Schlüchtern station is a station for trains. It is in the town of Schlüchtern in the German state of Hesse on the Frankfurt–Göttingen railway. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn (DB) as a category 4 station.[1]

Schlüchtern
Deutsche Bahn
Junction station
2019
General information
LocationAm Bahnhof 1
Schlüchtern, Hesse
Germany
Coordinates50°20′28″N 9°30′35″E / 50.341054°N 9.50967°E / 50.341054; 9.50967
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms4
Other information
Station code5601[1]
DS100 codeFSUE[2]
IBNR8000891
Category4[1]
Fare zoneRhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV): 3450[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened15 December 1868
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Mitte Following station
Steinau (Straße) RE 50 Flieden
towards Bebra
Preceding station DB Regio Bayern Following station
Terminus RB 53 Sterbfritz
towards Bamberg
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Location
Schlüchtern is located in Hesse
Schlüchtern
Schlüchtern
Location in Hesse
Schlüchtern is located in Germany
Schlüchtern
Schlüchtern
Location in Germany
Schlüchtern is located in Europe
Schlüchtern
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Location in Europe

History

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The station was opened on 15 December 1868 along with the NeuhofSteinau (Straße) section of the Frankfurt–Bebra railway, which was established by the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, the Grand Duchy of Hesse and Free City of Frankfurt, but was confiscated by the Prussian government following the War of 1866.

Station facilities

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Platforms

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The train station has 4 platform tracks, a "home" platform (that is next to the station building), an island platform and a side platform. The home platform (platform 1) is only used by Regionalbahn services running on the Schlüchtern–JossaGemündenWürzburg route, which begin and end here. The central platform (tracks 2 and 4) is used by Regional-Express services on the FrankfurtFulda route. The side platform (platform 5) is rarely used. About 3 km east of the station is the beginning of the Schlüchtern tunnel through the Distelrasen ridge.

Entrance building

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The stately entrance building, constructed in 1868, is now listed as a monument under the Hessian Heritage Act. It is built in various architectural styles and situated on the hillside above the town on the south side of the tracks. The two-story brick building features an H-shaped floor plan with a completely symmetrical facade. The freight shed is located uphill to the west. Additionally, the canopies over the pedestrian underpass were constructed in 1910 using steel and glass in the Art Nouveau style.

Operations

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Fares in Schlüchtern are set by the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (Rhine-Main Transport Association, RMV). The station is served by a Regionalbahn service every two hours and a Regional-Express service every hour. Additionally, there is a single Intercity service on the BebraFuldaFrankfurt route from Mondays to Fridays, which stops at the station at 5:56. On Mondays, the service starts from Berlin-Gesundbrunnen. It stops in the opposite direction at 19:09.

References

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (10 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.
  3. ^ "Tarifinformationen 2021" (PDF). Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. p. 151. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

Sources

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  • Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen, ed. (2005). Eisenbahn in Hessen. Kulturdenkmäler in Hessen. Denkmaltopographie Bundesrepublik Deutschland (in German). Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Theiss Verlag. pp. 184ff. ISBN 3-8062-1917-6.
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