Asperg station
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Asperg station
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| Location | Alleenstr.1, Asperg, Baden-Württemberg Germany |
| Coordinates | 48°54′25″N 9°8′53″E / 48.90694°N 9.14806°ECoordinates: 48°54′25″N 9°8′53″E / 48.90694°N 9.14806°E |
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| Platforms | 3 (2 in regular use) |
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| Station code | 196 |
| DS100 code | TAX |
| IBNR | 8000630 |
| Category | 4 |
| Website | www.bahnhof.de |
| History | |
| Opened | 11 October 1847 |
Asperg station is a station on the network of the Stuttgart S-Bahn in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, located at the 17.6 kilometre mark of the Franconia Railway.
Between 1846 and 1848 the Royal Württemberg State Railways (Königlich Württembergischen Staats-Eisenbahnen) gradually opened the Northern Railway from the south in order to connect Stuttgart and Heilbronn. On 11 October 1847, regular operation began on the section between Ludwigsburg and Bietigheim. Asperg station was opened as the only stop for the time being on this approximately nine and a half kilometre long stretch. It was equipped with a small two-storey entrance building . It was about a kilometre east of the village. The road leading to the station initially remained unpaved and was barely passable in bad weather. In 1852 the railway from Stuttgart to Bietigheim was duplicated.
Gradually Asperg grew towards the station. New residential and commercial buildings were built along Bahnhofstrasse (station street). The station building was raised by one-story on the south side. In 1875, the number of inhabitants had increased to over 2,000 and the town regained its municipal independence, which it had lost in the 18th century.
In 1896, the Markgröningen city council asked the State Railways for the first time to construct a branch line from Asperg to Markgröningen. The Asperg municipal council was involved extensively with this new opportunity for the city in 1899.The number of factories that had been established by that time was not enough to generate the level of prosperity expected. A new branch line that passed south of Asperg would support a new industrial park, connected with sidings, and provide an incentive for the establishment of large companies. The councilors praised the good neighbourly relations between the citizens of the two towns and gave their support to the municipality of Markgröningen. This was followed by a petition to the Württemberg Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was then responsible for policy on the matter, as well as another petition to the Second Chamber of the Württemberg parliament . The two petitions failed to produce the desired result, since the project was still in competition with a proposal for a branch line starting in Ludwigsburg, eventually leading to the construction of the Ludwigsburg–Markgröningen railway.
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