Island station

As island stations are stations whose occupation of the reception building in an island location between the tracks is. The building, which is enclosed on both sides by the track field, is then usually accessed on the street side by a dead end street that branches off from a street crossing or under the tracks . In contrast to the wedge station , the track systems on both sides of the Inselbahnhof are connected both in front of and behind the station building. Reasons for the construction of an island train station could, for example, have been necessary extensions of a train station system, which for spatial reasons could no longer be carried out on the original track side. There are also touching stations where the different sides of the station originally belonged to different railway companies .

Colloquially, a train station on an island (e.g. Lindau in Lake Constance ) is also called an island train station.

Island train stations in Germany

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  Dresden Hbf , island and terminus station

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  Inselbahnhof Halle (Saale) Hbf with station forecourt

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  Bf Minden (Westf)

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  Bf Düren

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  Bf Uelzen

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  Magdeburg Central Station

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  Warburg train station (Westf)

place	railway station	stretch	from	to	comment
Baden-Württemberg
Crailsheim	Crailsheim	Nuremberg – Crailsheim Crailsheim – Königshofen Crailsheim – Heilbronn Goldhöfe – Crailsheim	1876
Aalen-Hofen	Goldshöfe	East side: * Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt – Nördlingen West side: * Goldshöfe – Crailsheim	1866	1985	with dismantling of the connecting track 1 Rems in the direction of Crailsheim, conversion to the wedge station
Bavaria
Planegg	Planegg	East side: Munich – Garmisch-Partenkirchen West side: Munich – Gauting	1900	circa 1970	In the course of the renovation for the S-Bahn service , the reception building in an island location was demolished.
Brandenburg
cottbus	Cottbus central station	Berlin – Görlitz Halle – Cottbus Cottbus – Guben Cottbus – Żary	1870	1978	Reception building in an island location destroyed in 1945 and replaced by barracks. In 1978 a new reception building was opened on the side
Guben	Guben	Berlin – Wrocław Cottbus – Guben Guben – Zbąszynek	1870
Küstrin-Kietz	Küstrin-Kietz	Berlin – Küstrin-Kietz border Küstrin-Kietz – Frankfurt (Oder)	1866		converted wedge station
Hamburg
Hamburg-Harburg	Hamburg-Harburg	East side: * Celle – Hamburg-Harburg West side: * Wanne-Eickel – Hamburg * Hamburg-Harburg – Cuxhaven
Hesse
Bebra	Bebra	East side: * Halle – Bebra * Bebra – Kassel West side: * Frankfurt – Bebra * Bebra – Göttingen	1869
Hanau	Hanau Hbf	Frankfurt – Bebra Frankfurt South – Aschaffenburg Frankfurt Slaughterhouse – Hanau Friedberg – Hanau Hanau – Eberbach		1966	The station building was demolished in 1966 and replaced by a station building to the north of the tracks
Lollar	Lollar	Kassel – Frankfurt Lollar – Grünberg Lollar – Wetzlar	1879
Mücke (Hessen)	Mosquito (Hess)	Vogelsbergbahn railway line Friedberg – Mücke	1903	1964	The facilities belonging to the Friedberg – Mücke railway line were dismantled in 1960, but 2 tracks in the eastern section remained in place until at least 1964.
