Lindau Hauptbahnhof
- Munich -Lindau (km 152.9 ) ( KBS 970)
- Lindau - Bludenz ( -0.1 km ) ( KBS 401)
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Lindau Hauptbahnhof until May 15, 1936 Lindau City, is the largest train station in the town of Lindau (Bodensee), while their only long-distance support. Other stations in the urban area are the breakpoint Lindau Aeschach and the freight station Lindau Reutin. Earlier also there were still Lindau Siebert village (up to May 15, 1936 Lindau - Zech ), Lindau Langenweg, Lindau beach, Schönau, Oberreitnau and Rehlings.
Location
The Lindau Hauptbahnhof is a terminus station and is located on the island of Lindau in the immediate vicinity of the Lindau harbor. Today's reception building, which is a listed building, was built between 1913-1921 in Art Nouveau style.
The central station is connected via a about 500 meters long and four tracks running causeway to the mainland. The dam which is approximately 500 meters east parallel road bridge pier demarcate the Bodensee from the so-called small lake which lies between the district Aeschach and the island. To the west next to the train station is a small marshalling yard and the former depot. Meanwhile, back -built systems are still used for vehicle entertainment.
The railway lines separate the main island of the island rear. However, lead a pedestrian bridge, and the Thiersch bridge for road traffic across the tracks. In the course of Lindau 21 project, the head station to be for the purpose of surface mining operation and simplification dismantled and supplemented by the switch be built through station Lindau Reutin on the mainland.
History
Lindau is the end point of coming from Munich to Kempten Allgäu railway. Your southeasterly section of Kempten to Lindau was completed in 1853. From 1869 to 1939 there was a ferry port for freight cars to Romanshorn and 1873-1899 to Constance. It came on 21 July 1905 a serious accident: By Rangierfehler in the (then) station Oberreitnau at the Allgäu railway ran down a line of boxcars, towards Lake Constance, rolling, shot through the Hauptbahnhof Lindau and crashed at the lakeside end of the port, which also Schalden of Trajekts were damaged.
In 1899 the Lake Belt Railway over Friedrichshafen was taken to Radolfzell in operation, it starts but only on the mainland in Aeschach district. The Vorarlberg Railway runs from Lindau via Bregenz, Dornbirn and Feldkirch to Bludenz and is supported by the Austrian Federal Railways ( ÖBB) operated. This is also a border station. Previously, the ÖBB talked in Lindau Hauptbahnhof own ticket counter, this was replaced by the existing to this day ticket machines.
The line was electrified to Bludenz to December 14, 1954 and is still the only electric-powered rail line remained in the railway junction Lindau. In Lindau Hauptbahnhof, the tracks are 1 to 3 provided with an overhead line for this. Also electric locomotives of Swiss Federal Railways achieve planned Lindau.
Operation
Long-distance traffic
In Long-distance passenger transport, the Euro City Line offers 88 DB regular connections from Munich to Lindau to Zurich. In addition, a single wrong intercity train pair of German line 32 of Münster (Westfalen) via Lindau to Innsbruck. The Euro City and intercity trains this is done in Lindau traction change from a diesel locomotive on an electric locomotive or vice versa.
In previous years, Express trains operated (Ex) ÖBB to Lindau, among other things, there were direct connections to the Austrian capital Vienna. Today, end or begin the Austrian long-distance trains mostly in neighboring Bregenz. Since December 2010, however, a Railjet to Lindau is bound by every day, the wrong turn first to Bregenz as Regional Express with stops in Lochau - Hörbranz before he runs as Railjet from Bregenz to Vienna.
Regional Transport
In rail transport the Lindau Hauptbahnhof from three different directions is operated as a special Lindau is for all regional trains terminus. The reasons for this are mainly the different railway companies in the region, namely DB Regio Allgäu- Schwaben towards Bavaria, DB ZugBus Regional Alb -Bodensee in Baden-Württemberg direction and ÖBB towards Austria.
In and out towards Friedrichshafen hourly public inter-regional express trains (IRE ) which are alternately linked up to Ulm or Stuttgart. They are supplemented by hourly offered regional trains ( RB) which operate to and from Friedrichshafen.
In and out direction Hergatz circulate among other things alex ( 2010: Arriva Provincial Railroad Express) to and from Munich and the Allgäu franc Express as Regional Express ( RE) to and from Nuremberg. In addition, a regional rail line runs to and from Augsburg as well as individual regional express trains to and from Ulm Kempten.
ÖBB offers regional (R) and regional express trains ( REX) to Bludenz or St.Margrethen in Switzerland.
City traffic
At the station forecourt, the lines run 1 and 2 of the bus Lindau, through these, the main railway station is connected to all parts of the city Lindauer.