Veitshöchheim station

Veitshöchheim station is a regional railway station in southern Germany. It is at kilometre marker 7.0 on the Main-Spessart Railway from Würzburg to Aschaffenburg. It was built during the construction of Ludwig's Western Railway, which was taken fully into service on 1 October 1854.

Veitshöchheim
Deutsche Bahn
Through station
King's wing of Veitshöchheim station, on the right part of the covered walkway
General information
LocationBahnhofstraße 11, Veitshöchheim, Bavaria
Germany
Coordinates49°49′50″N 9°52′34″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms2
Other information
Station code6403[1]
DS100 codeNVE[1]
IBNR8006065
Category6[2]
Fare zoneVVM: A/221[3]
Website
History
Opened1 October 1854
Passengers
< 500 [4]
(2006)
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Bayern Following station
Thüngersheim
towards Schlüchtern
 RB 53 Würzburg-Zell
towards Bamberg
Location
Veitshöchheim is located in Bavaria
Veitshöchheim
Veitshöchheim
Location in Bavaria
Veitshöchheim is located in Germany
Veitshöchheim
Veitshöchheim
Location in Germany
Veitshöchheim is located in Europe
Veitshöchheim
Veitshöchheim
Location in Europe

The station was built in the immediate vicinity of Schloss Veitshöchheim, a summer residenz initially of the prince bishops of Würzburg, later the kings of Bavaria, at Veitshöchheim near Würzburg. The castle is especially well known for its surrounding rococo garden.

In the 19th  century this park, which was then a public facility, was nearly destroyed by the construction of the railway. Engineers had planned to use the central avenue of the park for the trackbed of the railway.[5] This idea was however vetoed by King Ludwig I, who ordered the line to be routed to the east around the castle gardens even though this was topographically less suited.

This was also where Veitshöchheim station came to be built. It was given a station building which was particularly representative of a spa town and which was to required to serve both as an excursion station for Würzburg's citizens visiting the park as well as acting as the station for the royal castle. The public station building was much larger than was warranted for Veitshöchheim which was only a village at the time. Next to this building a royal pavilion (Königspavillon) was built directly on the main axis of the castle acting as a private railway station. This was connected to the station building by a covered hallway. The royal pavilion is used today by the municipal library and by Veitshöchheim's youth hostel.

Between 2004 and 2005 the platforms at the station underwent extensive modernisation. For a total of €3.2 million, two new prefabricated outer platforms were built, which were sited a platform length towards the direction of Würzburg. A new underpass was built to act as access for the platforms. The old home and intermediate platforms were removed following the completion of the new ones in July 2005.[6]

Services
Train class Route Frequency
RB 53 (Schlüchtern – Jossa –) Gemünden (Main) – Karlstadt – Veitshöchheim – Würzburg – Schweinfurt (– Bamberg) Hourly + individual trains in the peak between Karlstadt and Würzburg continue as RE 10 to Nuremberg
RE 54 Frankfurt – Maintal – Hanau – Aschaffenburg – Gemünden – Veitshöchheim – Würzburg 2 pairs of trains, all stops
RE 55 Frankfurt – Offenbach – Hanau – Aschaffenburg – Gemünden – Veitshöchheim – Würzburg 2 pairs of trains, all stops
RB 79 Aschaffenburg – Gemünden – Würzburg 1 pair of trains, all stops
As of 12 December 2021

References
  1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. "Stationspreisliste 2023" [Station price list 2023] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  3. "Wabenplan des VVM" (PDF). Verkehrsverbund Mainfranken. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  4. "Brochure: Personenbahnhöfe in Bayern" (PDF; 7.4 MB) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  5. Eckhart Rüsch: Der Bahnhof Veitshöchheim, in Jahrbuch für Eisenbahngeschichte 24 (1992), S. 23ff
  6. KBS 800 Aschaffenburg - Würzburg, in Bahn-Report 3/2005, S. 71
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