Plauen (Vogtland) Oberer station
Plauen (Vogtland) Oberer station | |
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| Through station | |
 Vogtlandbahn train in the station | |
| Location |
Plauen, Saxony Germany |
| Coordinates | 50°30′19″N 12°07′48″E / 50.50528°N 12.13000°ECoordinates: 50°30′19″N 12°07′48″E / 50.50528°N 12.13000°E |
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| Platforms | 6 |
| Construction | |
| Architectural style | Functionalism |
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| Station code | n/a |
| DS100 code | DP |
| Category | 3 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1848 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers | 1,400 per day[1] |
Plauen (Vogtland) Oberer (upper) station is the main station of Plauen in the German state of Saxony on the Leipzig–Hof line. It is the main hub of rail traffic in Vogtland. This station is maintained and operated by Deutsche Bahn.
History
Plauen station was opened in 1848. For three years from that time it was a terminus with a stagecoach connection to Plauen city and to Reichenbach station. In 1851 the continuous Leipzig–Reichenbach–Plauen–Hof line was completed. In 1874, the Oelsnitz–Cheb line was extended to Plauen. The following year the station was renamed as Plauen (Vogtland) Oberer station, following the opening of the Elster Valley Railway with its own station, Plauen (Vogtland) Unterer (lower) station. In the Second World War, the historic station building was completely destroyed by bombing. In late 2006, the station’s mechanical interlocking was closed and the train dispatcher was removed, when the station track was integrated into the Leipzig electronic interlocking.
With the closure of Plauen lower station in December 2010, the city is planning to rename Plauen upper station as Plauen Hauptbahnhof.
Operations
The station has six platforms and a goods yard, as well as a loading facility for timber.
Local transport
The station is connected by buses and lines 1, 5 and 6 of Plauen tramways, which pass in front of the station. In addition, there is a taxi stand in front of the main station entrance.
Connections
With Regional-Express services, there are daily direct connections to several major cities. Vogtlandbahn directly connects Plauen with almost all stations of the Vogtland district and other cities in Bavaria, Thuringia and Bohemian Vogtland. From June 2005 Vogtlandbahn operated the Vogtland-Express, the only direct service to Berlin, although as a rail service are now been suspended. Due to its function as a transport hub, the station is operated by Deutsche Bahn, which classifies it as a category 3 station.
The following lines stop in Plauen (Vogtland) Oberer Station:
| Line | Route | Frequency |
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| RE 3 | Franken-Sachsen-Express: Dresden – Tharandt − Freiberg − Flöha – Chemnitz – Hohenstein-Ernstthal − Glauchau − Zwickau – Reichenbach − Plauen − Hof | Every hour |
| RE 16 | Werdau − Plauen − Hof | Every 2 hours |
| VB 2 | Zwickau Zentrum – Zwickau − Plauen − Cheb | Every 2 hours |
| Preceding station | Deutsche Bahn | Following station | ||
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Hof Hbf Terminus | RE 3 Mittelsachsen-Vogtland-Express | Reichenbach toward Dresden Hbf |
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| Preceding station | Vogtlandbahn | Following station | ||
Reichenbach toward Werdau | RE 16 | Hof Hbf Terminus |
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Jößnitz toward Zwickau Hbf | VB 2 | Plauen West toward Hof Hbf |
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Syrau toward Hof Hbf | VB 5 | Jößnitz toward Falkenstein |
Notes
- ↑ "Bahnhof Plauen (Vogtl.) ob Bf." (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
References
- Rettig, Wilfried (2001). Die Eisenbahnen im Vogtland - volume 1: Entwicklung, Hauptstrecken, Fahrzeuge, Bahnbetriebswerke und Hochbauten (in German). Freiburg: EK-Verlag. ISBN 3-88255-686-2.
External links
- "Plauen (Vogtland) Oberer Bahnhoh" (in German). Retrieved 5 December 2010.
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