Schwandorf station is the second most important regional transport hub in the
Upper Palatinate
The Upper Palatinate (german: Oberpfalz, , ) is one of the seven administrative districts of Bavaria, Germany, and is located in the east of Bavaria.
Geography
The Upper Palatinate is a landscape with low mountains and numerous ponds and lakes ...
province of Bavaria after
Regensburg Hauptbahnhof
Regensburg Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station in the city of Regensburg in southern Germany.
Location
Regensburg Hauptbahnhof is located on the southern edge of the old city (''Altstadt'') in the immediate vicinity of Schloss St. Emmera ...
, and one of the two working railway stations in the town of
Schwandorf
Schwandorf is a town on the river Naab in the Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, which is the seat of the Schwandorf district.
Sights
* Catholic parish church of St. Jakob
* Kreuzberg Church: Catholic parish, monastic and pilgrimage church of ...
. It is classified as a
category 3 station by
Deutsche Bahn
The (; abbreviated as DB or DB AG) is the national railway company of Germany. Headquartered in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company ( AG). The Federal Republic of Germany is its single shareholder.
describes itself as the se ...
.
History
The station was opened on 12 December 1859 by the
Bavarian Eastern Railway Company The Royal Bavarian Eastern Railway Company (''Königlich privilegirte Actiengesellschaft der bayerischen Ostbahnen'') or Bavarian Ostbahn was founded in 1856. Within just two decades it built an extensive railway network in the eastern Bavarian prov ...
, when the
Nuremberg–Schwandorf–
Regensburg
Regensburg or is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. It is capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state in the south of Germany. With more than 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the f ...
route was taken into service. Just under four years later, on 1 October 1863, the Schwandorf–
Weiden line was opened and, in 1865, it was extended to
Eger
Eger ( , ; ; also known by other alternative names) is the county seat of Heves County, and the second largest city in Northern Hungary (after Miskolc). A city with county rights. Eger is best known for its castle, thermal baths, baroque build ...
. The link to Cham was opened on 7 January 1861 and in autumn of that year the line was opened all the way through to
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
via
Furth im Wald
Furth im Wald (in Czech ''Brod nad Lesy'', resp. ''Bavorský Brod'') is a town in Bavaria, Germany, near the Czech border in the Bavarian Forest, northeast of Cham, and southwest of Domažlice. The city is known as ''Drachenstadt'' (Dragon City) ...
and
Pilsen. The result was that two lines passed through the town, one in a north-south and one in an east-west direction. These lines still exist, although Schwandorf can no longer be called a "railwayman's town" as used to be the case.
Infrastructure and facilities
The station has eleven main lines of which five are used for passenger services. The home platform and the two island platforms are 38 cm high and do not meet the requirement for barrier-free admission. In the station building, there is a ticket machine, a newsagent, a bakery, and a shop for travellers with a bistro.
Transport links
About a hundred trains runs daily from Schwandorf station. Direct connexions include those to:
* Furth im Wald (hourly, ALX+RE+RB)
* Weiden-
Hof (hourly,
ALX+
RE+
VBG)
* Nürnberg (hourly, RE)
* Regensburg (hourly, ALX+RE+VBG)
*
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
(every 2 hours, ALX)
* Prague (4 per day, ALX+RE)
*
Gera
Gera is a city in the German state of Thuringia. With around 93,000 inhabitants, it is the third-largest city in Thuringia after Erfurt and Jena as well as the easternmost city of the ''Thüringer Städtekette'', an almost straight string of cit ...
(3 per day, RE)
Next to the railway station is a bus station, from which buses depart to all parts of the town and the local area.
A
Park-and-Ride
A park and ride, also known as incentive parking or a commuter lot, is a parking lot with public transport connections that allows commuters and other people heading to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system (rapi ...
car park and taxi stand are also available at the station.
Klardorf station
South of Schwandorf in the suburb of Klardorf there is another station at which no passenger trains have stopped since 2 June 1985.
References
External links
*{{commons category-inline, Bahnhof Schwandorf, Schwandorf station
Information about Schwandorf station at ''bahnhof.de''
Railway stations in Bavaria
Railway stations in Germany opened in 1859
Buildings and structures in Schwandorf (district)