Plauen (Vogtland) Oberer Bahnhof
Plauen (Vogtland) Oberer Bahnhof (Upper station) is the main station of Plauen in the German state of Saxony on the Leipzig–Hof line. It is the main hub of rail traffic in Vogtland. This station is maintained and operated by DB Station&Service.
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| General information | |
| Location | Rathenauplatz 2, 08525 Plauen Plauen,  SaxonyGermany |
| Coordinates | 50°30′19″N 12°07′48″E |
| Owned by | Deutsche Bahn |
| Operated by | DB Station&Service |
| Line(s) | |
| Platforms | 3 |
| Tracks | 6 |
| Construction | |
| Architectural style | Functionalism |
| Other information | |
| Station code | 4955 |
| DS100 code | DP[1] |
| IBNR | 8010275 |
| Category | 3[2] |
| Website | www.bahnhof.de |
| History | |
| Opened | 1848 |
| Passengers | |
| 1,400 per day[3] | |
| Location | |
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History
Plauen station was opened in 1848. For three years from that time it was a terminus with a stagecoach connection to Plauen city and to Reichenbach station. In 1851 the continuous Leipzig–Reichenbach–Plauen–Hof line was completed. In 1874, the Oelsnitz–Cheb line was extended to Plauen. The following year the station was renamed as Plauen (Vogtland) Oberer Bahnhof, following the opening of the Elster Valley Railway with its own station, Plauen (Vogtland) Unterer Bahnhof (lower station).
In the Second World War, the historic station building was completely destroyed by bombing. In late 2006, the station’s mechanical interlocking was closed and the train dispatcher was removed, when the station track was integrated into the Leipzig electronic interlocking.
With the closure of Plauen lower station in December 2010, the city is planning to rename Plauen upper station as Plauen Hauptbahnhof.
Station building in 1975
Entrance hall in 1975
Operations
The station has six platforms and a goods yard, as well as a loading facility for timber.
Connections
Railway services
With Regional-Express services, there are daily direct connections to several major cities. Vogtlandbahn directly connects Plauen with almost all stations of the Vogtland district and other cities in Bavaria, Thuringia and Bohemian Vogtland. From June 2005 Vogtlandbahn operated the Vogtland-Express, the only direct service to Berlin, although as a rail service are now been suspended. Due to its function as a transport hub, the station is operated by Deutsche Bahn, which classifies it as a category 3 station.
The following lines stop in Plauen (Vogtland) Oberer Bahnhof:[4]
| Preceding station |  Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn |
Following station | ||
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| Hof Hbf Terminus |
RE 3 | Reichenbach (Vogtl) ob Bf towards Dresden Hbf | ||
| Preceding station | Vogtlandbahn | Following station | ||
| Syrau towards Hof Hbf |
RB 2 | Jößnitz towards Zwickau Zentrum | ||
| Plauen West towards Cheb | ||||
| Syrau towards Mehltheuer |
RB 5 | Jößnitz towards Kraslice | ||
Local transport
The station is connected by buses and lines 1, 5 and 6 of Plauen tramways, which pass in front of the station. In addition, there is a taxi stand in front of the main station entrance.
Notes
- Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2017 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.
- "Stationspreisliste 2023" [Station price list 2023] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- "Bahnhof Plauen (Vogtl.) ob Bf" (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
- Timetables for Plauen (Vogtl) Oberer Bahnhof (in German)
References
- Rettig, Wilfried (2001). Die Eisenbahnen im Vogtland - volume 1: Entwicklung, Hauptstrecken, Fahrzeuge, Bahnbetriebswerke und Hochbauten (in German). Freiburg: EK-Verlag. ISBN 3-88255-686-2.
External links
Media related to Bahnhof Plauen (Vogtl) ob Bf at Wikimedia Commons- "Plauen (Vogtland) Oberer Bahnhof" (in German). Retrieved 5 December 2010.