Buchloe station
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The Buchloe station is the only railway station in the town of Buchloe. It is the hub of the railway lines Augsburg- Buchloe and Buchloe -Memmingen Allgäu and the web.
- 3.1 Highway
- 3.2 transport
History
The Buchloe station was opened with the railway Augsburg- Kaufbeuren on September 1, 1847, the station building was only a year later on October 15, 1848 completed. The station was at that time still about a kilometer away from the place Buchloe. The place then had about 850 inhabitants and was selected as one of eleven water and Eilgutkursstationen between Augsburg and Lindau. After the construction of the former station building, a loading facility for three cars and a cattle ramp were built in the loading area. Similarly, there was a 35 meter long coach-house, in the minor repairs could be made. Some years later, more and more houses were built along the Bahnhofstrasse. The recovery increased with the construction of the railway line Munich -Memmingen, which is part of the Allgäu Railway today. The old goods shed and the carriage house later gave way to a goods shed, a locomotive depot with two permanent shed and a building overnight. In addition, an office building of the railroad board and other buildings were erected. On 1 May 1897, the mechanical interlockings Buchloe North and South Buchloe were built, can be controlled centrally from the course of the.
Station building
First construction
The brick building of the old station building was built on 15 October 1848 by local craftsmen. The price was 15,197 guilders. It was an expedition local and contained a Bille animal - and luggage room, waiting room for the 1st and 2nd class, and various operating locations. The building had three arched openings with clock tower and bell. On the first floor the apartments of the station manager and upper flagman were. The post office and telegraph services were also housed in the building. A redesign of the station in 1873: The station building was demolished and a new one built for 160,000 florins, other station buildings were renovated. Upstairs of the new reception building there were again dwellings.
Current building since 1967
Built in 1873, the station building was demolished in 1967, although plans for remediation templates. A new concrete building was erected, which still exists today. It includes a daily open switch, a kiosk and a small waiting area. There are three ticket machines. Two are located directly next to the entrance of the station building from the north, one in the passage to Karwendelstraße. Currently, there are efforts to replace the unattractive and not more contemporary construction.
New building from 2013
The plans for a new building of the reception building have been completed. The new building will consist of two connected by a covered courtyard building structures and to train travelers and visitors to the city allow a comfortable stay. In the station building to find room for a Travel Center of DB, a bookstore, a fast food restaurant, a shop for travel supplies and bakery as well as public toilets. The cost of the project is estimated at about 2 million euros, the town of Buchloe to which more than 500,000 € accept. Also planned is in this context, the establishment of a central bus station (ZOB ) and an associated restructuring of the station forecourt.
The start of construction was first sighted in 2012, but eventually began only in early July 2013, the preparatory work for the new building. In addition to the planned for autumn 2013 demolition of the old building is already cleared previously extended also the main platform to platform 1 and increases and laid new technological systems.
The project was taken up predominantly positive in the population. Are particularly criticized the proposed pitched roof form, the fast food restaurant and the missing roof of the southern entrance area.