Augsburg Morellstraße station is a station on the

Augsburg–Buchloe railway The Augsburg–Buchloe railway is a double-track main line in the German state of Bavaria. It runs from Augsburg to Buchloe. Other major towns on the route are Bobingen and Schwabmünchen. It was built as part of the Ludwig South-North Railway, on ...

in the German state of

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. It is located south of the centre of

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on the border of the districts of Antonsviertel and Hochfeld. It is a through station built with eight tracks and one island platform and is classified by

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as a category 6 station.

History

The station was established in September 1847 with the opening of the Augsburg–Buchloe railway and put into operation under the name of ''Morellstraße''. Augsburg was prefixed to the name on 6 October 1940. After the establishment of the Augsburg Local Railway (''Augsburger Localbahn'') a branch was built in 1899 from Morellstraße station to

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in the local industrial area to connect to the companies of ''Martini & Cie'', ''SWA'' and ''Kunstmühle Kühn''. In the Second World War, a major part of the

deportations Deportation is the expulsion of a person or group of people from a place or country. The term ''expulsion'' is often used as a synonym for deportation, though expulsion is more often used in the context of international law, while deportation ...

from the Augsburg region to the occupied territories in eastern Europe, including to the

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were conducted from Morellstraße station—only a few transports to

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ran from

Augsburg Central Station 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 exis ...

(''Hauptbahnhof'').

Infrastructure

At the station there are a total of eight through tracks. Between the third and fourth track from the east there is a central platform, which is accessible via an underpass from Von-der-Tann-Strasse. The other tracks at the station were used by the Augsburger Localbahn and the link between the Hauptbahnhof and the locomotive repair shop, which today houses the

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museum and is located within walking distance. The station is not upgraded to be accessible for the disabled. The ''Bahnhof Augsburg Morellstraße'' bus stop is in Von-der-Tann-Strasse, but it is served only by rail replacement bus services.

Services

The station is not served by long-distance services. Like other small stations in Augsburg, Morellstraße is especially used for commuting to the city. The station is served by all regional trains from Augsburg Central Station towards Buchloe and in the opposite direction (some trains continue to the

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). Hourly trains also stop here on the way to the Lechfeld Railway to Landsberg (Lech). Within the fare zone of the ''Augsburger Verkehrsverbund'' (Augsburg Transport Association, AVV), the regional services run as line R 7 (to

Schwabmünchen Schwabmünchen (Swabian: ''Mingkchinga''Schwabmünchen) is a town in Bavaria in the administrative region of Swabia south of Augsburg in the Augsburg district. Geography Location Schwabmünchen lies about 20 km south of Augsburg between ...

) and as line R 8 (to

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). In the peak hour the two services produce a 15-minute interval service. The Morellstraße station is part of the planned Augsburg S-Bahn.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Augsburg Morellstrasse station Morellstrasse Railway stations in Germany opened in 1847 1847 establishments in Bavaria