Grünberg (Oberhess) is a station in the town of Grünberg in the German state of

Hesse Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major hist ...

. The stations of Lehnheim and

Göbelnrod Göbelnrod is a village and urban district of Grünberg in the district of Gießen, in Hesse, Germany. Geography Göbelnrod is situated 2 km west of Grünberg and 20 km east of Gießen Giessen, spelled in German (), is a town in ...

are also in Grünberg. It is located 23.2 kilometres from

Gießen station Gießen railway station () is the main Train station, railway station in Gießen, Hesse, Germany. The station is a Category 2 station is used by 20,000 passengers daily. The station was opened on 25 August 1850 and is located on the Main-Weser Ra ...

on the

Vogelsberg Railway The Vogelsberg () is a large volcanic mountain range in the German Central Uplands in the state of Hesse, separated from the Rhön Mountains by the Fulda river valley. Emerging approximately 19 million years ago, the Vogelsberg is Central Eu ...

(''Vogelsbergbahn''), which continues to

Fulda Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the city hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival. Histor ...

. In the past, the Lumda Valley Railway (''Lumdatalbahn'') to Londorf and

Lollar Lollar () is a town in the district of Gießen, in Hesse, in west-central Germany. It is situated on the river Lahn, 7 km north of Gießen. The biggest production site of Bosch Thermotechnology is located in Lollar. During World War II, i ...

branched off here and the Butzbach–Lich railway to

Butzbach Butzbach () is a town in the Wetteraukreis district in Hessen, Germany. It is located approximately 16 km south of Gießen and 35 km north of Frankfurt am Main. In 2007, the town hosted the 47th Hessentag state festival from 1 to 10 Jun ...

via

Lich In fantasy fiction, a lich () is a type of undead creature with magical powers. Various works of fantasy fiction, such as Clark Ashton Smith's " The Empire of the Necromancers" (1932), had used ''lich'' as a general term for any corpse, animat ...

and

Münzenberg Münzenberg is a town in the Wetteraukreis district in Hesse, Germany. It is located 13 km north of Friedberg, Hesse, Friedberg, and 16 km southeast of Gießen. Münzenberg Castle is located outside the town. Population development B ...

History

Grünberg station was opened with the first section of the Vogelsberg Railway from Giessen to Grünberg on 29 December 1869. Half a year later, the Vogelsberg Railway was extended to

Alsfeld Alsfeld () is a town in the center of Hesse, in Germany. Located about north of Frankfurt, Alsfeld is part of the densely populated Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region, with nearby Lauterbach, Hesse, Lauterbach (about ...

. In 1896 the Lumda Valley Railway was opened via Londorf to Lollar. Thus, Grünberg became a regional railway hub with heavy traffic. The Lumda Valley Railway was operated exclusively for regional passenger and freight traffic. From the start of the operation, most of the trains ran through Lollar to Gießen. The Londorf–Grünberg section was closed down on 26 May 1963, and dismantled in 1965. This section has been used as an extension of the Lumda–Wieseck cycling trail since 2010. On 1 August 1909, the Butzbach–Lich railway (also known as the ''Wettertalbahn''—Wetter Valley Railway) was finished with the extension from Lich to Grünberg. This had its own station, called ''Grünberg Süd'', near Grünberg station. The Lich–Grünberg line was closed on 4 October 1953.

Station area

Entrance building

The entrance building of Grünberg station is a two-storey building. It now houses a travel centre of ''Verkehrsgesellschaft Oberhessen'' (Transport Company of Upper Hesse, VGO). It was offered for sale on 30 September 2016.

Platforms

Grünberg station has two platforms, platform 1 (next to the station building) and platform 2 on an island platform. Trains on platform 1 run towards

Mücke Mücke is a municipality in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Mücke lies from 200 to 350 m above sea level in the northwest foothills of the Vogelsberg Mountains on the upper reaches of the river Ohm, a tributary to the ...

and Fulda. Trains on platform 2 run to

Reiskirchen Reiskirchen () is a municipality in the district of Gießen, in Hesse, Germany and is located 11 km east of Gießen Giessen, spelled in German (), is a town in the German state () of Hesse, capital of both the district of Giessen and ...

, Großen-Buseck and Gießen. Trains formerly ran from platform 3 towards Londorf and Lollar. Due to the dismantling of the sets of points towards Gießen, this platform track is currently unused.

Freight yard

The freight yard is connected to the tracks of Grünberg station. This has two overgrown tracks. In addition to the tracks, there is a large freight shed, which is no longer used. It was offered for sale with the entrance building on 30 September 2016.

Connections

Train fares at the station are set by the

Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund The Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) is a List of German transport associations, transport association that covers the Public transport, public transport network of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Frankfurt Rhine-Main area in Germany. Its head offi ...

(RMV). The station is served daily by hourly

Regionalbahn The ''Regionalbahn'' (; lit. Regional train; abbreviated ''RB'') is a train categories in Europe, type of Regional rail, local passenger train (stopping train) in Germany. It is similar to the Regionalzug (R) and Regio (Swiss railway train), R ...

services on the Limburg (Lahn)–

Weilburg Weilburg () is, with just under 13,000 inhabitants, the third biggest town in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany, after Limburg an der Lahn and Bad Camberg. Geography Location The community lies in the Lahn valley between the Wes ...

–

Wetzlar Wetzlar () is a city in the state of Hesse, Germany. It is the twelfth largest city in Hesse with currently 55,371 inhabitants at the beginning of 2019 (including second homes). As an important cultural, industrial and commercial center, the un ...

–

Gießen Giessen, spelled in German (), is a town in the German state () of Hesse, capital of both the district of Giessen and the administrative region of Giessen. The population is approximately 90,000, with roughly 37,000 university students. Th ...

– Alsfeld (Oberhess)–

route. In the peak, additional Regionalbahn services run on the Gießen–Grünberg–Mücke route, two of which end in Grünberg. Since the 2016/2017 timetable change on 11 December 2016, services on the Vogelsberg Railway (formerly RB 35) and the subsequent Lahn Valley Railway (formerly RB 25) have run as RB 45.

Buses

Grünberg station is served by several bus lines that connect the town and the surrounding area. In addition, the ''Vogelsberger Vulkan-Express'' operates from 1 May to the end of October each year.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grunberg Station Railway stations in Hesse Railway stations in Germany opened in 1869 1869 establishments in Europe Establishments in the Grand Duchy of Hesse Buildings and structures in Giessen (district)