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Augsburg-Hochzoll Station
Augsburg-Hochzoll station is a station in the Hochzoll district east of central Augsburg in the German state of Bavaria. Directly west of the station the Paar Valley Railway separates from the Munich–Augsburg railway running from Augsburg Central Station (''Hauptbahnhof''). It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station. Infrastructure Hochzoll station takes an unusual form: since it is located immediately after the tracks towards Munich or Ingolstadt separate, the platforms on the two lines are somewhat separated: platform tracks 5 and 6 are located on the Paar Valley line with the platforms on the outside of the tracks, while platform tracks 3 and 4 in contrast are on a central platform on the Munich–Augsburg line. There is no platform on tracks 1 and 2 of the Munich–Augsburg line. These tracks are now only used for non-stopping passenger services and freight traffic. The station building, which lies between track 4 and 5, used to have a ticket office th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keilbahnhof
''Keilbahnhof'' (plural: ''Keilbahnhöfe'', literally: "wedge station") is the German word for a station located between branching tracks.Ernst, Dr.-Ing. Richard (1989). ''Wörterbuch der Industriellen Technik'' (5th ed.). Wiesbaden: Oscar Brandstetter, 1989. . There appears to be no direct English equivalent for this term. In a ''keilbahnhof'', the platforms curve in opposite directions so that they are parallel at one end of the station and not at the other. Definition A ''Keilbahnhof'' is a type of junction station whose tracks usually diverged before passing the platforms, the station building being located between the tracks. The through tracks thus pass by on either side without rejoining one another again, in contrast to an island platform, island station, in which the tracks merge again after passing either side of the station building. There are also ''Keilbahnhof'' stations whose through tracks diverge in the area of the platforms, but never after them. The y-shaped '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingolstadt Central Station
Ingolstadt Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the Bavarian city of Ingolstadt, situated in southern Germany. Ingolstadt station is an important junction in the Deutsche Bahn network. It has 7 platform tracks and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 2 station. History The increasing economic and population growth of Ingolstadt in the second half of the 19th century increased the need for the rapid transport of goods and people. Steamboats on the Danube proved difficult because of the low water level and currents. On 4 February 1862, the council of the city of Ingolstadt was presented for the first time with a proposal to construct a rail link from Ingolstadt via Solnhofen to Pleinfeld and later via Eichstätt to Nuremberg. Although the line from Munich to Ingolstadt was approved by the Kingdom of Bavaria in October 1863, construction was slow at first. Therefore, the Ingolstadt council sent a deputation to the king in 1865 "for the promotion of the construction of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trams In Augsburg
The tram system in Augsburg is the second largest tram system in Bavaria, behind Munich and before Nurnberg. The system is 49.8 kilometers long (30.9 miles) and runs five lines, with two special lines. The city border gets crossed in three places. Line 2 and Line 6 cross into Stadtbergen, and line 6 crosses into Friedberg. The line first opened in early May 1881, with horse-drawn trams. In 1881, there was an average of 61 million yearly passengers. In 1972, the trams were electric with overhead powerlines. The system is operated by Stadtwerke Augsburg (SWA), and integrated into the Augsburger Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund (AVV). Lines , the network has five regular lines and two special lines, as follows: Special Lines The two special lines are lines 8 and 9. Line 8 is the line that goes from the main train station (Hauptbahnhof) to the soccer stadium (Fußball-Arena). This line only runs if there is a soccer game occurring. Line 9 is the line that goes from the main trai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weilheim (Oberbay) Station
Weilheim (Oberbay) station is the station of the Bavarian district town of Weilheim in Oberbayern. It is a crossing station on the Munich–Garmisch-Partenkirchen railway, the Ammersee Railway from Mering and the Weilheim–Peißenberg railway. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station and has five platform tracks. It is served by about 100 trains daily operated by Deutsche Bahn and Bayerische Regiobahn (BRB). At the opening of the station in Weilheim on 1 February 1866, it was a through station on the Munich– Unterpeißenberg line. With the opening of the line to Murnau on 15 May 1879, which was extended to Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1889, it became a “separation” station (''Trennungsbahnhof'') and with the opening of the Ammersee Railway on 30 June 1898 it became a “crossing” station (''Kreuzungsbahnhof''). It has a small locomotive depot until 1986 with a roundhouse and a turntable. Location Weilheim station is located north of inner Weilheim. The t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geltendorf Station
Geltendorf station is the largest railway station of the town of Geltendorf and is a railway junction in Upper Bavaria, Germany. The railway junction is also a station of the Munich S-Bahn. It has five platforms and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station. The station is served by about 150 trains daily of Deutsche Bahn, Bayerische Regiobahn (a subsidiary of Veolia Verkehr, BRB) and Regentalbahn, including 50 services of the Munich S-Bahn. The Munich–Buchloe railway and the Mering–Weilheim railway cross at the station. Geltendorf municipality also includes Walleshausen station and the disused stations of Kaltenberg and Wabern, all located on the Ammersee Railway. Location Geltendorf station lies south of the town centre in the south of the district of Geltendorf Bahnhof (Geltendorf station). The station building is located just north of the tracks and has the address of Am Bahnhof 6. The station is about a kilometre away from the town centre of Geltendorf. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augsburg-Oberhausen Station