Neuhof (near Fulda)	Neuhof	Frankfurt – Bebra	2011		Relocation of the Kinzig Valley Railway to the southern side of the station building. The freight yard and the platform towards Flieden remained on the northern side of the station.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Bad little ones	Bad little ones	Lübeck – Bad Kleinen Ludwigslust – Wismar Rostock – Bad Kleinen		2017	The reception building on the island was demolished in 2017.
Lower Saxony
Taught	Taught	Berlin – Lehrte Hannover – Braunschweig Lehrte – Hamburg-Harburg Lehrte – Nordstemmen
Luneburg	Luneburg	East side: * Celle – Hamburg-Harburg * Lüneburg – Lübeck * Lüneburg – Bleckede West side: * Wittenberge – Buchholz * Lüneburg – Soltau south			Formerly two independent train stations ( Lüneburg East and Lüneburg West ), both reception buildings on an island between the routes
Uelzen	Uelzen	East side: * Celle – Hamburg-Harburg West side: * Stendal – Uelzen * Uelzen – Langwedel			formerly two independent train stations ( Hannöverscher Bahnhof and Halberstädter Bahnhof )
Wunstorf	Wunstorf	North side: * Wunstorf – Bremen South side: * Hannover – Minden	1847		formerly between the tracks crossing east and west of the station with the main exit through a tunnel to the north to Bahnhofstrasse (in 1906 the Steinhuder Meer-Bahn was extended to the station building and the Wunstorf-West station was closed after the tracks crossing west of the station were dismantled the Hindenburgstrasse to the station building extended and the western main output created station forecourt. Thus, the station was to Keilbahnhof.)
North Rhine-Westphalia
Aachen	Aachen Marching Gate	Aachen – Mönchengladbach		1905
Aachen	Aachen Templar inherited	Aachen – Mönchengladbach		1910
Altenbeken	Altenbeken	North side: * Altenbeken – Kreiensen * Hannover – Altenbeken * Herford – Altenbeken south side: * Hamm – Warburg	1865		Original wedge station with subsequently built connecting track
Bottrop	Bottrop central station	Oberhausen-Osterfeld-Hamm Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck-Oberhausen-Osterfeld Bottrop-Gerschede Essen-Dellwig Ost-Bottrop	1905	1995	1995–1999 demolition of the reception building and relocation of the passenger station to the west
Dorsten	Dorsten	Gelsenkirchen – Winterswijk Duisburg – Quakenbrück	1879
Duisburg	Duisburg Central Station	Duisburg – Oberhausen – Dortmund Duisburg – Essen – Dortmund Duisburg – Cologne Duisburg – Mönchengladbach Duisburg – Quakenbrück		1934	Station building on the island of the Prussian state railway in 1886, replaced in 1934 by today's station building west of the track system
Düren	Düren	Cologne – Aachen Jülich – Düren Düren – Euskirchen Düren – Heimbach Mönchengladbach – Stolberg Düren – Neuss
Hamm	Hamm (Westf)	West side: * Dortmund – Hamm * Hamm – Minden East side: * Hagen – Hamm * Hamm – Münster	1850	1920	1911–1929 Reconstruction of the track system and construction of a new reception building (until 1920) on the side
Holzwickede	Holzwickede	Dortmund – Soest Hagen – Hamm
Huerth	Hürth-Kalscheuren	Cologne – Trier Cologne – Mainz
Call	Call	Cologne – Trier Kall – Hellenthal
Krefeld	Krefeld Hbf	North side: * Duisburg – Mönchengladbach South side: * Cologne – Nijmegen	1856	1904
Minden	Minden (Westf)	Hamm – Minden Hanover – Minden
