Nuremberg main station

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Nuremberg Central Station
Nuremberg.Central railway station.jpg
Nuremberg main station from the Königstor
Data
Location in the network Crossing station
Design Through station
Platform tracks
  • 18 long-distance railway tracks
  • 4 S-Bahn tracks
abbreviation NN
IBNR 8000284
Price range 1
opening October 1, 1844
Website URL Station profile of the BEG
Profile on Bahnhof.de Nuernberg_Hbf
Architectural data
Architectural style Neo-Baroque /
Neo-Renaissance (front facade)
Art Nouveau (travel center)
architect Eduard Rüber (built in 1844)
Karl Zenger (built in 1906)
location
City / municipality Nuremberg
country Bavaria
Country Germany
Coordinates 49 ° 26 '47 "  N , 11 ° 4' 55"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 26 '47 "  N , 11 ° 4' 55"  E
Height ( SO ) 312  m above sea level NN
Railway lines
Railway stations in Bavaria
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Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof (short: Nürnberg Hbf , according to the operating point directory : NN) is the most important train station in the city of Nuremberg and, with around 200,000 passengers every day, is the ninth most frequented long-distance train station of Deutsche Bahn . It is one of the 21 stations in the highest price class  1 from DB Station & Service .

The largest train station in Franconia , with its 25 tracks, 22 of which are platform tracks, is one of the largest through stations in the world and is the one in Europe with the most tracks. Around 800 long-distance and regional passenger trains stop here every day . In addition, it is a central hub in the Greater Nuremberg Transport Association .

location

In the route network

Nuremberg Central Station is an important junction in the southern German railway network, where numerous railway lines from all directions meet. The high-speed line Nuremberg – Ingolstadt – Munich , which opened in summer 2006 and shortened travel times on numerous connections , also ends here . The main train station is also the starting point for the upgraded and new Nuremberg – Leipzig line , which was largely put into operation in December 2017.

The railway lines from Würzburg and Bamberg come together to the west of the main train station in the neighboring city of Fürth , and then continue towards Nuremberg. In the west of Nuremberg the railway lines from Crailsheim , Roth and Treuchtlingen are added. The four routes then flow together from the west into the main station.

The railway line from Regensburg and the high-speed line from Munich meet in the southeast of Nuremberg . In the eastern apron of the station they unite with the routes from Cheb , Schwandorf and Feucht . Together they flow into the station from the east.

Aerial view of the station in 2009

In the urban area

The main train station is located on the southeast edge of the old town in the Tafelhof district directly opposite the Königstor at the Marientorgraben / Frauentorgraben / Bahnhofstrasse intersection. In between there is the station square with two tram stops, a turning loop and two bus stops. In the course of redesign measures in 2017, a ground-level pedestrian connection was set up again from the main exit of the reception building via the tram and bus stops to the Handwerkerhof .

Transport links

Nuremberg Central Station at night
View over the platforms

In the course of the traffic project German Unity No. 8 , a node of the integral cycle timetable is to be set up for the symmetry minute 0 in Nuremberg .

Long-distance transport

ICE trains on the long-distance tracks
Regional and long-distance platform

The main station is located at the intersection of the Intercity Express lines 18 , 25 , 28 , 29 , 31 , 41 , 91 and the Intercity and EuroCity lines 17 , 28 , 31 , 61 and is the only long-distance train station in Nuremberg. These lines serve Nuremberg for the most part at hourly intervals, with line overlapping in some cases also resulting in denser clock frequencies. Almost all long-distance connections leading from Munich to the north are now bundled via the high-speed route to Nuremberg and are only divided here. This creates a dense cycle between the two cities even in long-distance traffic. With the completion of the high-speed route between Nuremberg and Leipzig , this relation and thus the connection to Berlin was also significantly accelerated. Long-distance trains also offer direct connections to the Rhine-Main and Ruhr areas , as well as to Stuttgart , Karlsruhe , Rostock , Bremen , Hamburg and Passau and Vienna .

