Schwandorf station

Schwandorf
Schwandorf
Through station
	Front of Schwandorf station
General information
Location	Schwandorf, Bavaria; Germany
Coordinates	49°19′35.76″N 12°6′14.51″E / 49.3266000°N 12.1040306°E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Regensburg–Weiden (KBS 855); Nuremberg–Schwandorf (KBS 870); Schwandorf–Furth im Wald (KBS 875);
Platforms	5
Connections	RE 2 RE 25 RE 40 RE 43 RE 47; RB 23 RB 27;
Other information
Station code	5710
DS100 code	NSCH
IBNR	8000027
Category	4
Fare zone	RVV: 7A
Website	stationsdatenbank.de; www.bahnhof.de;
History
Opened	12 December 1859; 164 years ago
Services
Location
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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 Deutsche Bahn.

History edit

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 edit

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.

Transport links edit

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.

Klardorf station edit

South of Schwandorf in the suburb of Klardorf there is another station at which no passenger trains have stopped since 2 June 1985.

References edit

^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
^ "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
^ "RVV-Tarifzonenplan/Streckenplan Region (Hauptnetz)". Regensburger Verkehrsverbund. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

External links edit

Media related to Schwandorf station at Wikimedia Commons
Information about Schwandorf station at bahnhof.de
Information about Irrenlohe station at bahnhof.de

[Eisenbahnatlas-1] Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.

[categories-2] "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.

[3] "RVV-Tarifzonenplan/Streckenplan Region (Hauptnetz)". Regensburger Verkehrsverbund. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

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