Schwandorf station

Schwandorf
Deutsche Bahn
Through station
Front of Schwandorf station
Location Schwandorf, Bavaria
Germany
Coordinates 49°19′35.76″N 12°6′14.51″E / 49.3266000°N 12.1040306°E / 49.3266000; 12.1040306Coordinates: 49°19′35.76″N 12°6′14.51″E / 49.3266000°N 12.1040306°E / 49.3266000; 12.1040306
Owned by DB Netz
Operated by DB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms 5
Other information
Station code 5710
DS100 codeNSCH[1]
IBNR8000027
Category4[2]
Website
History
Opened 12 December 1859 (1859-12-12)
Services
Preceding station   Arriva-Länderbahn-Express   Following station
Weiden (Oberpfalz)
toward Hof Hbf
RE
Maxhütte-Haidhof
toward Munich Hbf
Roding
RE
toward Munich Hbf
Preceding station   oberpfalzbahn   Following station
toward Marktredwitz
OPB 1
Maxhütte-Haidhof
TerminusOPB 3
Bodenwöhr Nord
toward Furth im Wald
Location
Schwandorf
Location within Bavaria

Schwandorf station is the second most important regional transport hub in the Upper Palatinate province of Bavaria after Regensburg Hauptbahnhof, and one of the two working railway stations in the town of Schwandorf. It is classified as a category 3 station by the Deutsche Bahn.

History

The station was opened on 12 December 1859 by the Bavarian Eastern Railway Company, when the Nuremberg–Schwandorf–Regensburg 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. 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 via Furth im Wald 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.

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 (every 2 hours, ALX)
  • Prague (4 per day, ALX+RE)
  • Gera (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 car park and taxi stand are also available at the station.

Irrenlohe station

Irrenlohe station, looking towards Schwandorf

In the north of the town, in the district of Irlaching, is Irrenlohe station. It is classified as category 6. The station emerged with the establishment of the link from Regensburg to Nuremberg. When the branch line to Weiden was added, Irrenlohe became a mini transport hub. This was the reason that the village was shelled in the Second World War.

The reason the station is called "Irrenlohe" and not "Irlaching" is that the villagers of Irlaching had shown no real interest in a railway connection and so the building of the station was paid for by Irrenlohe.

The station has five main tracks, of which three are platform tracks. Passenger services are:

  • Schwandorf–Regensburg (two-hourly, VBG)
  • Weiden-Hof (two-hourly, VBG)

The composer Franz Schreker took the name of his opera Irrelohe ("Mad flames") from the station after his train halted there.

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

  1. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. ↑ "Stationspreisliste 2018" [Station price list 2018] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
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