Schweinfurt Hauptbahnhof

Schweinfurt Hauptbahnhof is the largest railway station in the Lower Franconian city of Schweinfurt and its transfer hub to the majority of regional buses. In addition to the Hauptbahnhof, the Schweinfurt Mitte (Schweinfurt Central) and Schweinfurt Stadt (Schweinfurt Town) stations also lie within the city, closer to the centre, on the Bamberg–Würzburg railway.

Schweinfurt Hauptbahnhof
Deutsche Bahn
Bf
Station building
General information
LocationSchweinfurt, Bavaria
Germany
Coordinates50°2′8″N 10°12′42″E / 50.03556°N 10.21167°E / 50.03556; 10.21167
Line(s)
Platforms7
Other information
Station code5742
DS100 codeNS
Category3 [1]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Südost Following station
Ebenhausen (Unterfr)
towards Erfurt Hbf
RE 7 Würzburg Hbf
Terminus
Würzburg Hbf
Terminus
RE 57 Ebenhausen (Unterfr)
Preceding station DB Regio Bayern Following station
Würzburg Hbf
Terminus
RE 20 Haßfurt
Würzburg Hbf RE 54 Haßfurt
towards Bamberg
RE 55 Haßfurt
Waigolshausen
towards Schlüchtern
RB 53 Schweinfurt Mitte
towards Bamberg
Preceding station Erfurter Bahn Following station
Schweinfurt Mitte RB 40 Oberwerrn
towards Meiningen
Oberwerrn RB 50 Schweinfurt Mitte
Location
Schweinfurt is located in Bavaria
Schweinfurt
Schweinfurt
Location in Bavaria
Schweinfurt is located in Germany
Schweinfurt
Schweinfurt
Location in Germany
Schweinfurt is located in Europe
Schweinfurt
Schweinfurt
Location in Europe

Importance

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The station is no longer served by long-distance traffic since the introduction of the Interregio line from Stuttgart via Würzburg and Schweinfurt to Erfurt in 2001. It still has an important role, however, in regional and local rail services.

There are currently passenger services on the following lines:

On the single-tracked branch line Kitzingen–Schweinfurt there is still goods traffic between Gochsheim and Schweinfurt, the rest of the line to Kitzingen-Etwashausen is unused.

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Schweinfurt Hauptbahnhof is embedded in the Deutsche Bahn network as shown below (as at: 2006/2007 timetable):

Train type Route Services
Regional-Express   WürzburgSchweinfurtBambergLichtenfelsHof /–Bayreuth Every two hours
Regional-Express
(Mainfranken-Thüringen-Express)
  Würzburg–SchweinfurtBad Kissingen /– Mellrichstadt station–Grimmenthal–Erfurt Every two hours
Regional-Express   Schweinfurt–Bamberg–ErlangenNürnberg Every two hours
Regionalbahn (RB 53)   (Schlüchtern–) Jossa–Gemünden (Main)–Würzburg–Schweinfurt (–Bamberg) Hourly to Würzburg
Every two hours to Bamberg
Erfurter Bahn (RB 40)
(Unterfranken-Shuttle)
  Schweinfurt–Bad Kissingen /–Meiningen Every two hours
Erfurter Bahn (RB 50)
(Unterfranken-Shuttle)
  Schweinfurt–Bad Kissingen–Gemünden (Main) Every two hours

Schweinfurt Hbf is a timetable hub (Taktknoten), i.e. every hour on the hour trains arrive on the three main lines and depart shortly after the hour again. Included in this system are the three Regional-Express links and the trains of EIB Line 4. There is an hourly service to Würzburg and Bamberg which is achieved by overlapping the two RE lines, and on the routes to Bad Kissingen and Meiningen/Erfurt there is also an hourly service which alternates between RE and EIB trains. On the Würzburg–Bamberg route the frequency of RE trains is supplemented by the use of RegionalBahn services; likewise the EIB Linie 5 Schweinfurt–Gemünden (Main), bolsters the section to Bad Kissingen.

Infrastructure

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Station building

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The station building at Schweinfurt Hauptbahnhof is on the north side of the tracks. After the original building had been destroyed by bomb attacks in the Second World War, a modern, functional building was erected after the war in the style of the 1950s. The two-storey building houses a Deutsche Bahn travel centre (ReiseZentrum), toilets, lockers and several shops.

Traffic station

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The station has five through platforms for passengers. Two bay platforms directly in front of the station building are no longer needed for scheduled services since trains from Bad Kissingen and Meiningen now pass through the Hauptbahnhof and stop at the more centrally-sited Schweinfurt Stadt station. All platforms have a height of 38 cm and are accessed by flights of stairs from an underpass.

References

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  1. ^ "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
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