Bamberg railway station

Bamberg
Junction station
Station building and forecourt
Location	Ludwigstr. 6, Bamberg, Bavaria Germany
Coordinates	49°54′3″N 10°53′58″E / 49.90083°N 10.89944°E / 49.90083; 10.89944Coordinates: 49°54′3″N 10°53′58″E / 49.90083°N 10.89944°E / 49.90083; 10.89944
Line(s)	Bamberg–Rottendorf (KBS 810) Bamberg–Nuremberg (KBS 820) Bamberg–Hof (KBS 820 / 850) Bamberg–Ebern (KBS 826) Bamberg–Scheßlitz (closed)
Platforms	7
Construction
Architect	Friedrich Bürklein
Other information
Station code	393
DS100 code	NBA
IBNR	8000025
Category	2
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1 September 1844
Services
Preceding station   VGN S-Bahn/R-Bahn   Following station Hallstadt toward Schney R 2 Hirschaid toward Nürnberg Hbf Oberhaid toward Haßfurt R 13 Terminus Hallstadt toward Redwitz (Rodach) R 25 Terminus Hallstadt toward Ebern R 26 Terminus Bad Staffelstein toward Burgkunstadt R 35 Terminus Terminus S 1 Strullendorf toward Hartmannshof

Bamberg station is the only passenger station of the city of Bamberg in Upper Franconia in the German state of Bavaria. It is a major hub station for local trains operated by Deutsche Bahn and Agilis and is also a regularly served by Intercity-Express trains. The station is on the Nuremberg–Bamberg, Bamberg–Hof and Bamberg–Rottendorf railway lines. It has seven platform tracks and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 2 station.

The station is located in eastern Bamberg, northeast of the Regnitz. On its perimeter are the streets of Ludwigstraße to the west, Starkenfeldstraße to the south, which crosses the rail tracks on a bridge, Brennerstraße to the east and Zollnerstraße to the north, which runs in an underpass under the tracks. Luitpoldstraße connects the inner city with Ludwigstraße opposite the station forecourt. The station building is located west of the railway facilities and has the street address of 6 Ludwigstraße.

The station was established in 1844 as the terminus of the Nuremberg–Bamberg line built by the Royal Bavarian State Railways. On 25 August 1844, the first train ran into the station, although official operations began in October 1844. Shortly after its opening in April 1845, the station became the headquarters of the Royal Bavarian State Railways in Bamberg. In 1846 the line was extended to Hof in the north. Construction of the building still continued at this time and it was opened in September 1846. The building was designed by the architect Friedrich Bürklein, who designed several stations in Bavaria.

In 1852, the Würzburg-Bamberg, now Bamberg–Rottendorf railway line, was connected to Bamberg Station, which as a result became a railway junction. Therefore, the entrance building was enlarged and gained an additional storey. This conversion was completed in 1858. In 1866, the first signal box was installed at Bamberg station.