From the end of 2023, an intercity line from Karlsruhe to Stuttgart to Leipzig will be run via Nuremberg.

In the 1939 summer timetable, 91 long-distance trains per day ran via Nuremberg main station.

Train type route Transport offer Vehicles in regular operation
ICE 18 Munich Hbf  - Nürnberg Hbf  - Erlangen  - Bamberg  - Erfurt Hbf  - Halle (Saale) Hbf  - Bitterfeld  - Berlin Südkreuz  - Berlin Hbf  - Berlin Spandau  - Hamburg Hbf  - Hamburg Dammtor  - Hamburg-Altona Every two hours ICE 1
ICE 25 Munich Hbf  - Ingolstadt Hbf  - Nürnberg Hbf  - Würzburg Hbf  - Fulda  - Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe  - Göttingen  - Hannover Hbf  - Hamburg Harburg  - Hamburg Hbf  - Hamburg Dammtor  - Hamburg-Altona Hourly ICE 1 , ICE 2 , ICE T , ICE 4
ICE 28 Munich Hbf  - München-Pasing  - Augsburg Hbf  - Donauwörth  - Nürnberg Hbf  - Erlangen  - Bamberg (- Coburg ) - Erfurt Hbf  - Leipzig Hbf  - Lutherstadt Wittenberg  - Berlin Südkreuz  - Berlin Hbf  - Berlin Gesundbrunnen (- Eberswalde  - Angermünde  - Prenzlau  - Pasewalk  - Anklam  - Züssow  - Greifswald  - Stralsund Hbf  - Bergen auf Rügen  - Ostseebad Binz ) Every two hours ICE T
ICE 29 Munich Hbf  - Nuremberg Hbf  - Erfurt Hbf  - Halle Hbf  - Berlin Südkreuz  - Berlin Hbf  - Berlin Gesundbrunnen Five pairs of trains a day ICE 3
ICE 31 ( Munich Hbf  - Ingolstadt Hbf  - / Passau Hbf  - Regensburg Hbf  -) Nürnberg Hbf  - Würzburg Hbf  - Hanau Hbf  - Frankfurt (Main) Hbf  - Frankfurt Airport long-distance train station  - Mainz Hbf  - Koblenz Hbf  - Bonn Hbf  - Köln Hbf  - Solingen Hbf  - Wuppertal Hbf  - Hagen Hbf  - Dortmund Hbf  (- Münster Hbf  - Osnabrück Hbf  - Bremen Hbf  - Hamburg Hbf  - Neumünster  - Kiel Hbf ) individual trains ICE T , ICE 1
ICE 41 Munich Hbf  - Nürnberg Hbf  - Würzburg Hbf  - Aschaffenburg Hbf  - Frankfurt (Main) Hbf  - Frankfurt Airport long-distance train station  - Cologne Messe / Deutz  - Düsseldorf Hbf  - Duisburg Hbf  - Essen Hbf  - Bochum Hbf  - Dortmund Hbf Hourly ICE 3 , ICE 4
ICE 91 Vienna Hbf  - Vienna Meidling  - St. Pölten Hbf  - Linz Hbf  - Passau Hbf  - Plattling  - Regensburg Hbf  - Nürnberg Hbf  - Würzburg Hbf  - Hanau Hbf  - Frankfurt (Main) Hbf (- Frankfurt Airport long-distance train station  - Mainz Hbf  - Koblenz Hbf  - Bonn Hbf  - Köln Hbf  - Solingen Hbf  - Wuppertal Hbf  - Hagen Hbf  - Dortmund Hbf ) Every two hours ICE T
IC 17 Vienna Hbf  - Vienna Meidling  - St. Pölten Hbf  - Linz Hbf  - Wels Hbf  - Schärding  - Passau Hbf  - Plattling  - Straubing  - Regensburg Hbf  - Nürnberg Hbf  - Fürth (Bay) Hbf  - Erlangen  - Bamberg  - Lichtenfels  - Saalfeld (Saale)  - Jena -Göschwitz  - Jena Paradies  - Naumburg (Saale) Hbf  - Halle Hbf  - Leipzig Hbf  - Bitterfeld  - Lutherstadt Wittenberg  - Berlin Südkreuz  - Berlin Hbf  - Berlin Gesundbrunnen  - Oranienburg  - Neustrelitz Hbf  - Waren (Müritz)  - Rostock Hbf  (- Warnemünde ) One pair of trains a day Stadler KISS
IC 28 Munich Hbf  - Munich-Pasing  - Augsburg Hbf  - Donauwörth  - Treuchtlingen  - Nürnberg Hbf individual trains IC car
IC 31 Passau Hbf  - Plattling  - Straubing  - Regensburg Hbf  - Nürnberg Hbf  - Würzburg Hbf  - Hanau Hbf  - Frankfurt (Main) Hbf  - Frankfurt Airport long-distance train station  - Mainz Hbf  - Koblenz Hbf  - Bonn Hbf  - Köln Hbf  - Solingen Hbf  - Wuppertal Hbf  - Hagen Hbf  - Dortmund Hbf  - Münster (Westf) Hbf  - Osnabrück Hbf  - Bremen Hbf  - Hamburg-Harburg  - Hamburg Hbf  - Hamburg Dammtor  - Hamburg-Altona (- Neumünster  - Kiel Hbf ) Three pairs of trains a day IC car
IC 61 ( Leipzig Hbf  - Naumburg (Saale) Hbf  - Jena Paradies  - Saalfeld (Saale)  - Kronach  - Lichtenfels  - Bamberg -) Nürnberg Hbf  - Ansbach  - Crailsheim  - Ellwangen  - Aalen Hbf  - Schwäbisch Gmünd  - Stuttgart Hbf  - Vaihingen (Enz)  - Pforzheim Hbf  - Mühlacker  - Karlsruhe main station Every two hours Intercity 2

