Schwandorf station
| Schwandorf | |
|---|---|
 Front of Schwandorf station | |
| Operations | |
| Category | 3 |
| Type | Through station |
| Platforms in use | 5 |
| Station code | NSCH |
| Construction and location | |
| Opened | 12 December 1859 |
| Location | Schwandorf |
| State | Bavaria |
| Country | Germany |
| Home page | BEG station fact file |
| 49°19′35.76″N 12°6′14.51″E / 49.3266000°N 12.1040306°ECoordinates: 49°19′35.76″N 12°6′14.51″E / 49.3266000°N 12.1040306°E | |
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Schwandorf station is the second most important regional transport hub in the Upper Palatinate province of Bavaria after Regensburg Hauptbahnhof, and one of the two working railway stations in the town of Schwandorf. It is classified as a category 3 station by the Deutsche Bahn.
History
The station was opened on 12 December 1859 by the Bavarian Eastern Railway Company, when the Nuremberg–Schwandorf–Regensburg route was taken into service. Just under four years later, on 1 October 1863, the Schwandorf–Weiden line was opened and, in 1865, it was extended to Eger. The link to Cham was opened on 7 January 1861 and in autumn of that year the line was opened all the way through to Prague via Furth im Wald and Pilsen. The result was that two lines passed through the town, one in a north-south and one in an east-west direction. These lines still exist today, although Schwandorf can no longer be called a "railwayman's town" as formerly was the case.
Infrastructure and facilities
Today the station has eleven main lines of which five are used for passenger services. The home platform and the two island platforms are 38 cm high and do not meet the requirement for barrier-free admission. In the station building, in addition to a ticket machine, there is also a newsagents, a baker's and a shop for travellers with a bistro.
Transport links
About a hundred trains runs daily from Schwandorf station. Direct connexions include those to:
- Furth im Wald (hourly, ALX+RE+RB)
- Weiden-Hof (hourly, ALX+RE+VBG)
- Nürnberg (hourly, RE)
- Regensburg (hourly, ALX+RE+VBG)
- Munich (every 2 hours, ALX)
- Prague (4 per day, ALX+RE)
- Gera (3 per day, RE)
Next to the railway station is a bus station, from which buses depart to all parts of the town and the local area. A Park-and-Ride car park and taxi stand are also available at the station.
Irrenlohe station
In the north of the town, in the district of Irlaching, is Irrenlohe station. It is classified as category 6. The station emerged with the establishment of the link from Regensburg to Nuremberg. When the branch line to Weiden was added, Irrenlohe became a mini transport hub. This was the reason that the village was shelled in the Second World War.
The reason the station is called "Irrenlohe" and not "Irlaching" is that the villagers of Irlaching had shown no real interest in a railway connection and so the building of the station was paid for by Irrenlohe.
The station has five main tracks, of which three are platform tracks. Passenger services are:
- Schwandorf–Regensburg (two-hourly, VBG)
- Weiden-Hof (two-hourly, VBG)
The composer Franz Schreker took the name of his opera Irrelohe ("Mad flames") from the station after his train halted there.
Klardorf station
South of Schwandorf in the suburb of Klardorf there is another station at which no passenger trains have stopped since 2 June 1985.
See also
External links
- Information about Schwandorf station at bahnhof.de
- Information about Irrenlohe station at bahnhof.de
- There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany