Mindelheim station
Mindelheim  | |
|---|---|
| Separation station | |
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| Location |
Mindelheim, Bavaria Germany |
| Coordinates | 48°02′42″N 10°30′06″E / 48.044892°N 10.501733°ECoordinates: 48°02′42″N 10°30′06″E / 48.044892°N 10.501733°E |
| Line(s) | |
| Platforms | 3 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | 4119[1] |
| DS100 code | MMH[2] |
| IBNR | 8000338 |
| Category | 4[1] |
Mindelheim station is the station of the district town of Mindelheim in the German state of Bavaria and lies about one km south of the original town.
History
In 2007/08, the station was renovated at a cost of €8 million. The four former tracks were reduced to three due to lack of space. A pedestrian underpass was built from Bahnhofstraße to Allgäuer Straße and an underpass for cars was built one km to the southwest; the level crossing on the old route of federal highway 16 was removed.
Description
The station is located on the Buchloe–Memmingen railway and is the terminus of the Central Swabian Railway (German: Mittelschwabenbahn), which runs via Krumbach to Günzburg.
The station has three platform tracks. Platform 1 is next to the station building and platforms 2 and 4 can be reached via an underpass. Platform 1 is used by trains to Gunzburg and Memmingen, while platform 2 is kept free for transiting EuroCity services. When this is not necessary, services to Memmingen and Lindau stop on platform 2. Trains to Munich or Augsburg stop on platform 4.
There are two ticket machines. A ticket office operates during peak periods only.[3]
Trains usually consist of a class 218 locomotive, hauling three to five Silberling carriages. In addition, the station is served by diesel multiple units of classes 642, 612, and now and then 628.
Station building
On the lower floor of the station building there is a restaurant, the office of the station master, a counter, two kiosks and a bus shelter. The upper floor contains apartments. The building is in poor condition and its outer walls have crumbling plaster and exposed brick.
Operations
Three pairs daily of EuroCity services on line 88 are operated by Swiss Federal Railways through Mindelheim to Munich and Zurich, but do not stop. Regionalbahn services to/from Munich/Memmingen and Augsburg/Memmingen meet in Mindelheim in the mornings and evenings at 30 minute intervals.
| Train class | Route | Frequency | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|
| RE | Munich – Kaufering – Buchloe – Mindelheim – Memmingen (– Hergatz – Lindau) | Every 2 hours | 2/4 |
| RB | Augsburg – Buchloe – Mindelheim – Memmingen | Every 2 hours | 2/4 |
| RB | (Günzburg –) Krumbach – Mindelheim (– Memmingen / Buchloe) | Every 2 hours | 1 |
Future
On 15 February 2008, the German Federal Minister of Transport, Wolfgang Tiefensee and his Swiss counterpart, Moritz Leuenberger signed in Memmingen a Memorandum of Understanding in relation to the development of the Munich–Lindau route, including the electrification of the section between Geltendorf and Lindau Aeschach.[4] The building of a central bus station on the station forecourt and the relocation of the nearby car park to the west is also planned.
It is planned to integrate the Mindelheim–Memmingen route into the Ulm–Neu-Ulm–Günzburg–Mindelheim–Memmingen line of the Danube-Iller Regional S-Bahn (Regio-S-Bahn Ulm/Neu-Ulm). between 2020 to 2025.
Notes
- 1 2 "Stationspreisliste 2016" [Station price list 2016] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ↑ "Fahrkartenschalter am Bahnhof schließt". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). 13 November 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ↑ "Schritt zu einem kürzeren Weg nach München (Step to a shorter route to Munich)" (in German). NZZ Online. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
References
- Reinhold Breubeck (1999). "Eisenbahnknoten Memmingen". Die Eisenbahn in Mittelschwaben zwischen Iller und Wertach (in German). Buchloe: Druck und Verlag Hans Oberbayer GmbH. ISBN 3-927781-18-5.