Night trains

The night trains stopping at the main train station operate as ÖBB Nightjet on the routes Vienna - Hanover - Hamburg, Vienna - Cologne - Düsseldorf, Vienna - Cologne - Brussels, Innsbruck - Hanover - Hamburg, Innsbruck - Cologne - Düsseldorf and Innsbruck - Cologne - Brussels.

As of the 2019/2020 timetable, the following trains run via Nuremberg Central Station:

Train number Train run
420/421 Innsbruck  - Munich - Nuremberg - Frankfurt / Main - Cologne - Düsseldorf
40490/40491 Vienna - Linz - Nuremberg - Frankfurt / Main - Cologne - Düsseldorf
40420/40421 Innsbruck - Munich - Nuremberg - Hanover - Hamburg
490/491 Vienna - Linz - Nuremberg - Hanover - Hamburg
424/425 Innsbruck - Munich - Nuremberg - Frankfurt / Main - Cologne - Brussels
50425/50490 Vienna - Linz - Nuremberg - Frankfurt / Main - Cologne - Brussels
ASN1 / ASN2 Salzburg  - Munich - Nuremberg - Frankfurt / Main - Hamburg - Sylt

The train numbers of trains going north end on 0, 2 or 4, those going south on 1 or 5.

The train pairs from Vienna or Innsbruck to Hamburg or Düsseldorf / Brussels run together. The through cars are exchanged in Nuremberg . The same applies to the train pairs in the opposite direction.

Long-distance buses

Deutsche Bahn has been offering an express bus connection between Nuremberg and Prague since August 9, 2009. In cooperation with DB Fern - and DB Stadtverkehr, it is run six times a day every two hours by Omnibusverkehr Franken buses and replaces the IC connection between the two cities that was discontinued in 2004. This line has since been expanded and runs from Prague via Nuremberg and Mannheim to Strasbourg. Another long-distance bus connection went into operation on May 28, 2011, connecting Nuremberg with Bad Füssing once a day .

