Schwerin Hauptbahnhof

Schwerin Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station[3] of the capital of the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and is located in the northwest of the central city. It includes four tracks on two platforms and a siding west of the fourth track. Currently the station is used by about 12,000 passengers a day.

Schwerin Hauptbahnhof
Through station
Station building and station forecourt
Location	Grunthalplatz 4, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Germany
Coordinates	53°38′04″N 11°24′29″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Hagenow–Bad Kleinen (–Rostock) (KBS 100) (Berlin–)Ludwigslust–Bad Kleinen–Wismar (KBS 204) Schwerin–Parchim (KBS 152) Schwerin–Rehna (KBS 152)
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	5755[1]
DS100 code	WS[2]
IBNR	8010324
Category	3[1]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1847
Services
Preceding station   DB Fernverkehr   Following station Bützow towards Stralsund ICE 26 Hamburg towards Karlsruhe Bützow towards Hamburg-Altona IC/EC 30 Hamburg-Bergedorf towards Stuttgart Bad Kleinen towards Warnemünde IC 56 Ludwigslust towards Dresden Preceding station   DB Regio Nordost   Following station Schwerin Mitte toward Hamburg Hbf RE 1 Hanse-Express via Schwerin Bad Kleinen toward Rostock Hbf Terminus RB 11 via Rostock Schwerin Mitte toward Tessin Lübstorf toward Wismar RB 17 Schwerin Mitte toward Ludwigslust Lübstorf toward Bad Kleinen RB 18 Terminus Preceding station   ODEG   Following station Lübstorf toward Wismar RE 2 via Berlin Schwerin Mitte toward Cottbus Hbf Schwerin-Lankow toward Rehna RB 13 via Schwerin Schwerin Mitte toward Parchim
Location
Schwerin Hauptbahnhof Location within Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Building

Fountain in front of the station

The station building was built in 1889 and 1890 to a design by E. Müller in the style of the Gründerzeit. The main hall has two lower links connecting to corner pavilions. The entrance hall was lowered in 1927. A few shops are located in the lobby next to the service facilities of Deutsche Bahn. A pedestrian tunnel leads from the hall to two island platforms with four platform tracks. On the opposite side of the station the tunnel is connected to two staircases and an elevator. These lead to Straße Zum Bahnhof (street), which connects to the Platz der Freiheit.

At the station forecourt is a fountain called Rettung in Seenot ("rescue at sea") built in 1910 with bronze sculptures by Hugo Berwald. The fountain was located in the Markt (market) square until 1927. The station forecourt is surrounded by other public transport facilities, the InterCity Hotel (built in 1972 as the Hotel Stadt Schwerin) and residential buildings, four of which were designed by Georg Adolph Demmler in 1847 and built with a uniform facade.

History

The original 1847 station building

Schwerin had its first rail connection in 1847 with the opening of the railway to Hagenow. This was the first railway in Mecklenburg, opened by the Mecklenburg Railway Company, connecting to the Mecklenburg Railway line. Lines were opened to Wismar in 1848, from Bad Kleinen to Rostock in 1850. A line to Crivitz (extended to Parchim in 1899) and to Ludwiglust opened in 1888 and a line to Rehna opened in 1898.

Between 1889 and 1890 the current station building was built in place of the original station building of 1847. This building has been preserved with its exterior largely unchanged. In the 1920s the station tunnel was built to allow safe access to the platforms.

The square in front of the station is named Grunthalplatz in memory of Marianne Grunthal, who was hanged from a lamppost by SS guards shortly before the end of World War II for welcoming the news of Hitler's death. The station was officially re-opened in December 2005, after three and a half years of modernisation.

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

Long distance

Line	Route	Interval	Operator
ICE 26	Stralsund – Rostock – Schwerin – Hamburg – Hannover – Frankfurt (Main) – Karlsruhe	Every two hours	DB Fernverkehr
ICE 30 / IC 30	Stralsund – Rostock – Schwerin – Hamburg – Bremen – Cologne – Stuttgart	Individual services	DB Fernverkehr
IC 56	Warnemünde – Rostock – Schwerin – Stendal – Magdeburg – Halle (Saale) – Leipzig	One train pair	DB Fernverkehr

Regional

Line	Route	Operator
RE 1	Rostock – Bützow – Bad Kleinen – Schwerin – Hagenow Land – Büchen – Hamburg	DB Regio Nordost
RE 2	Wismar – Bad Kleinen – Schwerin – Ludwigslust – Wittenberge – Berlin – Cottbus	Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn
RE 4	Schwerin – Bad Kleinen – Grevesmühlen – Lübeck (one trip per day)	DB Regio Nordost
RB 13	Rehna – Gadebusch – Schwerin – Crivitz – Parchim	Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn
RB 17	Wismar – Bad Kleinen – Schwerin – Ludwigslust	DB Regio Nordost
RB 18	Bad Kleinen – Schwerin	DB Regio Nordost

References

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

External links

• Track plan for Schwerin Hbf from the site of Deutschen Bahn (PDF; 161,2 KB)