Steinach (b Rothenburg ob der Tauber) station is a station on the Treuchtlingen–Würzburg, and the . It is classified by

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as a category 4 station and has five platform tracks. Steinach (b. Rothenburg od T.) is a district of the municipality of

Gallmersgarten Gallmersgarten is a municipality in the district of Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim 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 ...

in the German state of

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

. The station is located in the network area of the Greater Nuremberg Transport Association (german: Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg). The station is not barrier-free.

History

The Ansbach-Würzburg line existed before the station building, which was opened on 1 July 1864. The station was built from 1862 until the end of 1864 and became operational on 1865. The station building is a three-storey building with a

hip roof A hip roof, hip-roof or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope (although a tented roof by definition is a hipped roof with steeply pitched slopes rising to a peak). Thus, ...

and low wings, built of quarried stone with Haustein (a stone used in masonry in Germany) trimmings and dentils made of brick. The line to

Rothenburg ob der Tauber Rothenburg ob der Tauber () is a town in the district of Ansbach of Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia), the Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. It is well known for its well-preserved medieval old town, a destination for tourists from around the w ...

was opened in November 1873. The line to

Neustadt an der Aisch Neustadt an der Aisch (officially: ''Neustadt a.d.Aisch'') is a small town of around 13,000 inhabitants in the northern part of Bavaria (Germany), within the Franconian administrative region Middle Franconia. "Neustadt an der Aisch" (mapping), ...

was opened in 1898.

Services

The ''Mainfrankenbahn'' services are operate with Alstom Coradia Continental (class 440) electric multiple units. The ''Aischgrund-Bahn'' and ''Rothenburg-Bahn services'' are operated with Alstom Coradia LINT 41 (class 648) diesel multiple units. All lines are operated by

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Notes

{{Reflist Railway stations in Bavaria Railway stations in Germany opened in 1865 Buildings and structures in Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim