Hergatz station

• Munich -Lindau (km 129.84 ) ( KBS 970)
• Kißlegg - Hergatz (km 18.589 ) ( KBS 985 )

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The Hergatz railway station is the Bavarian village of Hergatz. He has three platform tracks and heard the train station, Category 5 of DB Station & Service in. The station is serviced daily by about 75 trains of Deutsche Bahn AG and the state railway. The Hergatz station is a railway station separation at the Bavarian Allgäu Railway (Munich -Lindau ) and on the railway line Kißlegg - Hergatz.

In addition to the Hergatz station there were in the church Hergatz the disused breakpoint Maria Thann and the former breakpoint Wohmbrechts.

Location

The station is located centrally within the district Hergatz the community Hergatz. The station building is located south of the railway tracks and has the address Bahnhofstrasse 4 In the south of the railway station from Bahnhofstrasse is limited. To the east of the station, the main road passes under the railway tracks. To the west is a pedestrian bridge. In the south there is currently only one lane.

History

The Hergatz station was opened on 12 October 1853 as part of the Ludwig South - North Railway with the last part of the Bavarian Allgäu railway from Oberstaufen to Lindau. Since 1 November 1872, the opening of the section of Buchloe to Buy ring was a continuous connection to Munich available. The station had initially five platform tracks and several freight tracks. In addition, freight loading and freight shed were present. The three-storey station building was built with the construction of the Allgäu Railway and has on both sides a cultivation. From 1970, the tracks were dismantled. The tracks for freight were demolished and for passenger remained three platform tracks get. Each track had its own achievable on a level with any transition between the platform.

2003, the station was modernized. The main platform was retained, but were increased to 55 inches. The intermediate platforms of tracks 2 and 3 were demolished and replaced by a large also 55 centimeters high central platform. Both platforms were a canopy. It has also built an underpass from the middle platform to the house platform. The elevator shafts were erected also, but you set up a no elevators, since the funds have been cut for this purpose by the federal government for stations with a ridership of 1000 people daily. However, it is planned to have a new financing the elevators still be installed to make the central platform to accessible. 2012 sold the German railway the station building to a private owner, the community Hergatz wanted the building despite not acquire service from Deutsche Bahn. Whether the station building would continue to be available to the public is still uncertain. In 1977, commissioned in track plan pushbuttons interlocking Hergatz Dispatcher of the Lorenz type 60 ( SpDrL60 ), which is located in the reception building is expected to continue until the commissioning of the electronic interlocking system in Lindau in 2018 exist.

Infrastructure

The station has three tracks on two platforms. Track 1 is located on the main platform and is used by trains towards Augsburg, Kempten and Munich. Track 2 is served by regional trains in the direction of Lindau and Kißlegg, rarely reverses the regional rail line from Aulendorf to Friedrichshafen on track 3 all platforms are covered, but not accessible by the current lack of elevators. The central platform is connected by an underpass with the main platform. All platforms have electronic destination displays. All platforms of the station Hergatz are 170 meters long and 55 centimeters high.

Traffic

Since December 9, 2007 reversed the alex ( 2010: Arriva Provincial Railway Express), which replaced the trains running since December 14, 2003 Allgäu- Express and is operated by the state railway, between Munich and Lindau. This provides quick and easy connection to Munich and Lindau in Hergatz. The circulating since December 10, 2006 Allgäu franc Express runs two to three times daily with trains series 612 between Nuremberg and Lindau. The equally -powered railcars of series 612 regional express line complements the Allgäu franc Express between Augsburg and Lindau to a two hour. The formed with n- cars and a locomotive of class 218 or railcars of series 612 regional express line runs with individual trains continue on to Lindau Hergatz between Ulm and Kempten. Every day a pair of trains running on the regional express line between Memmingen and Lindau to make a connection to Munich and Augsburg from Memmingen. Every two hours with the driven railcar class 628 regional rail line from Friedrichshafen wrong about Lindau, Hergatz, Kißlegg to Aulendorf. In Kißlegg there are connections to regional rail line to Memmingen.