Füssen station

• Biessenhofen - feet ( KBS 974 ) ( 30.58 km )

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Füssen Train Station is the city Fuessen train station. It has two platform tracks and heard the train station category 6 of DB Station & Service in. It is operated daily from about 20 trains of Deutsche Bahn AG and frequented by travelers around 2700 daily. The head station is called the terminus of the line Biessenhofen - feet, also King Ludwig Railway.

In addition to the feet of the station there is in the urban area the former breakpoint Hopfensee. In addition, the breakpoint Ulrichsbrücke - feet at the Außerfernbahn is named after the city, he is about five kilometers southwest on Austrian territory.

Location

The station is located west of the city and is located approximately 200 meters northeast Füssen town center. The station building is located on Bahnhofstrasse, in the southeast of the railway tracks. In the south, the Bahnhofstrasse limited station site, which was also the bus station is. Across the street is a park. To the east is the Rupprechtstraße, in the northeast On the road Ziegelstadl. To the north is also home to the mountain of bricks, which is surrounded by a wooded area. The surrounding development is marked by the tax office, in the north, the post office and the Hotel Luitpold, southeast.

The station is located at kilometer 30.619 of the railway line from Biessenhofen and lies at an altitude of 808 meters above the sea.

History

On March 14, 1888 Prince Regent Luitpold granted the concession for the construction of the railway Oberdorf- feet. On 1 December 1888, the railway line was put into operation, and thus the feet of the station. The station was connected to a wide road with the city of Füssen. Next to the station is a two -story house was built for railway staff. The station building was built to the south of the railway tracks in the then usual LAG style and has similarities to the station buildings in Bad Heilbrunn and Oberau. The ground floor was built of freestone, the first floor was built in the half-timbered houses, the compartments are filled with exposed brick. The attic was built with a wooden structure.

In the station building there was one waiting room for the second class and third class and office space. It also had an open porch. In the middle of the building complex, there was another building where the expedition and other offices were housed. In addition, a goods shed and a two-storey customs house was available. All buildings were constructed in the same style.

1890 a station restaurant was built on the present site of the Bahnhofstrasse 10, 1923 moved to this building was the post office. Near the railway station numerous representative buildings were built around the turn of the century, such as the tax office. The station building was divided no longer in the urban character of one, which is why in 1923 a renovation was required. With the refurbishment but has started only in 1929, 1930 it was completed. During the renovations, the porch was the main hall with the waiting rooms. The waiting rooms were installed in the house, as this was only rarely used. In addition, a new baggage hall was built, but which was in turn bothersome in the architecture of the station area.

In 1976 there was another reorganization, since the roof of the station building was no longer waterproof. In addition, the station building was painted yellow.

In the course of establishing a new transport plan for the city of Fussen, 2006, the demolition of the old station building and a new building as a substitute were adopted. A directed against the abortion referendum was unsuccessful. The cancellation decision shall not be implemented until the end of 2013.

Infrastructure

The station has at the end of the track two platform tracks on a central platform, which is to achieve barrier-free from the head end. However, the station does not have electronic destination displays. The southern track is in addition to the rest of the house the platform. Two additional Umfahrgleise are present, of which only one is passable.

Platform data

• Track 2: height 55 cm, length 140 m
• Track 3: height 55 cm, length 140 m

Traffic

The station is operated in a two -hour intervals from the Regional Express Munich- Fussen. This activity with a locomotive of the DB Class 218 and n- cars. Also, every two hours runs the regional train line Augsburg- feet, this is inverted with railcar DB Class 642 The two lines overlap, so that on the track Buchloe - feet an hourly arises in which, despite different regional rail lines, the same stations are operated.

At the feet of the station stops a line of Postbus of Reutte about Pflach Musau, Vils and Pinswang to Füssen.