Treuchtlingen station

Treuchtlingen
Crossing station
Platforms at Treuchtlingen station
Location	Treuchtlingen, Bavaria Germany
Coordinates	48°57′41″N 10°54′29″E / 48.961267°N 10.908159°E
Line(s)	Augsburg–Nuremberg (KBS 900, 910, 970.1) Treuchtlingen–Würzburg (KBS 920) Munich–Treuchtlingen (KBS 990)
Platforms	4
Tracks	7
Other information
Station code	6252
DS100 code	MTL[1]
IBNR	8000122
Category	3[2]
Website	stationsdatenbank.de
History
Opened	2 October 1869

Treuchtlingen station is now the only station in the town of Treuchtlingen in the German state of Bavaria. The town used also to have stations at Graben, Möhren, Gundelsheim and Wettelsheim. Treuchtlingen station has seven platform tracks and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station.^[2] The station is served by about 110 trains daily operated by DB Regio and DB long-distance. The station is a railway junction on the Nuremberg–Augsburg, Ingolstadt–Treuchtlingen and Treuchtlingen–Würzburg lines.

Location

The station is located in northern Treuchtlingen. It is bordered to the west by Wettelsheimer Straße and to the east by Bahnhofsstraße, which is also the location of the entrance building. A bridge connects these streets south of the premises of the railway station. The address of the station is 61 Bahnhofsstraße.

History

Treuchtlingen station was opened on 2 October 1869 together with both the Ansbach–Treuchtlingen section of the line to Würzburg and the Treuchtlingen–Pleinfeld lines. The Treuchtlingen–Pleinfeld section was built together with the Ingolstadt–Treuchtlingen railway. Opposite the station building there was a small depot for the maintenance of the trains. In 1870 Treuchtlingen received another link to the rail network with the completion of the Munich–Ingolstadt–Treuchtlingen–Nuremberg railway.^[3] On 1 October 1906, the Donauwörth–Treuchtlingen line was opened, which was previously been regarded as uneconomic to build because of the gradients required. This completed the direct Nuremberg–Augsburg line and made the detour of the Ludwig South-North Railway (German: Ludwig-Süd-Nord-Bahn) through Nördlingen unnecessary. On 23 February 1945, an air raid on the station as part of Operation Clarion killed about 600 people, including about 300 taking shelter in the station underpass. With the completion of the Nuremberg–Munich high-speed railway in late 2006 the station lost most of the long-distance services between Nuremberg and Munich that had previously stopped there.

Infrastructure

The station has seven platform tracks next to four platforms, with platform 1 next to the entrance building. Each platform is covered and has a digital platform display. All platforms are connected by a pedestrian tunnel connected to platform 1. The station is accessible by wheelchair and there is a step-free access to each platform. At the station there is parking and bus connections to Weißenburg, Bieswang, Solnhofen, Gunzenhausen, Langenaltheim, Polsingen and Gundelsheim available. The station is located in the regional transport area administered by the Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg (Greater Nuremberg Transport Association,VGN).

Platform data

• Platform 1: length 145 m, height 55 cm
• Platform 2: length 293 m, height 55 cm
• Platform 3: length 293 m, height 55 cm
• Platform 4: length 382 m, height 76 cm
• Platform 5: length 382 m, height 76 cm
• Platform 6: length 290 m, height 55 cm
• Platform 7: length 290 m, height 55 cm^[4]

Rail services

Long-distance

The station is served by individual long-distance services operated by Deutsche Bahn.

Line	Route	Frequency
ICE 25	Hamburg-Altona / Bremen – Hanover – Göttingen – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Würzburg – Treuchtlingen – Augsburg – Munich	Individual services
ICE 28	Berlin – Leipzig – Jena Paradies – Nuremberg – Treuchtlingen – Augsburg – Munich	Individual services
IC 26	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Hanover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Würzburg – Treuchtlingen – Augsburg – (Oberstdorf) / Munich (– Berchtesgaden)	Individual services
IC 28	Nuremberg – Treuchtlingen – Augsburg – Munich	Individual services

Regional

Treuchtlingen station is served by four Regional-Express services and two Regionalbahn services operated by DB Regio.

Line	Route	Frequency
RE	Fugger-Express Munich – Mering – Augsburg – Donauwörth – Treuchtlingen	Every two hours
RE	Allgäu-Franken-Express Lindau / Oberstdorf – Immenstadt – Kempten (Allgäu) – Buchloe – Augsburg – Treuchtlingen – Nuremberg	One pair
RE	Treuchtlingen – Pleinfeld – Nuremberg	Hourly in the peak
RE	Augsburg – Donauwörth – Treuchtlingen – Nuremberg	Every two hours
RE	Munich – Ingolstadt – Eichstätt Bahnhof – Treuchtlingen – Nuremberg	Every two hours
RB	Munich – Ingolstadt – Eichstätt Bahnhof – Treuchtlingen (– Nuremberg)	Every two hours
RB	Mainfrankenbahn (Gemünden (Main) – Karlstadt (Main) –) Würzburg – Steinach – Ansbach – Gunzenhausen – Treuchtlingen	Hourly

References

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. "Eine Lücke im System: 100 Jahre Bahnlinie Treuchtlingen - Donauwörth 1906 - 2006" (in German). br-101.de. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
4. "Platform information" (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 11 February 2012.

External links

• "Station track plan" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 11 February 2012.