Stuttgart-Vaihingen station
- Gäubahn ( KBS 740, 790.1 KBS, KBS 790.2-3 )
- Formerly: Vaihingen -Möhringen
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The Vaihingen Bahnhof is located at kilometer 15.6 of Gäubahn and is a station in the network of the Stuttgart S-Bahn, as well as a hub for public transport on the Filderebene.
- 2.1 S -Bahn
- 2.2 rail
History
With the opening of Gäubahn from Stuttgart to Freudenstadt on September 2, 1879, the inauguration of the station took place in Vaihingen on the Fildern. This was then about 400 meters southeast of the village and consisted of the reception building and a cargo terminal building still preserved today.
1891 decided to Filderbahn Society to establish a route of Möhringen to Vaihingen station, which approved the royal government on 14 April 1896. After eighteen months of construction reached on 23 December 1897, the first train Vaihingen. The meter-gauge narrow gauge tracks were east of the normal- state railway tracks. At the station a dolly pit was built in 1898, as was the whole of the freight Filderbahn to Degerloch, Hohenheim and Filderstadt over Vaihingen. 1902 replaced the Filderbahn Society, the narrow gauge tracks through three-rail track for freight, electrified in 1904 the section Degerloch -Vaihingen and built a connection from the moat to the Schiller Square (stop Vaihingen place ) on overpass with the state railway.
On November 22, 1905, the state railway between Stuttgart and Böblingen Westbahnhof took a second main track in operation. The expansion of the railway station with additional tracks was done in the following two years. To (up to 1906 - Vaihingen Sersheim ) to avoid confusion with the station Vaihingen ( Enz ) state railway station on the Western Railway, the official signs changed in Vaihingen ( Filderstadt ).
Due to the war presented the Württemberg branch lines AG ( successor to the Filderbahn Society) on 15 April 1915, connecting to Vaihingen location. It was - now as Urban Filderbahn - reactivated only on October 28, 1929 again, with also the connection to Stuttgart tram was made.
After the incorporation of Vaihingen in the city of Stuttgart on April 1, 1942, the station name changed for a second time in Stuttgart -Vaihingen.
Stuttgarter Straße AG (SSB ) presented on May 15, 1944, the passenger of Möhringen to Vaihingen station and trams just drove into the town center.
However, the connecting track after Möhringen continued to serve the freight until it was terminated in 1981. It was from then until 2008, the SSB inter alia, for transfer of the subway cars available and since then ends in a buffer (in the range Ruppmannstr. / Copper Road ). With the construction of a loop that crossed Mr. Berger and Emilienstraße 1963 new stops created (now replaced by Jurastraße ), one in the station, at the end of Vollmoellerstraße directly at ( " State Railway " / DB ) station.
S -Bahn line to Vaihingen
As part of the S -Bahn extension the Federal Railway built the station in 1980 and 1985 to complete. They moved the freight office on the eastern side and closed the railroad crossing the Mitterwurzer road. The platforms were increased by S -Bahn standard. At the same time created a parking area south of the station for suburban trains. At the station forecourt, the Stuttgart trams AG inaugurated a four-track rail station.
With the commissioning of the connecting web 29 September 1985, the S-Bahn operation began, since then keep in Stuttgart- Vaihingen any regional trains.
In March 1982, construction began on a new, 24 million DM expensive signal box in Vaihingen. Its first stage was put into operation on November 8, 1984. Until July 1985 was followed by other track systems. This interlocking controls, among other train traffic on the Gäubahn to Stuttgart-Rohr and on the S-Bahn train connection from Stuttgart Schwabstraße.
Currently (as of 2012), some citizens groups speak during the protests against the Stuttgart 21 rail project and from district initiatives out of it to re-establish a regional express stop in Stuttgart -Vaihingen. At least four months before the start of the Stuttgart 21 railway node which Gäubahn to be decommissioned in the downtown area to allow the construction of new S- Bahn tracks in the area of North Station. During this time, regional trains to stop at Vaihingen station and end to allow there a switch to the S -Bahn.
Travel Centre
At Vaihingen Bahnhof DB also provides advice and ticket sales through staff. This travel center is located not in the old station building, but in a pavilion-like building towards bus stops.
In the immediate vicinity of the railway station, two of the tallest buildings in Stuttgart, the Colorado tower towards the industrial area and the Pullman Hotel " Fontana ".
Railway operation
The station has three platform tracks and is operated by the Stuttgart S -Bahn lines S1, S2 and S3. On track 1 keep the S-Bahn line S 1 direction Böblingen. On track 2, the S- Bahn trains for the Airport / Fair and on track 3, all three lines towards Stuttgart Hbf
Regional and long-distance trains towards Böblingen - Horb ( - Switzerland ) happen Track 1 without stopping; for the opposite direction they use a track without platform.
The Vaihingen Bahnhof corresponds, according to the Deutsche Bahn AG, the train station category 3
S -Bahn
The halt Stuttgart -Vaihingen lies between the Keep Stuttgart- Österfeld and Stuttgart-Rohr.
Rail
At the stop end Vaihingen station and start four rail lines.