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Zwickau Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station of
Zwickau (Sachs) Hbf bei www.sachsenschiene.de
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Zwickau Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station of Zwickau
Zwickau (; is, with around 87,500 inhabitants (2020), the fourth-largest city of Saxony after Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz and it is the seat of the Zwickau District. The West Saxon city is situated in the valley of the Zwickau Mulde (German: ' ...
in the German state of Saxony
Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...
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History
On 18 September 1845 Zwickau was connected by a branch line to the Leipzig–Reichenbach railway line. This was followed on 11 May 1858 by the line to Schwarzenberg, on 15 November 1858 by the line to Chemnitz and on 29 November 1875 by the line to Falkenstein.Klaus Reichenbach: ''Straßenbahn in Zwickau'', Verlag Kenning, Nordhorn 1997, p. 6. The first station building was a wooden structure built in 1845. This soon no longer met increasing requirements and had to be replaced by a new building, which was completed in 1858. The current station building was designed byDeutsche Reichsbahn
The ''Deutsche Reichsbahn'', also known as the German National Railway, the German State Railway, German Reich Railway, and the German Imperial Railway, was the German national railway system created after the end of World War I from the regiona ...
architect Otto Falk, built from 1933 to 1936 and opened on 17 December 1936.Klaus Reichenbach: ''Straßenbahn in Zwickau'', Verlag Kenning, Nordhorn 1997, p. 50.
Location
The station is separated from the inner city and the ''Neumarkt'' and ''Zentralhaltestelle'' bus interchanges located there. Lines 5 and 7 of the Zwickau tramway network and bus lines 16 and 19 of the Zwickau Municipal Transport Authority (''Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe Zwickau'') connect the station with the city centre. In addition, many regional bus services begin at the station, which are mainly operated by the West Saxony Regional Transport Authority (''Regionalverkehrsbetriebe Westsachsen'').Zwickau model
A special feature is the Zwickau model oftram-train
A tram-train is a type of light rail vehicle that meets the standards of a light rail system (usually an urban street running tramway), but which also meets national mainline standards permitting operation alongside mainline trains. This all ...
operations. BOStrab-compliant RegioSprinter
The RegioSprinter is a German diesel railcar built by Siemens-Duewag for rapid regional railway services. Originally the RegioSprinter was designated as a Regional Combustion-engined Railbus (''Regional-Verbrennungstriebwagen'' or ''RVT'') by Duewa ...
s of the Vogtlandbahn run over tram tracks to the Zwickau central (''Zentrum'') tram stop. Tram-trains run from the Zwickau–Schwarzenberg line at street level to the ''Stadthalle'' tram stop. The metre-gauge line has a third rail fitted to allow standard gauge vehicles to continue to the Zentrum tram stop. The RegioSprinters are diesel-powered as most of the Vogtlandbahn network is not electrified and the vehicles are slightly narrower than normal because the tram line does not have sufficient clearance for full-width standard gauge vehicles.
Rail services
The following services operate through Zwickau:Notes
External links
Zwickau (Sachs) Hbf bei www.sachsenschiene.de
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