Regional and high-speed rail transport

Underground , S-Bahn , R-Bahn and tram connections from Nuremberg main station

Local transport connections with Regional Express trains and regional trains lead mainly to the Nuremberg area ( Simmelsdorf-Hüttenbach , Neuhaus an der Pegnitz , Allersberg and Neustadt an der Aisch ), but also to large parts of Bavaria ( Bayreuth , Hof , Neustadt an der Waldnaab , Schwandorf , Regensburg , Munich, Augsburg and Würzburg ) as well as to Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg , Frankfurt am Main in Hesse , Sonneberg in Thuringia and in the Czech Republic to Cheb and Prague. The latter was taken over by Netinera Germany at the 2010 timetable change and operated by alex until December 2012 . Almost all routes are served at fixed cycle rates, mostly hourly, more dense cycle sequences are offered especially at peak times. Via the high-speed route to Ingolstadt and Munich, the Munich-Nuremberg Express has created a fast local transport connection between the two cities, which is a cheap alternative to the ICE.

The four lines of the S-Bahn network connect Nuremberg with Bamberg or Hartmannshof (S1), Roth or Altdorf near Nuremberg (S2), Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz (S3) and Ansbach or Dombühl (S4). Lines S1, S2 and S3 use tracks 1 to 3 as well as track 30 in the immediate vicinity of the station building, which significantly shortens the transfer times to local public transport. For operational reasons (blockage of the western station apron when driving from the front tracks to the Ansbach exit), the S4 trains leave platform 22.

line course
S1 Bamberg - Strullendorf - Hirschaid - Buttenheim - Eggolsheim - Forchheim - Kersbach - Baiersdorf - Bubenreuth - Erlangen - Erlangen Paul-Gossen-Strasse - Erlangen-Bruck - Eltersdorf - Vach - Fürth-Unterfarrnbach - Fürth main station - Nuremberg Rothenburger Strasse - Nuremberg-Steinbühl - Nuremberg main station - Nuremberg-Dürrenhof - Nuremberg-Ostring - Nuremberg-Mögeldorf - Nuremberg-Rehhof - Nuremberg-Laufamholz - Schwaig - Röthenbach (Pegnitz) - Steinberg - Seespitze - Lauf West - Lauf (left Pegnitz) - Ottensoos - Henfenfeld - Hersbruck ( left Pegnitz) - Happurg - Pommelsbrunn - Hartmannshof
S2 Roth - Büchenbach - Rednitzhembach - Schwabach - Limbach - Katzwang - Nürnberg-Reichelsdorfer Keller - Nürnberg-Reichelsdorf - Nürnberg-Eibach - Nürnberg-Sandreuth - Nürnberg-Steinbühl - Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof - Nürnberg-Dürrenhof - Nürnberg-Gleißhammer - Nürnberg-Dutzendteich - Nürnberg- Frankenstadion - Fischbach - Feucht - Feucht-Moosbach - Winkelhaid - Ludersheim - Altdorf West - Altdorf
S3 Nuremberg Central Station - Feucht - Feucht-Ost - Ochenbruck - Mimberg - Burgthann - Oberferrieden - Postbauer-Heng - Pölling - Neumarkt (Oberpf)
S4 Nuremberg Central Station - Nuremberg-Schweinau - Nuremberg-Stein - Unterasbach - Oberasbach - Anwanden - Roßtal - Roßtal-Wegbrücke - Raitersaich - Heilsbronn - Petersaurach North - Wicklesgreuth - Saxony - Ansbach - Leutershausen-Wiedersbach - Dombühl

city ​​traffic

Tram stop stopping at the station square with Frauentorturm
NightLiner departure
board on Bahnhofsplatz

The Hauptbahnhof underground station is one of the two crossing stations for the U1, U2 and U3 underground lines . The U1 runs to the city center and to the Nuremberg Exhibition Center , the U2 connects the main train station with the Nuremberg Northeast station , the starting point of the Graefenbergbahn in the direction of Franconian Switzerland , and Nuremberg Airport . There are stops for various tram and city ​​bus routes on the Bahnhofsplatz . On weekends and public holidays, the station square also serves as a meeting point and central transfer hub for the “ NightLinernight bus network . To the east of it, about two hundred meters away, is the central bus station , reopened in 2005 after renovation , from which international bus routes in particular run to various European countries.

