Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof
- Odenwaldbahn (km 0.0) ( KBS 641 )
- Main-Neckar Railway ( 27.8 km ) ( KBS 650)
- Rhine -Main Railway ( 33.4 km ) ( KBS 651 )
- ( Pfungstadtbahn - via Main-Neckar -Bahn )
- S- Bahn Rhein -Main (S3, S4)
- To Great rooms (up to 1966)
- After Goddelau ( until 1970)
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Darmstadt's main train station was opened in 1912. He is one of the largest stations with long-distance transport in Hesse. 2010, the station of the Pro-Rail Alliance for " Station of the Year" in the category "Cities " was chosen.
History
Predecessor of Darmstadt main station were two separate railway stations today Steuben Place, which had been built by the two railway companies that had connected to the rail network in the 19th century Darmstadt: Since 1846 the Main-Neckar Railway Station, a transit station on the route Frankfurt -Heidelberg and since 1858 the Ludwig railway station, a railway terminus at the junction Mainz- Aschaffenburg.
The space on both stations proved with increasing traffic at the end of the 19th century as a very cramped, urban growth Darmstadt had reached the railway property, so that the necessary extension at the old location has not been possible, operational separation was disturbing in two stations, as well as the obstruction of the same height intersecting street traffic on the Rhine road.
Planning
In 1901, four different designs, which are focused primarily on a final solution to the traffic management while maintaining the two existing stations, developed and discarded. In March 1906, finally, the city and the Prussian- Hessian Railway Directorate Mainz could agree on a fifth draft. It stipulated on the - to build the open field about 800 meters west of the old train stations a new through station - at that time. The greater distance to the city center should be offset by the connection by tram. The post office was north of the reception building its own railway post office, which was connected via the "post web ", its own covered bridge with connections to the underlying mail and baggage platforms, with the trains. The mailing bridge was demolished in 1994.
For the tracks a position in a terrain incision was provided in the southern part, so that the road over the railway could be performed. The same was true for the development: Passengers entering the station building at street level, cross the concourse on the same level and reach the platforms from an overpass by stairs ( and for some years also with lifts ). Parallel to this was a private transfer for luggage and Expressgutdienst, which was rebuilt in the recent renovation to a bicycle parking garage. The northern track field is due to a drop site, however, on dams.
For the construction of the reception building, an architectural competition was announced. At the express request of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of the new station should be " of a modern builder, not a style architect " to be built. Kaiser Wilhelm II refrained from diplomatic consideration of a intervention on this issue - even though he otherwise intervened in the design of many reception building in the Prussian State Railways - because he faced his cousin and colleague, the Grand Duke of Hesse -Darmstadt, in design questions for the not being able to engage the main train station of the residence said.
A total of 75 designs were submitted. Friedrich Pützer and Fritz Kling Wood each received a second prize. The contract was awarded in 1908 Friedrich Pützer, but which was commissioned by the railway administration, its design based on the design of Kling wood which meets the requirements of the railway was just, reschedule. It was the only station, the Pützer ever built.
Construction began in 1907, completed in 1912 and cost a total of 17 million marks. However, these costs included not only the reception building, which cost one million marks, but also the installation of approximately 100 km of track systems, the acquisition of land for about four million marks and the west subsequent locomotive workshop with 92 repair stalls for about five million marks and the depot. A total of 20 bridges and 36 railway buildings were built and moved 1.7 million cubic meters of earth masses. The reception building with its 138 -meter-wide city wall, the west bridge-like head elevated platform and accessible from the top rail yard, consisting of five ships and platforms, is now a cultural monument due to the Hessian Monument Protection Act and is a listed building.
To supply the locomotives with water, the water tower at the Dornheimer bridge was built in 1910. It contained as a special technical feature the dispatcher interlocking of the Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof. Also this building that should be demolished in 1978, is a listed building and is used privately today.
Architecture of the reception building
The station represents the traditionalist architecture Pützers, as was typical for railway buildings of the period. The design elements on the façade and in the interior region are reminiscent of the then fashionable Art Nouveau style.
The station building was extensively renovated its landmark 1998-2002. The 94 meter long and 34 meter wide platform concourse and five each 19 meters wide and 100 meters long longitudinal halls for ten platform tracks were completely renovated from 2005 to 2008 for about 31 million euros. It lifts were installed, which also connect the cross- platform in high position to the stairs to the platforms below, by which the station was accessible for the first time. In an extension of the high-altitude railway Steiger closure for travelers in 2000 was a project financed by the city of Darmstadt shopping center, which also allows access to a parking lot and the west, the suburb in which is located including the headquarters of the European Space Agency ESOC.
A special feature is the so- called " Fürstenbahnhof ", which is south attached to the reception building for public transport. He was equipped with the standard for this purpose waiting and sanitary rooms, had a generously sized right of way and had a private entrance to platform 1, the Prince platform. The solid wall fittings with numerous Art Nouveau is largely preserved. Here the railway police was housed before the renovation of the reception building last. By mid-2010 the Fürstenbahnhof served as a restaurant of the same and was so open to the public.
In 1972, the twelve signal boxes have been replaced by a then modern central switchboard.
Vehicular importance
With more than 40,000 passengers a day is the train station, as measured by the volume of traffic and apart from some S -Bahn stations in Frankfurt am Main, the second largest after Frankfurt Central Station in Hesse together with Wiesbaden Central Station. Daily train about 220 trains here.
Long-distance traffic
The station is integrated into the long-distance network of Deutsche Bahn AG, even if the majority of the traffic from north to south distance trains traveling over the Ried route. Several Intercity and Intercity-Express lines connect the city directly to Karlsruhe, Stralsund ( via Hanover and Hamburg ), Salzburg ( via Stuttgart and Munich) and Saarbrücken ( via Mannheim and Kaiserslautern ). In addition, there are a few direct connections, such as Berlin, Dresden, Essen, Constance, Zurich, Klagenfurt, Linz and Graz.
In addition, the ICE Sprinter runs in the morning to Berlin from Darmstadt to Frankfurt Hbf free of extra charge and the ICE Sprinter from Hamburg to Frankfurt am Main free of extra charge goes on to Darmstadt.
(*) A train in the morning from Darmstadt via Cologne to Dortmund and different from the normal curve more about Kassel to Würzburg and Munich
Regional Transport
Darmstadt's main train station is connected with the lines S3 and S4 to the S- Bahn Rhein -Main since 1997. Other regional connections exist to Frankfurt am Main ( about Langen), Wiesbaden ( on large -Gerau and Mainz ), Aschaffenburg ( about Dieburg and Babenhausen ), Mannheim and Heidelberg ( about Bensheim and Weinheim ) and Erbach (Odenwald ) and Eberbach ( about wholesale Umstadt Wiebelsbach ). The train services to city - Ried Goddelau ( about Griesheim ) and large rooms (over Roßdorf ), however, are set for a long time. The Pfungstadtbahn was reactivated the timetable change 2011/2012 on December 11, 2011. The Odenwaldbahn was extended over the Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof addition, as RB 66 to Pfungstadt.
Other public transport
By tram and bus main station is connected to the urban transport network and regional bus services. Direct bus connections also to the airports of Frankfurt and Frankfurt -Hahn.