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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] |
Augsburger Verkehrs- Und Tarifverbund
The ''Augsburger Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund'' (German for Augsburg Transport and Tariff Association) or AVV is the transit authority of the city of Augsburg, located in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. Its jurisdiction covers the city and its surrounding area, responsible for the commuter trains, the Augsburg tramway and buses. The AVV coordinates transport and fares in area comprising the city of Augsburg and three surrounding districts. It is jointly owned by the state of Bavaria, the city of Augsburg and the three surrounding districts, which are: *Augsburg (city) * Augsburg (district) * Aichach-Friedberg (district) *Dillingen (district) History The first plans for a transport association in the Augsburg region had already been drawn up in 1974, but the shareholders' agreement was not signed until 1985 before the ''Verbundgesellschaft'' finally commenced operations on 1 July 1985. In July 1985, the ''Verbundgesellschaft'' commenced business operations and initially started a test ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuremberg
Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest city in Germany. On the Pegnitz River (from its confluence with the Rednitz in Fürth onwards: Regnitz, a tributary of the River Main) and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it lies in the Bavarian administrative region of Middle Franconia, and is the largest city and the unofficial capital of Franconia. Nuremberg forms with the neighbouring cities of Fürth, Erlangen and Schwabach a continuous conurbation with a total population of 800,376 (2019), which is the heart of the urban area region with around 1.4 million inhabitants, while the larger Nuremberg Metropolitan Region has approximately 3.6 million inhabitants. The city lies about north of Munich. It is the largest city in the East Franconian dialect area (colloquially: "F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oldenburg (Oldb) Hauptbahnhof
Oldenburg Hauptbahnhof (originally ''Oldenburg Centralbahnhof'') is the main passenger station in the city of Oldenburg in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is a through station, with seven platform tracks. Its large reception hall was built in the Art Nouveau style. It is one of two stations in Oldenburg open to passengers, the other one being the newly-constructed ''Oldenburg-Wechloy'' suburban rail station opened in 2015 in the vicinity of the University of Oldenburg. Older stations, including Ofenerdiek and Osternburg, have had their passenger service gradually removed over the course of previous decades. History The first railway in the capital of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg was the line from Oldenburg to Bremen via Delmenhorst opened by the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways on 15 July 1867. On 3 September 1867, a line was opened from Oldenburg to Heppens (later renamed Wilhelmshaven), financed by the Prussian government. The line was operated by the Oldenbu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamburg-Altona Station
Hamburg-Altona (or simply Altona) is a railway station in Hamburg, Germany, situated to the west of the city's main station, in the district which bears its name. A main line terminal station, most Intercity-Express (ICE) services to and from southern Germany begin and terminate at Hamburg-Altona. It also has an underground station (named Altona) which is served by the rapid transit trains of the Hamburg S-Bahn. The station is managed by DB Station&Service. History The original Altona station was built by the Altona-Kiel Railway Company at the end of the line from Kiel, some 300 metres south of the current station. It opened in 1844, at which time Altona was an independent city within the Duchy of Holstein (the old station is currently used as the present-day Altona borough's town hall). In 1866 the link line was opened, allowing trains to run through to Klosterthor station (near the main train station) and on to Berlin or Hanover. In 1867 the Altona-Blankenese railwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
München Hauptbahnhof
München Hauptbahnhof or Munich Central Station is the main railway station in the city of Munich, Germany. It is one of the three stations with long-distance services in Munich, the others being Munich East station (''München Ost'') and Munich-Pasing station (''München-Pasing''). München Hauptbahnhof sees about 450,000 passengers a day, which puts it on par with other large stations in Germany, such as Hamburg Hauptbahnhof and Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 1 station, one of 21 in Germany and two in Munich, the other being ''München Ost''. The mainline station is a terminal station with 32 platforms. The subterranean S-Bahn with 2 platforms and U-Bahn stations with 6 platforms are through stations. The first Munich station was built about to the west in 1839. A station at the current site was opened in 1849 and it has been rebuilt numerous times, including to replace the main station building, which was badly damaged during W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augsburg Hauptbahnhof