Mönchengladbach	Mönchengladbach Hbf	West side: * Duisburg – Mönchengladbach East side: Aachen – Mönchengladbach * Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf	1852	1908	New construction of a reception building on the side
Neuss	Neuss main station	Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf Left Lower Rhine route Düren – Neuss
Nettetal-Kaldenkirchen	Kaldenkirchen	Viersen – Venlo Kempen – Venlo
Mönchengladbach	Rheydt Hbf	Rheydt – Cologne Aachen – Mönchengladbach			former island train station
Ottbergen	Ottbergen	North side: * Altenbeken – Kreiensen South side: * Ottbergen – Northeim	1878
Warburg	Warburg (Westf)	Hamm – Warburg Kassel – Warburg Schwerte – Warburg
Wesel	Wesel	East side: * Oberhausen – Emmerich West side: * Haltern – Venlo	1881	1945	Station building in an island location destroyed in 1945 and replaced by a new building in a side location in 1955, the island platform was built over in the early 1960s
Rhineland-Palatinate
Bingen am Rhein	Bingen (Rhine) central station	Cologne – Mainz Bingen – Saarbrücken
Saxony
Aue	Aue (Sachs)	Chemnitz – Adorf Zwickau – Schwarzenberg	18__	200_	former island train station
Bertsdorf-Hörnitz	Bertsdorf	Zittau – health resort Oybin Bertsdorf – health resort Jonsdorf
Dresden	Dresden Central Station	Dresden – Děčín Dresden – Werdau Pirna – Coswig	1898		partly terminus
Dürrröhrsdorf-Dittersbach	Dürrröhrsdorf	Kamenz – Pirna Neustadt – Dürrröhrsdorf Dürrröhrsdorf – Weißig
Kamenz	Kamenz (Sachs)	Kamenz – Bischofswerda Kamenz – Kamenz North Kamenz – Pirna			former island train station
Narsdorf	Narsdorf	Neukieritzsch – Chemnitz Rochlitz – Penig			former island train station
Oderwitz	Oberoderwitz	Oberoderwitz – Wilthen Zittau – Löbau			former island train station
Pirna	Pirna	Dresden – Děčín Kamenz – Pirna Pirna – Großcotta Pirna – Gottleuba Pirna – Coswig	1875
Reichenbach in Vogtland	Reichenbach (Vogtl) above Bf	Leipzig – Hof Reichenbach – Göltzschtalbrücke			former island train station
Schöneck / Vogtl.	Zwotental	Chemnitz – Adorf Zwotental – Klingenthal			former island train station
St. Egidien	St. Egidien	Dresden – Werdau Stollberg – St. Egidien
Wilthen	Wilthen	Bautzen – Bad Schandau Oberoderwitz – Wilthen
Zwönitz	Zwönitz	Chemnitz – Adorf Zwönitz – Chemnitz south Zwönitz – Scheibenberg			former island train station
Saxony-Anhalt
Halle (Saale)	Halle (Saale) central station	East side: * Halle – Cottbus * Berlin – Halle * Magdeburg – Leipzig West side: * Halle – Bebra * Halle – Kassel * Halle – Halberstadt	1890
Magdeburg	Magdeburg Central Station	Berlin – Magdeburg Braunschweig – Magdeburg Magdeburg – Thale Magdeburg – Leipzig Magdeburg – Wittenberge			partly through station
Sandersleben	Sandersleben (Anh)	East side: * Halle – Vienenburg West side: * Berlin – Blankenheim	1879		Merging of two independent train stations with joint use of one of the reception buildings
Thuringia
Arenshausen	Arenshausen	North side: * Arenshausen – Friedland South side: * Halle – Hann. Münden	1867	1884?	former island train station
Erfurt	Erfurt central station	Halle – Bebra Nordhausen – Erfurt Sangerhausen – Erfurt	1893	2002	former island train station
Big herring	Big herring	Halle – Bebra Großheringen – Saalfeld Straussfurt – Großheringen	1874		Entrance building demolished in 1998/1999, a side wing is still standing.
Ober Maßfeld-Grimmenthal	Grimmenthal	Eisenach – Eisfeld Neudietendorf – Ritschenhausen			Reception building demolished