Infrastructure

Crossing of the two connecting wings with the central hall.
Entrance to the Art Nouveau room.

Service facilities

The German railway maintains the station, a travel center and a service point in the central hall. On the first floor there is a DB lounge for bahn.bonus comfort customers and 1st class travelers. Numerous dynamic display boards in the halls and on all platforms provide information on the current traffic situation. Announcements are played automatically. The station building and the platforms are largely barrier-free , and all levels of the station concourse can be reached via escalators and elevators .

The Nürnberg Bahnhofsmission is on hand in the basement of the station to provide travelers, homeless people and those working at the station with advice and assistance. Since March 9, 2011, the Bahnhofsmission has had a children's lounge as the first of five planned locations in Germany. On Christmas Eve and Maundy Thursday, an ecumenical service with live music will be held in the central hall of the train station.

The total rented area is 20,214 square meters. In the station building there are numerous shops for daily needs, as well as shops with travel supplies, restaurants and snack bars. A total of 55 shops were let. Further shops and businesses are located in the Königstorpassage connected to the train station.

Christmas service with the Nuremberg Christ Child (2011)

At the beginning of 1999 a car park next to the east hall with 487 parking spaces went into operation. Deutsche Bahn had initiated the corresponding planning, and an insurance company raised the necessary investment.

In the basement of the main train station, known as the basement , there is a site owned by the railway that receives items that have been lost in DB stations and trains. There is also the counter for IC courier goods and luggage storage with around 500 lockers.

There is a taxi stand on the station forecourt .

Former taxi stand on the station forecourt in front of the east wing (since 2018 in front of the west wing)

Signal box

Around 1900, a total of 116 employees in shift operation operated points and signals for around 100 trains on the spot. All points and signals had to be changed manually by change officers in a decentralized manner. A number of electrical signal boxes were built between 1907 and 1911 . Instead of 116, only 40 employees were required from now on. The operation was controlled by two command and twelve dependent consent interlockings. From 1913 onwards, 122 trains ran daily, which were now controlled by 40 employees per shift and by 14 tower signal boxes.

Between 1930 and 1935, followed by other improvements, such as backing up slip ways and the introduction of electric track vacancy detection including an occupied dependency. The bombs of World War II destroyed all signal boxes in 1944. They could be temporarily replaced by two mobile electromechanical signal boxes. In the course of the reconstruction, four signal boxes were abandoned through further centralization. In 1968 the first SpDrS-60 relay interlocking went into operation, replacing part of the old command interlocking.

In August 1983 construction began on a new, 40 m long, 21 m high and 11 m wide central signal box. This went into operation at the end of November 1988 under the name Nhf . One dispatcher and one helper each steered the west and east sides of the station, supported by a train indicator , a train announcer and a guard for the connected passenger car factory. The parking area extended to Fürth including the train stations Nürnberg-Schweinau in the west and Bf Eibach in the south as well as the train stations Dutzendteich and Mögeldorf in the east. The line- side power was 630 kW.

A total of 38.3 million D-Marks were invested. At that time, 800 train journeys and 2,900 shunting journeys could be handled every day in the area of ​​the main station. The planning had been initiated in the 1970s in order to create not only rationalization but also the conditions for the planned high-speed route to Munich. Shortly before the signal box was put into operation, a new departure board, costing around one million D-Marks, went into operation in the central hall, which was controlled by computer from the new signal box. With the new SpDrS 600 interlocking, ten old interlockings, which were around 70 years old at the time, were taken out of service. Three more followed as part of the S-Bahn expansion in the early 1990s. After removing the unfavorably located, no longer expandable signal boxes, the five parking facilities could be merged.