Augsburg-Oberhausen station is a station in the northwest of the central Augsburg in the suburb of Oberhausen in the German state of Bavaria. It is the second most important station in the city. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station. The current station building was built south of the old Oberhauser station in 1931/32, in the New Objectivity style. There is a large tram and bus stop in front of the station building, the exterior of which has recently been renovated. Infrastructure Augsburg-Oberhausen is a through station with seven tracks on four platforms. The trains can be reached by a tunnel under the tracks, which runs from the ground floor of the station building. This is not accessible for the disabled. The station building has a ticket machine, a kiosk and a bar. Services The Augsburg-Oberhausen station is served by all Regional-Express and Regionalbahn services leaving Augsburg Hauptbahnhof to the north and the west. Thus it serves as a transfe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donauwörth Station
Donauwörth station is a railway station in southern Germany. It is located south-west of the city of Donauwörth in Bavaria. The station is at the intersection of the Nuremberg–Augsburg line and the Ingolstadt–Neuoffingen railway from Ulm to Regensburg. The Ries Railway also runs from Donauwörth to Aalen. History The first train ran to Donauwörth in 1847. The station was located at that time in an area now occupied by a street called ''Promenade'', one kilometre closer to the city centre than the present station. In 1861, a railway siding was built from this station to serve steam shipping on the Danube in the area of the modern ''Zirgesheimer Straße''. The station was located directly next to a former 125 metre long railway tunnel. The tunnel is now usable by pedestrians and cyclists. During the Second World War, it was used for the manufacture of war munitions. The railway from Neuoffingen to Regensburg was opened in 1877. This crossed the existing line to Augs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treuchtlingen Station
Treuchtlingen station is now the only station in the town of Treuchtlingen in the German state of Bavaria. The town used also to have stations at Graben, Möhren, Gundelsheim and Wettelsheim. Treuchtlingen station has seven platform tracks and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station. The station is served by about 110 trains daily operated by DB Regio and DB long-distance. The station is a railway junction on the Nuremberg–Augsburg, Ingolstadt–Treuchtlingen and Treuchtlingen–Würzburg lines. Location The station is located in northern Treuchtlingen. It is bordered to the west by Wettelsheimer Straße and to the east by Bahnhofsstraße, which is also the location of the entrance building. A bridge connects these streets south of the premises of the railway station. The address of the station is 61 Bahnhofsstraße. History Treuchtlingen station was opened on 2 October 1869 together with both the Ansbach–Treuchtlingen section of the line to Würzburg a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulm Hauptbahnhof
Ulm Hauptbahnhof is the main station in the city of Ulm, which lies on the Danube, on the border of the German states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria in the Danube-Iller region (''Region Donau-Iller''). Ulm Hauptbahnhof has twelve platforms, of which five are terminating platforms, and forms a major railway junction. Other stations in the city are Ulm-Söflingen to the west and Ulm Ost (east) to the east and Ulm-Donautal (Danube valley) in the industrial area. The Ulm marshalling yard is located to the west of the city. Neu-Ulm (New Ulm), which lies across the Danube in Bavaria, has the stations of Neu-Ulm, Finningerstraße and Gerlenhofen. Ulm is located on the railway line from Stuttgart to Munich, over which Intercity-Express trains operate, and part of the Magistrale for Europe (trunk line) from Paris to Budapest. European cities such as Amsterdam, Budapest, Paris and Linz can be reached without transfers. Every day, about 29,000 passengers use the station. It is used dail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schmiechen
Schmiechen is a municipality in the district of Aichach-Friedberg in Bavaria in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe .... References Aichach-Friedberg {{AichachFriedberg-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ammersee Railway
Ammersee (English: Lake Ammer) is a Zungenbecken lake in Upper Bavaria, Germany, southwest of Munich between the towns of Herrsching and Dießen am Ammersee. With a surface area of approximately , it is the sixth largest lake in Germany. The lake is at an elevation of , and has a maximum depth of . Like other Bavarian lakes, Ammersee developed as a result of the ice age glaciers melting. Ammersee is fed by the River Ammer, which flows as the Amper out of the lake. Like neighbouring Lake Starnberg - deeper, bigger in surface area, similar in shape - it is a popular location for watersports. Ammersee and the Amper are part of the ancient Celtic amber trading route leading to the Brenner Pass. The word ''Ammer'' is a 13th-century form of ''Amper'', the Celtic ''*ambra'', deriving from the Indo-European ''*ombh-, *mbh-'' "wet, Water". Passenger services have operated on the lake since 1879. Today they are operated by the Bayerische Seenschifffahrt company, using a mixture of historic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mammendorf
Mammendorf is a municipality in Bavaria, Germany. It is located halfway between Munich and Augsburg. Location Mammendorf is part of the district of Fürstenfeldbruck, Upper Bavaria and lies about 6 kilometres northwest of the city of Fürstenfeldbruck. The towns Nannhofen and Peretshofen are part of the municipality of Mammendorf. Geography The Maisach River flows through Mammendorf. Transport Mammendorf-Nannhofen is the last station of the Munich S-Bahn line S3, as well as the terminus of the R1 line of Augsburg's transport system, Augsburger Verkehrsverbund (AVV). Notable people *Gerhard Merz Gerhard is a name of Germanic origin and may refer to: Given name * Gerhard (bishop of Passau) (fl. 932–946), German prelate * Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg (1292–1340), German prince, regent of Denmark * Gerhard Barkhorn (1919–19 ..., artist References Fürstenfeldbruck (district) {{Fürstenfeldbruck-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
