación Central General Artigas was the main train station of the capital Montevideo .

United States

There is no direct equivalent of a central station in the United States. In many cities, however, the railway companies merged their train stations and set up a Union Station or Union Terminal.

Union Station

  1. Boston North Union Station , now Boston North Station (1893)
  2. Boston South Union Terminal , now Boston South Station (1899)
  3. Chicago Union Station
  4. Cincinnati Union Terminal
  5. Cleveland Union Terminal
  6. Denver Union Station
  7. Joliet Union Station
  8. Kansas City Union Station
  9. Los Angeles Union Station
  10. Louisville Union Station
  11. Nashville Union Station
  12. New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal
  13. Ocala Union Station
  14. Portland Union Station
  15. St. Louis Union Station
  16. Tampa Union Station
  17. Washington Union Station

Central Station

  1. Buffalo Central Terminal
  2. Chicago Central Station
  3. Chicago Grand Central Station
  4. Michigan Central Station in Detroit
  5. New York Grand Central Terminal
  6. Penn Central Station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, see Philadelphia 30th Street Station

Asia

India

  1. Chennai Central (MAS)
  2. Kanpur Central (CNB)
  3. Mumbai Central (BCT)
  4. Trivandrum Central (TVC)
  5. Mangalore Central

Iraq

  1. Baghdad Central Railway Station

Israel

  1. Be'er Sheva Central Railway Station
  2. Haifa Central Railway Station
  3. Jerusalem Binyanei HaUma Railway Station
  4. Tel Aviv Savidor Railway Station

Hong Kong

The Hung Hom Station has long been the only station in Hong Kong with remote connections to mainland China . With the West Kowloon Station , a high-speed line to Guangzhou was added in 2018 .

The Central Station is, however, a pure Metro Station of the Mass Transit Railway in the district of Central .

Malaysia

  1. Kuala Lumpur Sentral Railway Station

Taiwan

The Taipei Main Station is the largest railway hub in Taiwan. It is used for local and long-distance traffic. The station is operated by the Taiwan Railway Administration, Taipei Metro, and Taiwan High Speed ​​Rail . Much of it is underground. The bus station is above ground.

Australia

  1. Brisbane Central railway station
  2. Gawler Central Railway Station (in Adelaide)
  3. Melbourne Central Station ( not Melbourne Central Station , named after the Melbourne Central Shopping Center)
  4. Sydney Central Railway Station (also Sydney Terminal )
  5. Wynnum Central Railway Station (in Brisbane)

Web links

Wiktionary: Hauptbahnhof  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Commons : Central Train Stations  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Search for central station at www.bahnhof.de ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2012 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bahnhof.de
  2. ↑ Search for Hauptbahnhof at www.bahnhof.de ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2012 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bahnhof.de
  3. ↑ Jörg Riefenstahl: Central station is at its limit . Hamburg August 6, 2018 ( Abendblatt.de [accessed August 12, 2018] Access only with subscription).
  4. ↑ Operations ( Memento from August 7, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ German course book winter edition 1941/42. In: deutsches-kursbuch.de. Retrieved February 21, 2017 .
  6. ↑ List of station names Timetable 2018 (V30) and application form for changes. (XLSX) «Didok list». (No longer available online.) Federal Office of Transport , December 16, 2016, formerly in the original ; accessed on May 14, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.bav.admin.ch  
  7. ^ Atlas Linii Kolejowych Polski 2010
  8. ↑ 2011, Terry Robinson and Chris Cook, Liverpool Stations , Describe Online (English)