Augsburg Morellstraße station is a station on the
Augsburg–Buchloe railway in the German state of
Bavaria
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. It is located south of the centre of
Augsburg
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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
Deutsche Bahn 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
Haunstetten
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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 from the Augsburg region to the occupied territories in eastern Europe, including to the
Auschwitz concentration camp were conducted from Morellstraße station—only a few transports to
Theresienstadt concentration camp ran from
Augsburg Central Station (''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
Augsburg Railway Park 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
Allgäu
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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 betwee ...
) and as line R 8 (to
Klosterlechfeld).
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
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Morellstrasse
Railway stations in Germany opened in 1847
1847 establishments in Bavaria