Lindau-Insel station

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Lindau-Insel
Lindau-Insel
Terminal station
General information
Location	Am Bahnhof 1, Lindau, Bavaria ; Germany
Coordinates	47°32′41″N9°40′49″E / 47.544656°N 9.680243°E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz ; DB Station&Service ;
Line(s)	Buchloe–Lindau (152.9 km) (KBS 970); Radolfzell–Lindau (152.9 km) (KBS 731); Lindau–Bludenz (−0.1 km) (KBS 401);
Platforms	8
Construction
Architectural style	Art Nouveau
Other information
Station code	3727
DS100 code	MLI
IBNR	8000230
Category	3
Fare zone	bodo: 400
Website	stationsdatenbank.de ; www.bahnhof.de ;
History
Opened	1853
Services
	Lindau-Reutin Terminus
Location
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Last updated July 31, 2024

Lindau-Insel station (German : Bahnhof Lindau-Insel, "Lindau island") (Lindau Stadt until 15 May 1936 and then Lindau Hauptbahnhof until 12 December 2020) is the largest station in the city of Lindau (Bodensee) and was its most important station until passenger service resumed at Lindau-Reutin station on December 13, 2020. In the urban area there is also Lindau-Aeschach station and Lindau-Reutin freight yard. Formerly there were also Lindau-Siebertsdorf (called Lindau-Zech until 15 May 1936),^[4]Lindau Langenweg, Lindau Strandbad, Schoenau, Oberreitnau and Rehlings.

Location

Lindau-Insel is a railway terminus and lies on the island of Lindau in the immediate vicinity of Lindau harbour. The current station building, which is protected as a monument, was built between 1913 and 1921 in the Art Nouveau style.^[5]

The station is about 500 metres long and is connected by a four-track line running over an embankment to the mainland. The embankment and the parallel Seebrücke road bridge, which is about 500 metres to the east, form the perimeter of the so-called Kleinen See (small lake), which lies between the suburb of Aeschach and the island. On the west side of the station there is a small marshalling yard and the former depot. Meanwhile, some workshops in the rear are still used for vehicle maintenance.

The railway lines separate the districts of Hauptinsel (main island) from the Hinteren Insel (rear island). However, a pedestrian bridge and the Thiersch road bridge run above the tracks.

History

Lindau is the terminus of the Buchloe–Lindau railway, running from Buchloe via Kempten. Its southeastern section from Oberstaufen to Lindau was completed on 1 September 1853. From 1869 to 1939 there was a ferry port for the carriage of freight wagons to Romanshorn and from 1873 to 1899 to Konstanz. In 1899, the Friedrichshafen–Lindau railway was opened from Radolfzell via Friedrichshafen. The Vorarlberg Railway runs from Lindau via Bregenz, Dornbirn and Feldkirch to Bludenz and is operated by the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB). As a result, Lindau is also a border station. Formerly the ÖBB had its own ticket office in Lindau station; this was replaced by ticket machines, which still exist.

The route to Bludenz was electrified on 14 December 1954. Electrification of a section of Buchloe–Lindau railway was completed in December 2021, completing an electrified route to Munich via Memmingen. Electrification of the route to Friedrichshafen was completed at the same time. In Lindau station, tracks 1 to 3 are electrified.

Operations

Long-distance passenger services

From December 2010 to December 2013, a Railjet was operated daily to Lindau. The counter train ran as a regional express to Bregenz with a stop in Lochau-Hörbranz and from Bregenz as a Railjet to Vienna, as the Railjet replaced a regular regional express or an S-Bahn on the Lindau-Bregenz route. In earlier years, ÖBB also operated express trains (Ex) to Lindau, including direct connections to the Austrian capital Vienna. Today, the Austrian long-distance trains mostly end or begin in neighboring Bregenz.

In long-distance passenger rail services, Eurocity Line 88 offered regular connections from Munich via Lindau to Zurich until 12 December 2020. On the Eurocity trains, the locomotive changeover between German diesel and Swiss electric traction was carried out at Lindau-Insel station. The Munich - Lindau connection via Memmingen was electrified to enable continuous operation under catenary. Since 13 December 2020, the Munich-Zurich trains, now called EuroCity-Express, have served Lindau-Reutin station instead.

Regional services

Several regional train services operate for the Bodensee S-Bahn.

Service	Route	Frequency	Operator
RE 3	Lindau-Insel – Wasserburg (Bodensee) – Friedrichshafen Stadt	One train pair	DB Regio Baden-Württemberg
RE 7	Lindau-Insel – Hergatz – Kempten (Allgäu) – Kaufbeuren – Buchloe – Augsburg	One train pair	DB Regio Bayern
RE 72	Lindau-Insel – Hergatz – Memmingen – Mindelheim – Buchloe – Kaufering – München-Pasing –München Hbf	one train Sat-Sun	Arverio Bayern
RE 75	Lindau-Insel – Hergatz– Kempten (Allgäu) – Memmingen – Senden – Ulm Hbf	one train Mon-Fri	DB Regio Bayern
RE 96	Lindau-Reutin – Lindau-Insel – Kißlegg – Memmingen – Buchloe – München Hbf	120 min	Arverio Bayern
REX 1	Lindau-Insel – Lindau-Reutin – Bregenz – Dornbirn – Feldkirch – Bludenz (– Vandans – Schruns)	60 min	ÖBB
RB 92	Lindau-Insel – Hergatz – Wangen – Kißlegg – Memmingen	120 min	Go-Ahead Bavaria
RB 93	Lindau-Insel – Wasserburg (Bodensee) – Friedrichshafen Stadt (– Friedrichshafen Hafen)	60 min	DB Regio Baden-Württemberg
RB 94	Lindau-Insel – Hergatz – Heimenkirch – Kempten	One train Mon-Fri	DB Regio Bayern
S1	Lindau-Insel – Lindau-Reutin – Bregenz – Dornbirn – Feldkirch – Bludenz	120 min	ÖBB

City buses

Bus routes 1 and 2 of Stadtbus Lindau operate from the station forecourt to all part of the city of Lindau.

Gallery

View of the tracks
Vorarlberg S-Bahn at Lindau-Insel station

Related Research Articles

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References

1 2 "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024](PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (10 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.
↑ "Zonenplan" (PDF). Bodensee-Oberschwaben Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
↑ "Chronology of the railway division of Augsburg" (in German). Retrieved 8 December 2011.
↑ "Heritage listing for Lindau Hauptbahnhof" (in German). Bayerischen Landesamt für Denkmalpflege. Retrieved 8 December 2011.

External links

Media related to Bahnhof Lindau-Insel at Wikimedia Commons
"Track plan of Lindau Hauptbahnhof" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn . Retrieved 8 December 2001.

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[categories-1] 1 2 "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024](PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.

[Eisenbahnatlas-2] Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (10 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.

[3] "Zonenplan" (PDF). Bodensee-Oberschwaben Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.

[4] "Chronology of the railway division of Augsburg" (in German). Retrieved 8 December 2011.

[5] "Heritage listing for Lindau Hauptbahnhof" (in German). Bayerischen Landesamt für Denkmalpflege. Retrieved 8 December 2011.

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