Zwickau Hauptbahnhof

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Zwickau Hauptbahnhof

The station building
Operations
Category 3
Type Through station
Platforms in use 8
Daily trains 200
DS100 code DZW
Construction and location
Opened 18 September 1845
Architect Otto Falk (1933)
Location Zwickau
State Saxony
Country Germany
Home page www.bahnhof.de
50°42′54″N 12°28′37″E / 50.71500°N 12.47694°E / 50.71500; 12.47694Coordinates: 50°42′54″N 12°28′37″E / 50.71500°N 12.47694°E / 50.71500; 12.47694
Route information
List of railway stations in Saxony

Zwickau Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station of Zwickau in the German state of Saxony.

History

On 18 September 1845 Zwickau was connected by a branch line to the Leipzig–Reichenbach railway line. This was followed on 11 May 1858 by the line to Schwarzenberg, on 15 November 1858 by the line to Chemnitz and on 29 November 1875 by the line to Falkenstein.[1]

The first station building was a wooden structure built in 1845. This soon no longer met increasing requirements and had to be replaced by a new building, which was completed in 1858.[1]

The current station building was designed by Deutsche Reichsbahn architect Otto Falk, built from 1933 to 1936 and opened on 17 December 1936.[2]

Location

The station is separated from the inner city and the Neumarkt and Zentralhaltestelle bus interchanges located there. Lines 5 and 7 of the Zwickau tramway network and bus lines 16 and 19 of the Zwickau Municipal Transport Authority (Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe Zwickau) connect the station with the city centre. In addition, many regional bus services begin at the station, which are mainly operated by the West Saxony Regional Transport Authority (Regionalverkehrsbetriebe Westsachsen).

Zwickau model

A special feature is the Zwickau model of tram-train operations. BOStrab-compliant RegioSprinters of the Vogtlandbahn run over tram tracks to the Zwickau central (Zentrum) tram stop. Tram-trains run from the Zwickau–Schwarzenberg line at street level to the Stadthalle tram stop. The metre-gauge line has a third rail fitted to allow standard gauge vehicles to continue to the Zentrum tram stop. The RegioSprinters are diesel-powered as most of the Vogtlandbahn network is not electrified and the vehicles are slightly narrower than normal because the tram line does not have sufficient clearance for full-width standard gauge vehicles.

Rail services

The following services operate through Zwickau:

Line Route Frequency Operator
RE 1 ZwickauGößnitz − Ronneburg − GeraJenaWeimarErfurtGotha - Mühlhausen (Thür) − Leinefelde − Göttingen every 2 hours DB Regio Südost
RE 3 Dresden – Tharandt − Freiberg − Flöha – ChemnitzHohenstein-ErnstthalGlauchauZwickauReichenbach − Plauen − Hof every 2 hours DB Regio Südost
RE 9 Dresden – Tharandt − Freiberg – Chemnitz – Glauchau – Zwickau – Reichenbach – Plauen – Hof – Marktredwitz – Nuremberg every 2 hours DB Regio
RB 30 Dresden − Tharandt − Freiberg − Oederan − Flöha – Niederwiesa – Chemnitz − Hohenstein-Ernstthal − Glauchau − Zwickau hourly DB Regio
RB 95 Zwickau – Aue – Schwarzenberg – Johanngeorgenstadt (- Karlovy Vary) hourly Erzgebirgsbahn
S 5 Leipzig/Halle Airport - Leipzig Hbf - Markkleeberg - Altenburg - Zwickau every 2 hours DB Regio Südost
S 5X Halle - Leipzig/Halle Airport - Leipzig Hbf - Markkleeberg - Altenburg - Zwickau hourly DB Regio Südost
VB 1 Zwickau Zentrum – Zwickau − Falkenstein − KrasliceSokolov hourly Vogtlandbahn
VB 2 Zwickau − Plauen − ChebMariánské Lázně hourly Vogtlandbahn
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station
Werdau
toward Göttingen
RE 1 Terminus
Reichenbach
toward Hof Hbf
RE 3
Franken-Sachsen-Express
Glauchau (Sachs)
toward Dresden Hbf
Reichenbach
RE 9
Franken-Sachsen-Express
Glauchau (Sachs)
toward Dresden Hbf
Terminus RB 30
Zwickau-Pölbitz
toward Dresden Hbf
Terminus RB 95
Zwickau-Schedewitz
toward Potůčky
Preceding station   Vogtlandbahn   Following station
Zwickau Stadthalle
toward Zwickau Zentrum
VB 1
Stenn
toward Sokolov
Terminus VB 2
Lichtentanne
toward Hof Hbf
Preceding station   S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland   Following station
Lichtentanne
toward Leipzig/Halle Airport
S 5 Terminus
Werdau
toward Halle (Saale) Hbf
S 5X Terminus

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Klaus Reichenbach: Straßenbahn in Zwickau, Verlag Kenning, Nordhorn 1997, p. 6.
  2. Klaus Reichenbach: Straßenbahn in Zwickau, Verlag Kenning, Nordhorn 1997, p. 50.

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