Fürth Hauptbahnhof

• 6 regional and mainline railway tracks
• 2 S - Bahn tracks
• 2 subway tracks

• Fürth - Cadolzburg ( KBS 808)
• Fürth - Würzburg ( KBS 805, 807, 900.1 )
• Nuremberg - Bamberg ( KBS 820, 890.1 )
• Ringbahn Nuremberg

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Fürth ( Bayern ) Hauptbahnhof (abbreviated to Fürth ( Bay ) Hbf ) is the central railway hub of the Bavarian city of Fürth.

Transport supply

Regional connections are eastward into the adjacent Nuremberg. Approximately one kilometer west of the station fans out after crossing the Rednitz on the seven arch bridge the distance in three directions: to the north, the railway line Nuremberg -Bamberg leads ( Route number 820) in the direction of Bamberg; to the west the railway line Nuremberg -Würzburg ( KBS 805), branches off from the in Siegelsdorf the Zenngrundbahn ( KBS 807 ) to Erlbach; to the southwest, finally, the Rangaubahn leads ( KBS 808 ) to Cadolzburg. The Cadolzburg trunk is used in the half-hour clock, the route to market Erlbach every hour. Since 12 December 2010, the S -Bahn line S1 holds to Hartmannshof and Bamberg at the main station.

Until the timetable change in 2003 the station was maintenance of IC trains that linked Nürnberg Hbf via Fürth Würzburg Hbf and Frankfurt am Main. Until the timetable change in 2009 held in Fürth Hauptbahnhof nor the City Night Line to Berlin -Lichtenberg and Munich Central Station. By removing the two overnight train stops in 2009, the station lost its last long-distance transport links. Since the timetable change 2013 keeps with the coming of Stralsund Hbf IC 1989, a long-distance train schedule in Fürth. This connection exists only in the night from Sunday to Monday.

Connection to city traffic

Since December 7, 1985, the 150th anniversary of the German railways, the Fürth Hauptbahnhof is connected with the U1 to the Nuremberg U- Bahn network. In early 2006, began the first construction to connect Fürth to Nuremberg S -Bahn, which holds in Fürth on 12 December 2010. The station forecourt is one of the most important Busknotenpunkte. Here hold or start seven of the eleven lines of urban transport and five lines into the countryside, for which a dynamic passenger information system is installed. Also, be on the station square parking and taxi ranks are available.

History

The first station Fürth was a good 100 meters to the north, at the Fürth freedom. This Ludwig station emerged as the endpoint Fürth opened on December 7, 1835 the Bavarian Ludwig Railway Nuremberg -Fürth, making it one of the first stations in Germany. 1922, the operation of the Ludwig train was stopped and the track systems used by the Nuremberg - Fürth tram to 1981; the route is still clearly recognizable by the routing of the today's Rudolf -Breitscheid Street. The old station was demolished in 1938, when the Nazi Party needed on the Schlageterplatz, today's Fürth freedom, a parade ground.

With the construction of the connection between Fürth and rotting village and the laying of the Ludwig South - North Railway over from Fürth arc of construction of a new station building was required. Was hired by the architect Eduard Rüber. In the years 1863/1864 as originated on the north side of the new line at the station number 9 a square building with a broad central projection. Are partly coupled double windows on the sides of the two-story foyer. The tracks were covered with cast-iron stands, which have survived in part until today.

Mid-1971 was at Fürth main railway station for a total of 17 million marks the einhunderste switchboard in the field of Railway Board Nuremberg in operation. It replaced ten old signal boxes and saved a 66 jobs. At that time passed day 550 train - shunting and 1300 the station.

Today, the transit station has nine tracks (including a fast track for freight trains ) and eight platform edges with a length of 140-421 meters. In the 1970s, immediately adjacent to the reception building at the junction of Gebhardtstraße in the station square, the station center. The 1901 scale track underpass was expanded in 1985 as part of the underground construction works to Karolinenstraße and since then provides a direct connection from the Fürth Southtown to train and subway and downtown. Until then, you had to use the station underpass about 80 meters east of lying, it was opened on 17 December 1929 and at the time cost 228,500 RM.

Following the expansion of the section between Nuremberg and Fürth of an electronic interlocking was built in Fürth Hauptbahnhof. After full completion in 2011, and the stretch to Nuremberg will it be controlled with a total of 87 main signals and 94 axle counters next to the station.