Today, a dispatcher (responsible for train movements) and a switch attendant (responsible for shunting) control operations in the east and west. They are supported by a team leader and a team leader assistant who plan track changes, connections and train sequences. Two employees from DB Station & Service are responsible for the sound reinforcement and control of the displays . All employees are housed in the central signal box.

architecture

Middle wing of Nuremberg Central Station at night
Art nouveau hall with DB travel center

The first reception building of the Nuremberg train station was erected in front of the Frauentor in 1846 according to a design by the architect and royal building officer Eduard Rüber in the neo-Gothic style. It was adapted to the increased traffic volume by a renovation around 1880. At the end of the 19th century, however, this building had finally become inadequate, in its place a considerably larger representative new building in the neo- baroque style based on a design by Karl Zenger was erected between 1900 and 1906 . The facades were made of Krensheim shell limestone . The portals of the individual halls are richly decorated and primarily show symbols of technical progress, for example a wing wheel above the portal of the central hall. The hall in which the travel center is located today was designed in the Art Nouveau style by Bruno Paul in 1904–1905 . Sections of the walls are covered with mosaics by the artist Iris Rauh , the ceiling is decorated with subtle stucco . The Art Nouveau Hall is one of the few areas of the station that survived the destruction of World War II. In front of the main portal there is an advertising column from the early 20th century.

In 1950, as part of the repair of war damage, plans were drawn up to redesign the neo-baroque architecture in line with the Gothic style that (once) shaped the cityscape of Nuremberg. However, the construction work was stopped shortly after the start, so that only a few areas were changed accordingly.

The modernization of the reception building in the 1990s was carried out according to plans by FIS architects (Aachen).

history

From the opening to the first renovation

The train station, built between 1844 and 1847, on a photograph from 1891
Center tunnel

Between 1844 and 1847, as part of the construction of the state-run Ludwig-Süd-Nord-Bahn from Lindau to Hof, Nuremberg Central Station was built in its current location. Since the area at the Plärrer , the location of the station of the private Ludwigseisenbahn to Fürth, was insufficient, the state railway decided to build its own station in front of the Frauentorgraben. As was customary at the time for larger stations, it was designed as a terminal station . The reception building was built in the neo-Gothic style . With the opening of the state railway lines to Schwabach (1849), Ansbach , (1875) and Bayreuth (1877), the station developed into the central station of Nuremberg.

The Eastern Railway Company built in 1859 to construct the line to Hersbruck east of the road Allersberger its own terminal station, which also houses the route Regensburg ended (1871). In addition to a reception hall, it also had workshops and coach houses. It was connected to the state train station by two tracks. In 1876, after the nationalization of the Eastern Railway, it was connected to the State Railway Station to form a through station.

The station after the first renovation (1900–1906)
Postcard with interior views of the west and central hall (1907)
The station with forecourt around 1918

The further increase in rail traffic in the 1880s and the growing track systems made it necessary to build the road underpasses that are still in existence today. The Tafelfeld, Karl-Bröger, Marien and Dürrenhof tunnels as well as the Celtis and Allersberg underpasses were gradually built. Between 1878 and 1880 the tracks for passenger traffic were expanded again and goods traffic was relocated to the newly built main freight station at the Kohlenhof in 1880 . In 1883 there were seven platform tracks and three through and bypass tracks. As early as 1897, new plans for the reconstruction of the main station were presented, which included the construction of the new reception building, the raising of the entire track system by 3.27 m and the construction of pedestrian underpasses (west and east tunnels) to the tracks. The renovation work began on April 19, 1900 and was completed on March 10, 1906, the planned opening of the west tunnel and the construction of the south exit could only take place in 1927. From the demolished first reception building, the wall-mounted fittings of the royal salon have been preserved. It is exhibited in the Nuremberg Transport Museum.

