Mittenwald station

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Mittenwald
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The station building with the Karwendel mountains in the background
General information
LocationBahnhofplatz 8
82481 Mittenwald
Bavaria
Germany
Coordinates 47°26′24″N11°15′57″E / 47.4400°N 11.2658°E / 47.4400; 11.2658
Elevation914 m (2,999 ft)
Owned by DB Netz
Operated by DB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms1 island platform
1 side platform
Tracks4
Train operators DB Regio Bayern
Other information
Station code4134
DS100 code MMW [1]
IBNR8004043
Category 4 [2]
Website www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1 July 1912;112 years ago (1912-07-01)
Services
Preceding station Deutsche Bahn AG-Logo.svg DB Regio Bayern Following station
Terminus RE 61 Klais
towards München Hbf
Scharnitz
towards Innsbruck Hbf
RB 6/S 6
Location
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Mittenwald
Location in Bavaria
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Location in Germany
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Mittenwald station (German : Bahnhof Mittenwald) is a railway station in the German State of Bavaria, in the town of Mittenwald. It has three platform tracks and is classified by Deutsche Bahn (DB) as a category 4 station. [3]

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It is the first station in Bavaria north of the Austria-Germany border on the Garmisch-Partenkirchen–Innsbruck line (Mittenwald Railway). The station was opened in 1912 and is served by trains operated by both Deutsche Bahn and Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB).

The station is 18 kilometres from Garmisch-Partenkirchen station and 38 kilometres from Innsbruck West station (de).

Description

The station lies to the east of the town centre, with which it is connected by Bahnhofstraße. The station building was modernised and renovated in 2012, in time for the celebrations of Mittenwald Railway's 100th anniversary. [4] The building contains a ticket office, a public toilet, a small shop with a café, and also a pharmacy.

The station has four tracks, three of which are adjacent to passenger platforms. Platform 1 adjoins the station building, while platforms 2 and 3 are on an island accessible via lift and stairways.

Several local bus services, including routes from Seefeld in Tirol across the border, stop at the station.

A car parking, a bicycle parking facility and a taxi rank are outside the station on Bahnhofplatz.

The bottom station of Karwendelbahn, a cable car connecting Mittenwald with Westliche Karwendelspitze mountain, is a 10-minute walk to the east of the station. [5]

Rail services

As of January 2018, the typical off-peak services from the station are:

Overall, there are four trains a day in each direction following the entire Munich–Innsbruck route. All the others are either DB services between Munich and Mittenwald or Seefeld, or ÖBB services between Innsbruck and Garmisch-Partenkirchen. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN   978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. ↑ "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024](PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2018-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ "Richtfest und Spatenstich in einem". 15 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "Karwendelbahn.de - englisch > About us > Find us". www.karwendelbahn.de. Archived from the original on 2015-12-06.
  6. ↑ "Fehler" (PDF).
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