Gunzenhausen station

• Treuchtlingen -Würzburg ( 23.7 km )
• Nördlingen -Gunzenhausen ( 39.5 km )
• Gunzenhausen Plein field (km 39.5 )

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The Gunzenhausen railway station is the Bavarian town Gunzenhausen and a railway junction in Middle Franconia. The junction railway station is on the railway line Treuchtlingen -Würzburg. In addition, in Gunzenhausen start the Lakeland Railway to Plein field and the railway line Nördlingen -Gunzenhausen, takes place on the next regular freight passenger only as a museum operations. He belongs to the train station category 4 and has five platform tracks. The station is serviced daily by about 60 trains of Deutsche Bahn AG. The station building of 1865 is a historical monument.

In addition to the Gunzenhausen station there is in the city's former train station and today breakpoint Cronheim which lies on the railway line Nördlingen -Gunzenhausen and is operated only by museum trains.

• 4.1 passenger
• 4.2 freight Transport

Location

The train station is located north of the city center of Gunzenhausen. The station building is south of the tracks in the station square and has the address space station 3 West of the station passes under the station road which links the station to the town center, the railway tracks through an underpass. North of the tracks you will find the commercial area Alemannenstraße.

The Gunzenhausen station is crossing station of three railway lines. The railway line Treuchtlingen -Würzburg ( VzG 5321 ) is a double-track electrified main line and with a top speed of 160 km / h It is operated in regional traffic and in the intercity and ICE traffic from Munich to northern Germany. Furthermore, starting in Gunzenhausen with the route to Nördlingen and the Lakeland Railway to Plein field (both VzG 5330 ) two single-track and non-electrified branch lines that were built as part of the Ludwig South - North Railway. While still operate on the Lakeland Regional train tracks that stretch to Nördlingen is only operated in freight and transport museum.

In Gunzenhausen meet, or met consecutive coursebook routes:

• KBS 912: Plein field Gunzenhausen
• KBS 918: Nördlingen -Gunzenhausen (until 1985 )
• KBS 920: Würzburg -Steinach -Ansbach -Gunzenhausen - Treuchtlingen

History

The Gunzenhausen station was opened on August 20, 1849 in conjunction with the section Oettingen -Gunzenhausen the Ludwig South-North Railway. On 1 October 1849, the continuation to Schwabach was put into operation on March 1, 1854 and went all the Ludwig South - North Railway from Hof ​​on Bamberg, Nuremberg, Nordlingen, Augsburg and Kempten, Lindau in operation. The course was conducted over Nördlingen and Gunzenhausen because a direct route through the Franconian Alb was uneconomical because of the required gradients for that time. On July 1, 1859 a railway line was opened to Ansbach to link the city to the Ludwig South - North Railway. On July 1, 1864 this line was extended to Würzburg and on October 2, 1869 followed by the extension of Gunzenhausen by Treuchtlingen. On October 1, 1906, the railway line Nuremberg -Augsburg was opened, which was placed directly over Treuchtlingen and the Franconian Jura and the detour over Nördlingen made ​​unnecessary. This lost the Ludwig South - North Railway Station, and thus the Gunzenhausen important.

On the railway line Nördlingen -Gunzenhausen presented the German Federal Railway on 29 September 1985 passenger and on 1 August 1995, a freight. Since 8 June 2003, the route is operated again from Museum features of the Bavarian Railway Museum. In addition, regular freight is taking place at the Schwarzkopf works in Wassertruedingen.

Infrastructure

Reception building

The Grade II listed station building of Gunzenhausen station was built in 1865. The three-storey main building consists of two gabled side wings with hipped roof, between which extends a traufständiger Mittelbau with gable roof. To the west and east respectively includes a two-storey extension with hipped roof. The building consists of red sandstone blocks. To the west and east of the sandstone building close to one-story plastered buildings. On the street side of a flat porch is attached with glass front, in the waiting hall is located.

In the reception building contains besides offices of a not busy ticket office and shopping.

East of the station building, the two former goods shed, which are listed buildings also. There are two adjacent closing building with a gable roof, built of sandstone.

Platforms and railway tracks

The station has five tracks on three platforms, all of which are covered. Track 1 is located on the main platform, the remaining tracks on two central platforms. The two central platforms are connected via a pedestrian underpass to the main platform. There are no digital destination displays and the station is not wheelchair accessible.

Traffic

Passenger

The Gunzenhausen station is served hourly by the regional train line Würzburg- Treuchtlingen, called the Franconia Railway with electric railcars in the 440 series. Also, keep some intercity trains on the IC 26 The daily pair of trains circulating Koenigssee travels from Hamburg- Altona to Berchtesgaden Oberstdorf, the train in Augsburg is shared. On Saturdays and Sundays the Intercity Grossglockner between Schwarzach -Sankt Veit or Munich and Flensburg, which holds only in the direction of Flensburg on Gunzenhausen station. Fridays and Sundays runs another pair of trains between Munich and Hamburg- Altona. On the Lakeland train runs every hour regional train line Gunzenhausen Plein field with a diesel railcar Series 642 On certain weekends also take steam hauled trains between Museum Nördlingen and Gunzenhausen, which operate under the passenger train type (P).

Freight traffic

On the railway line Nördlingen -Gunzenhausen find regular freight instead of the Schwarzkopf works in Wassertruedingen. On workdays, a freight train pair, which, coming from Wassertruedingen, brings the freight cars for the railway sidings in Gunzenhausen. In Gunzenhausen station you let the locomotive change between the electric engine and the diesel locomotive for the non- electrified line to Nördlingen.