Schwandorf station

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 the Deutsche Bahn.

Schwandorf
Through station
Front of Schwandorf station
LocationSchwandorf, Bavaria
Germany
Coordinates49°19′35.76″N 12°6′14.51″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms5
Connections
  • RE 2 RE 25 RE 40 RE 43 RE 47
  • RB 23 RB 27
Other information
Station code5710
DS100 codeNSCH[1]
IBNR8000027
Category4[2]
Website
History
Opened12 December 1859 (1859-12-12)
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio Bayern   Following station
RE 40
via Schwandorf
Maxhütte-Haidhof
RE 43
via Schwandorf		Terminus
RE 47
via Schwandorf
Bodenwöhr Nord
Preceding station   Die Länderbahn   Following station
toward Munchen Hbf
RE 2
via Regensburg
Weiden (Oberpf)
toward Hof Hbf
toward Munchen Hbf
RE 25
via Regensburg
toward Marktredwitz
RB 23
oberpfalzbahn
via Weiden in der Oberpfalz
Maxhütte-Haidhof
TerminusRB 27
oberpfalzbahn
via Cham
Bodenwöhr Nord
Location
Schwandorf
Location in Bavaria
Schwandorf
Location in Germany
Schwandorf
Location in Europe

History

The station was opened on 12 December 1859 by the Bavarian Eastern Railway Company, when the Nuremberg–Schwandorf–Regensburg 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:

  • Furth im Wald (hourly, ALX+RE+RB)
  • Weiden-Hof (hourly, ALX+RE+VBG)
  • Nürnberg (hourly, RE)
  • Regensburg (hourly, ALX+RE+VBG)
  • Munich (every 2 hours, ALX)
  • Prague (4 per day, ALX+RE)
  • Gera (3 per day, RE)

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.

References
  1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
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