Augsburg Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station in the Bavarian city of Augsburg, situated in southern Germany. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 2 station and has 12 platform tracks. The station has one of the oldest still existing station halls in Germany, which was built from 1843 to 1846 after plans by architect Eduard Rüber. It was reconstructed in 1869 according to Friedrich Bürklein's plans. The station today serves as the central railway hub for the Augsburg metropolitan area and Bavarian Swabia. It is currently being modernised and an underground tram station is being built under it. Structure The first Augsburg station was opened in 1840 by the Munich-Augsburg Railway Company (''München-Augsburger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'') near the ''Rotes Tor'' (Red Gate). Its historic hall served in 1880 as a military riding school and since 1920 it has been part of the main workshop of the traffic branch of ''Stadtwerke Augsburg'' (Augsburg's municipal utilit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof
Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof (German for ''Nuremberg main station'') or Nuremberg Central Station''The train to the plane'' at www.lufthansa.com. Accessed on 7 Oct 2013 at www.dbmuseum.de. Accessed on 7 Oct 2013 is the main railway station serving the city of in . It is the largest station in north |
Erfurt Hauptbahnhof
Erfurt Hauptbahnhof (Erfurt Hbf) or Erfurt Central Station at the International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering. Retrieved 28 Feb 2014. is the central at in . It is an important junction on the German rail network, served by numerous local and long-distance rail services. Immediately north of the station is |
Halle (Saale) Hauptbahnhof
Halle (Saale) Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station in the city of Halle (Saale) in southern part of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The station is situated east of the city centre and is a category 2 station. Importance The station is one of the most important transport hubs in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is a stop for long-distance and regional services. In addition, it is part of the Leipzig-Halle S-Bahn network and is served by the trams and buses that are part of the city's public transport. History In mid-1840 the Magdeburg-Leipzig Railway – initiated by city councillor, Matthäus Ludwig Wucherer, who supported the building of a railway from Magdeburg to Leipzig via Halle – built the first station in Halle, which was subsequently (1845 to 1847) rebuilt again to form a junction with the Thuringian Railway. The unusual feature of the route between Magdeburg and Leipzig was that it was the first cross-border railway link (from Prussia through Anhalt-Köthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin Hauptbahnhof
Berlin Hauptbahnhof () (English: Berlin Central Station) is the main railway station in Berlin, Germany. It came into full operation two days after a ceremonial opening on 26 May 2006. It is located on the site of the historic Lehrter Bahnhof, and on the Berlin S-Bahn Rapid transit, suburban railway. The station is operated by DB Station&Service, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG, and is classified as a German railway station categories, Category 1 station, one of 21 in Germany and four in Berlin, the others being Berlin-Gesundbrunnen station, Berlin Gesundbrunnen, Berlin Südkreuz and Berlin Ostbahnhof. ''Lehrter Bahnhof'' (Lehrte Station) opened in 1871 as the terminus of the Berlin-Lehrte railway, railway linking Berlin with Lehrte, near Hanover, which later became Germany's most important east–west main line. In 1882, with the completion of the Berlin Stadtbahn, Stadtbahn (City Railway, Berlin's four-track central elevated train, elevated railway line, which carries both lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
Hamburg Hauptbahnhof (abbrev. ''Hamburg Hbf'') is the main railway station of the city of Hamburg, Germany. Opened in 1906 to replace four separate terminal stations, today Hamburg Hauptbahnhof is operated by DB Station&Service AG. With an average of 550,000 passengers a day, it is Germany's busiest railway station and the second-busiest in Europe after the Gare du Nord in Paris. It is classed by Deutsche Bahn as a category 1 railway station. The station is a through station with island platforms and is one of Germany's major transportation hubs, connecting long-distance Intercity Express routes to the city's U-Bahn and S-Bahn rapid transit networks. It is centrally located in Hamburg in the Hamburg-Mitte borough. The ''Wandelhalle'' shopping centre occupies the north side of the station building. History Before today's central station was opened, Hamburg had several smaller stations located around the city centre. The first railway line ( between Hamburg and Bergedorf) was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiel Hauptbahnhof
Kiel Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station in the northern German city of Kiel. It consists of eight rail tracks, all of which are electrified, and is a hub for train services to nearby towns such as Plön and Eckernförde. Overview With 25,000 daily passengers and visitors to Kiel Hauptbahnhof, it is the second busiest railway station in Schleswig-Holstein after Lübeck Hauptbahnhof. The area around the station is the busiest place in Kiel. More than 100,000 people daily use the bus station, the railway station and the station forecourt. The station is the starting point of lines to Hamburg, Lübeck Lübeck (; Low German also ), officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (german: Hansestadt Lübeck), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 217,000 inhabitants, Lübeck is the second-largest city on the German Baltic coast and in the stat ..., Flensburg and Husum. It is located directly on Kieler Förde. The ferry terminal for Oslo and Gothenburg is a few hundred metr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
