Augsburg-Oberhausen station

Augsburg-Oberhausen station
Keilbahnhof
Entrance building and station forecourt
Location	Augsburg, Bavaria Germany
Coordinates	48°22′50″N 10°52′22″E / 48.38056°N 10.87278°ECoordinates: 48°22′50″N 10°52′22″E / 48.38056°N 10.87278°E
Line(s)	Ulm–Augsburg (KBS 980) Nuremberg–Augsburg (KBS 982)
Platforms	7
Construction
Architectural style	New Objectivity
Other information
Station code	224
DS100 code	MAOB[1]
Category	4 [2]
Website	www.bahnhof.de stationsdatenbank.de
History
Opened	1932
Traffic
Passengers	< 5,000 [3] (2006)

The bus and tram stops in the station forecourt

View of the station and platforms, Augsburg Hauptbahnhof and the hotel tower are in the background

Augsburg-Oberhausen station is a station in the northwest of the central Augsburg in the suburb of Oberhausen in the German state of Bavaria. It is the second most important station in the city. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.^[2] The current station building was built south of the old Oberhauser station in 1931/32, in the New Objectivity style. There is a large tram and bus stop in front of the station building, the exterior of which has recently been renovated.

Infrastructure

Augsburg-Oberhausen is a through station with seven tracks on four platforms. The trains can be reached by a tunnel under the tracks, which runs from the ground floor of the station building. This is not accessible for the disabled. The station building has a ticket machine, a kiosk and a bar.

Services

The Augsburg-Oberhausen station is served by all Regional-Express and Regionalbahn services leaving Augsburg Hauptbahnhof to the north and the west. Thus it serves as a transfer station from the route from Ulm towards Donauwörth and vice versa. The services of Bayerische Regiobahn to or from Schongau normally also begin or end in Augsburg-Oberhausen. Long-distance services do not stop at the station.

Within the fare zone of the Augsburger Verkehrsverbund (Augsburg Transport Association, AVV), the regional services to Donauwörth have the line designation of R 4; towards Dinkelscherben they are called R 6 and towards Schongau they are called R 11.

Train class	AVV line	Route	Frequency
RE	R6 / R4	Fugger-Express: Munich – Augsburg Hbf – Augsburg-Oberhausen – Ulm / Treuchtlingen	Hourly
RE / RB	R6 / R4	Fugger-Express: Munich – Augsburg Hbf – Augsburg-Oberhausen – Dinkelscherben / Donauwörth	Hourly
RE	R4	Nuremberg – Treuchtlingen – Donauwörth – Augsburg-Oberhausen – Augsburg Hbf	Every 2 hours
RB	R4	(Donauwörth –) Meitingen – Augsburg-Oberhausen – Augsburg Hbf	Hourly
BRB	R11	Augsburg-Oberhausen – Augsburg Hbf – Geltendorf – Weilheim – Schongau	Hourly

Public transport at Oberhausen station consists of tram line 2 (Augsburg-West–Haunstetten-Nord), city bus route 35 (Bergstraße–Pfersee-Süd), night bus route 91 (Königsplatz–Stadtbergen) and several regional bus lines. As a result, it also plays a major role as a hub for public transport and is well used at peak times. The tram and bus stops are located directly outside the station.

Augsburg-Oberhausen station – public transport connections
Line	Route	Frequency
Tram line 2	P&R Augsburg-West – Augsburg-Haunstetten Nord	7.5 min.*
City bus 35	Augsburg-Bergstraße – Augsburg-Pfersee Süd	15 min.*
Night bus 91	Stadtbergen – Deuringen – Steppach – Augsburg-Königsplatz – Augsburg-Pfersee – Leitershofen – Stadtbergen	60 min.
Regional bus 410	Augsburg-Eberlestraße – Reicherstein	two pairs of services
Regional bus 500	Augsburg-Hauptbahnhof – Aystetten-West	15 min.*
Regional bus 501	Augsburg-Hauptbahnhof – Aystetten – Welden	30 min.*
Regional bus 503	Augsburg-Hauptbahnhof – Schlipsheim-Mitte	60 min.*
Regional bus 504	Augsburg-Hauptbahnhof – Streitheim-Ort	variable intervals
Regional bus 506	Augsburg-Hauptbahnhof – Wörleschwang church	variable intervals
Regional bus 507	Augsburg-Hauptbahnhof – Dinkelscherben	variable intervals
Regional bus 600	Augsburg-Hauptbahnhof – Krumbach bus station	30 min.*
Regional bus 601	Augsburg-Hauptbahnhof – Anhausen school	variable intervals
Regional bus 602	Augsburg-Hauptbahnhof – Diedorf station	variable intervals
* The service intervals refer to busy periods - the timetable is different in the evening and at night as well as during school holidays.

Freight

In addition to its important role for passengers, the station is also significant for freight: containers are transhipped from rail to road on the sidings. A new unloading yard in the multi-modal terminal is expected from 2012/2013 to relieve the Oberhausen container terminal, which is at the centre of the Augsburg–Gersthofen–Neusäß triangle.

Future

As part of the establishment of the Augsburg S-Bahn the station is gaining an increasing importance: up to three lines (to Dinkelscherben, Donauwörth and Fischach) will stop here in the future and so strengthen its role as a key interchange point for the districts of Oberhausen and Kriegshaber.

In recent years there have been several remodelling and renovation projects, especially of the station forecourt and the exterior facade. However, the construction of a reversing track, which is required for this project, has not been carried out. This project—and the introduction of the Augsburg S-Bahn—is still at the planning stage.

Notes

1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
2. "Stationspreisliste 2016" [Station price list 2016] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
3. "Brochure: Personenbahnhöfe in Bayern" (PDF; 7.4 MB) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 7 April 2013.