Island train stations in Austria and Switzerland

place	railway station	route	from	to	comment
Austria
burner	burner
Salzburg	Salzburg Central Station			2012/3	former island train station
Selzthal	Selzthal
Switzerland
Buhler		St. Gallen – Appenzell		1968	former island train station
Olten	Olten
Turgi	Turgi			1997	former island train station
Courtemaîche	Courtemaîche	Delémont – Delle Connection of an army track to Bure (no public railway)

Examples of island train stations in Europe

Denmark

• Padborg

Italy

• Brennero
• Prato Porta al Serraglio
• Tirso ( Macomer – Nuoro railway line , narrow gauge)
• Trofarello
• Vernazza

Great Britain

• Edinburgh Waverley

Republic of Moldova

• Ocniţa
• Ungheni (lane changing station)

Netherlands

• Dieren
• Geldermalsen
• Weert

Norway

• Ål , ( Bergensbanen )
• Myrdal , Bergensbanen

Poland

place	railway station	stretch	from	to	comment
Poland
Bydgoszcz ( Bromberg )	Bydgoszcz Główna Railway Station	Chorzów – Tczew Kutno – Piła Poznań – Bydgoszcz			two station buildings
Chojnice ( Konitz )	Chojnice	Tczew – Küstrin-Kietz Działdowo – Chojnice Chojnice-Runowo Pomorskie Chojnice – Kościerzyna Oleśnica – Chojnice	1873
Inowrocław ( Hohensalza )	Inowrocław	Chorzów – Tczew Poznań – Toruń Inowrocław – Inowrocław Rąbinek	1872
Jarocin ( Jarotschin )	Jarocin	Kluczbork – Poznań Oleśnica – Chojnice Jarocin – Kąkolewo	1875
Krzyż Wielkopolski ( Cross )	Krzyż	Tczew – Küstrin – Kietz Poznań – Szczecin Wałcz – Krzyż	1851
Nowy Świętów ( German bet )	Nowy Świętów	Katowice – Legnica Nowy Świętów – Sławniowice Nyskie Nowy Świętów – Głuchołazy Zdrój	1868	2010	The western part of the station has been closed to passenger traffic since 2010.
Opole ( Opole )	Opole Główne ( main station )	Bytom – Wrocław Tarnowskie Góry – Opole Opole Groszowice – Opole Główne Opole Główne – Opole Wschodnie Opole – Namysłów	1845
Piła ( cutting mill )	Piła Główna ( central station )	Kutno – Piła Tczew – Küstrin Kietz Poznań – Piła Bzowo Goraj – Piła Piła – Ustka Piła Główna – Piła Północ	1851
Poznań ( Poznan )	Poznań Główny ( central station )	Frankfurt (Oder) –Poznań Warszawa – Poznań Poznań – Wrocław Kluczbork – Poznań Poznań – Szczecin Poznań – Piła	1879	2014	In 2012 a new station building was erected above the eastern group of tracks. The old train station was demolished in 2014.
Prostki ( Prostken )	Prostki	Białystok – Głomno	1871	before 1945	Former island and re-gauging station on the former German-Russian and later German-Polish border.
Rzepin ( Reppen )	Rzepin	Frankfurt (Oder) –Poznań Wierzbno – Rzepin Drzeńsko – Rzepin Jerzmanice Lubuskie – Rzepin	1870
Toruń ( Thorn )	Toruń Główny ( central station )	Kutno – Piła Poznań – Toruń Toruń – Chernyachovsk	1861
Węgliniec ( Kohlfurt )	Węgliniec	Węgliniec – Zgorzelec Lubań Śląski – Węgliniec Miłkowice – Jasień Węgliniec – Horka	1846

Spain

• Irun (station building between standard-gauge and wide-gauge tracks)

Czech Republic

• Hulin
• Okříšky
• Pilsen hl.n. (Pilsen central station)
• Plzeň-Jižní předměstí (Pilsen-Südvorstadt)
• Praha-Vysočany Railway Station (Prague-Vysočany)
• Ústí nad Orlicí (until 2014)
• Všetaty (Wschetat)

Ukraine

• Rodakowe
• Popasna

Belarus

• Brest Passaschyrski , also lane changing station

Australia

• Wallangarra , also the lane changing station between Queensland and New South Wales

See also

• According to structural differentiation: riding station , wedge station , tower station , tunnel station , wing station
• According to operational importance: through station , terminus station , contact station , separation station , crossing station , connecting station

literature

• Reception building on island locks . In: Journal of Construction . Issue 7-10, 1862, Col. 369–374 ( zlb.de [PDF; accessed on August 28, 2017]).
• About separation stations and especially reception buildings on island locks . In: Journal of Construction . Issue 3–5, 1873, Col. 229–236 ( zlb.de [PDF; accessed on August 28, 2017]).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Georg Sattler: Photo documentation of the Planegg train station on doku-des-alltags.de, accessed on April 4, 2018.