Schwandorf station

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Schwandorf
Logo Deutsche Bahn.svg
Through station
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Front of Schwandorf station
General information
Location Schwandorf, Bavaria
Germany
Coordinates 49°19′35.76″N12°6′14.51″E / 49.3266000°N 12.1040306°E / 49.3266000; 12.1040306
Owned by Deutsche Bahn
Operated by DB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms5
Connections
  • RE 2RE 25RE 40RE 43RE 47
  • RB 23RB 27
Other information
Station code5710
DS100 code NSCH [1]
IBNR8000027
Category 4 [2]
Fare zone RVV: 7A [3]
Website
History
Opened12 December 1859;164 years ago (1859-12-12)
Services
Preceding station Deutsche Bahn AG-Logo.svg DB Regio Bayern Following station
Amberg
towards Nürnberg Hbf
RE 40 Maxhütte-Haidhof
RE 43 Terminus
RE 47 Bodenwöhr Nord
towards Furth im Wald
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Regensburg Hbf
towards München Hbf
RE 2 Weiden (Oberpf)
towards Hof Hbf
RE 25 Cham (Oberpf)
towards Praha hl.n.
Preceding station Oberpfalzbahn Following station
Irrenlohe RB 23 Maxhütte-Haidhof
Terminus RB 27 Bodenwöhr Nord
towards Domažlice
Schwandorf station
Location
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Schwandorf
Location in Bavaria
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Schwandorf
Location in Germany
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Schwandorf
Location in Europe

Schwandorf station is the second most important regional transport hub in the Upper Palatinate province of Bavaria after Regensburg Hauptbahnhof, and one of the two working railway stations in the town of Schwandorf. It is classified as a category 3 station by Deutsche Bahn.

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History

The station was opened on 12 December 1859 by the Bavarian Eastern Railway Company, when the Nuremberg–SchwandorfRegensburg route was taken into service. Just under four years later, on 1 October 1863, the Schwandorf–Weiden line was opened and, in 1865, it was extended to Eger. The link to Cham was opened on 7 January 1861 and in autumn of that year the line was opened all the way through to Prague via Furth im Wald and Pilsen. The result was that two lines passed through the town, one in a north-south and one in an east-west direction. These lines still exist, although Schwandorf can no longer be called a "railwayman's town" as used to be the case.

Infrastructure and facilities

The station has eleven main lines of which five are used for passenger services. The home platform and the two island platforms are 38 cm high and do not meet the requirement for barrier-free admission. In the station building, there is a ticket machine, a newsagent, a bakery, and a shop for travellers with a bistro.

About a hundred trains runs daily from Schwandorf station. Direct connexions include those to:

Next to the railway station is a bus station, from which buses depart to all parts of the town and the local area. A Park-and-Ride car park and taxi stand are also available at the station.

Klardorf station

South of Schwandorf in the suburb of Klardorf there is another station at which no passenger trains have stopped since 2 June 1985.

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References

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  2. "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024](PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  3. "RVV-Tarifzonenplan/Streckenplan Region (Hauptnetz)". Regensburger Verkehrsverbund. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.