When the Nazi party rallies were removed , up to 1.3 million visitors (1938) left in a short time. At Nuremberg main station, there were sometimes dispatch intervals of 80 seconds. Between arrival and departure special trains were parked up to 400 kilometers from Nuremberg, for example in Dresden.

Destruction and rebuilding

Luggage carts on the platforms, looking west, 1986

With the exception of the Art Nouveau hall, the station building was badly damaged by the air raids on Nuremberg towards the end of the Second World War and was shut down for nine days on March 16, 1945. The reconstruction took place between 1945 and 1956 and had to be carried out in a simplified form due to lack of money, a cinema was integrated as an innovation . Construction work for the subway began under the main station in 1973, for which the central hall was gutted and placed on stilts . Between 1976 and 1984 new platform roofs were installed and the platforms on tracks 1 to 15 were raised to 76 cm above the top of the rails. The construction of the third dome and the central hall began in 1977. On April 2, 1984, the restaurant built in 1906 was reopened. It covered an area of ​​390 m², at a height of eight meters. In the end, plans were even drawn up for the overall renovation, but these were never implemented.

Conversion of the eastern apron for the S-Bahn

In the summer of 1988 extensive construction work began to build the "main line" of the Nuremberg S-Bahn in the area of ​​the main station. By building its own S-Bahn tracks in the northeast part of the main station, the S-Bahn stop could be moved from tracks 18/19 (remote from the city) to tracks 2/3. By using these tracks close to the city, it was also possible to significantly reduce the number of transfer routes to trams, underground trains and buses. In addition, the new Nuremberg-Dürrenhof S-Bahn station was built.

The reconstruction of the eastern track apron, carried out in six construction stages, cost a total of around 100 million D-Marks , which were raised by the federal government, the state and the city of Nuremberg. On an area of ​​156,000 square meters, 16 kilometers of tracks and 60 points were newly laid, and two parking groups (together 5.7 km) with their own switching interlocking were built. A 60 m long crossing structure was built for the crossing-free running of the Lauf directional track under the Altdorf directional track. A total of ten bridge structures had to be changed or rebuilt, and 640 m of noise protection walls were rebuilt. The Europe-wide unique stocks of the sand tragacanth (Astragalus arenarius) were replanted, other plant stocks were temporarily replanted and later replanted in the area of ​​the railway systems. The reconstruction of the section with the platforms cost a further 40 million D-Marks. The S-Bahn tracks in the area of ​​the main station can be driven at 80 km / h.

Modernization at the turn of the millennium

Southern section of the east hall after the modernization
Connecting wing between the west and central hall.

The last major renovations took place at the end of the 20th century, during which the cinema was removed and the entire interior was redesigned. The mezzanine floors of the reception building were made accessible to the public and the entire area was converted into a shopping center. Ticket sales and advice have been relocated to the historic Art Nouveau hall. Three wall mosaics were designed by the artist Iris Rauh. The “time travel” mosaic, which depicts the subject of “travel” in the course of history, attracted national attention. On June 24, 2002, the reception building , which is now under monument protection , was finally inaugurated .

Conversion for the S-Bahn supplementary network

House platform track 1 with S-Bahn to Roth.

Due to the expansion of the Nuremberg S-Bahn network on December 12, 2010, renovation work was necessary on the platforms now used for the S-Bahn. The house platform (track 1) was extended on its east side for the arriving trains of the S-Bahn from Neumarkt (S3) (new track number 30), since then it offers 213 m usable length with a new height of 76 cm above the top of the rail and has another exit to the East tunnel. For the continuous line Bamberg – Nuremberg – Hartmannshof (S1), the western part of platform 2 (tracks 2 and 3) was partially lowered to 76 cm and connected to the unchanged 96 cm high existing building via a ramp. Platform 11 (tracks 22 and 23) used for the S-Bahn to Ansbach (S4) was increased in summer 2009 from 38 cm at the time to 76 cm now, while the access points (stairs and elevator) were adjusted at the same time, and a new platform roof was added . Work on platforms 1 and 11 began in 2009.

With the commissioning of the new Ebensfeld – Erfurt line at the end of 2017, regional and S-Bahn traffic in the Nuremberg hub was reorganized. Since then, ICE trains to and from Berlin no longer arrive at minute 30, but at minute 0.

Appreciation of the environment

Main post

In 2013, Aurelis Real Estate, the owner of the largely vacant main post office building on the station forecourt, announced that a new use was being sought for the construction. In 2014, the Munich investor Hubert Haupt Immobilien acquired the area in order to renovate the listed circular building and to tear down the historic head building from the 1930s and replace it with a new building. Despite opposition from the Free Voters , the Nuremberg Friends of the Old Town and the Nuremberg Cityscape Initiative, work began in January 2018 to demolish the front building, which is to be replaced by two towers with ten and thirteen storeys respectively.

Station forecourt

In 2015, the main topic of discussion was the renovation of the station forecourt in order to ensure better usability and a better quality of stay. Among other things, an above-ground pedestrian crossing should be provided. At the time, further ideas were also developed in an architecture competition for the former main post office on the station forecourt.

Work on converting the station square, which was only partially usable at this time, began in April 2017. In addition to a pedestrian crossing that leads from the central hall to the Handwerkerhof , new and wider cycle paths were created and the platforms of the tram and bus stops were barrier-free expanded. In addition, smaller green areas were created on the forecourt and new paving was laid. The station square was officially opened to the public again on November 21, 2017.

Nelson Mandela Square

The east tunnel is currently being extended by 23 m to the south, to Nelson-Mandela-Platz. Planning approval was granted in September 2017. In March 2018, construction work began on the second exit, next to the west tunnel, in the southern part of the city.

Nelson-Mandela-Platz, the station forecourt on the south side, has also been redesigned since spring 2018. The area previously used as a parking lot is to be replaced by a park and a cafe. A 110-meter-long bicycle parking garage for 348 bikes is to be built from mid-2019 directly on the wall to the track field, between the current exit at the west tunnel and the future exit at the east tunnel. The parallel street Hinterm Bahnhof is to be redesigned into a boulevard with rows of trees and cycle lanes and function as a 30 km / h zone with short-term parking as a kiss and ride area.

Bus station

In February 2019, a renovation of the long-distance bus station on the north side of the station was announced. In addition to a windbreak, seats and digital display boards, a roof is also to be set up.

digitalization

The Nuremberg area is to be equipped with digital interlockings and ETCS by 2030 as part of the “starter package” of Digital Rail Germany , as part of the TEN core network corridor Scandinavia-Mediterranean .

safety

Since October 19, 2012, with the exception of the catering establishments, there has been a ban on alcohol consumption in public in public on the evenings before Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from 8 p.m. until 6 a.m. the following day, including consumption and carrying prohibits alcoholic beverages in opened containers. Violations of the ban may result in a fine of 40 € and eviction from the house; in the event of repetition, a house ban can also be issued. Since November 1, 2018, there has been a permanent alcohol ban in the station. In the supermarket on the mezzanine floor, alcoholic drinks are only available until 8 p.m. on public holidays and weekends.

According to the railway and the federal police, Nuremberg is one of ten train stations nationwide that are “focus on crime” and whose “terrorist threat is potentially high”. In 2017 there were 176 bodily injuries there.

With regard to the threat of terrorism, the three “most endangered main train stations in Germany” are, besides Bremen and Hamburg, also Nuremberg. An expansion of the video surveillance was already decided in 2013, as a reaction to the explosive device found at Bonn Central Station in 2012 .

See also

literature

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  • Federal Railway Directorate Nuremberg (Ed.): 75 years of Nuremberg Central Station. 1906-1981 . 65-page brochure, 1981.

Web links

Commons : Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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