Berchtesgaden Central Station
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Berchtesgaden Hauptbahnhof
 
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| Terminal station, formerly a through station |
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View of the station building from the forecourt
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| Location | Bahnhofplatz 2, Berchtesgaden, Bavaria Germany |
| Coordinates | 47°37′35″N 12°59′57″E / 47.62639°N 12.99917°ECoordinates: 47°37′35″N 12°59′57″E / 47.62639°N 12.99917°E |
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| Platforms | 4 |
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| Station code | 0495 |
| DS100 code | MBG |
| IBNR | 8000885 |
| Category | 5 |
| Website | www.bahnhof.de |
| History | |
| Opened | 25 October 1888 |
Berchtesgaden Hauptbahnhof (German for Berchtesgaden main station; sometimes translated as "Central Station") is a railway station in the Bavarian market town of Berchtesgaden, the smallest town in Germany with a Hauptbahnhof. It has five platform tracks and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station. It is the terminus of the Freilassing–Berchtesgaden railway. Previously the Berchtesgaden–Hangender Stein railway, also called the Grüne Elektrische (“Green Electric”) started from the station. Within walking distance of the station (Triftplatz) was the former station (Königsseer Bf) of Königssee Railway (German: Königsseebahn), which served the lake of Königssee. The station is served by about 20 trains daily operated by Deutsche Bahn and the Berchtesgadener Land Bahn.
The station is located in the southwest of the historic market centre of Berchtesgaden in the valley of the Ramsauer Ache on Federal Highway 305. It is bounded to the south by Ramsauerstraße and Bahnhofsvorplatz (the station forecourt). To the east is Bahnhofstraße (station street), which runs next to the station facilities, and to the west of the station there is a street called Am Güterbahnhof ("at the freight yard").
On 29 May 1886, the Bavarian parliament approved the construction of the Freilassing–Berchtesgaden railway. Berchtesgaden station was built next to the Fraureuth salt works. On 25 October 1888, the railway was officially opened from Freilassing. The station had three tracks at its opening, with a platform on one of them. The other two tracks were freight loading tracks. It also had a roundhouse and a three-storey station building, which still exists. The Berchtesgaden municipality was not satisfied with the station because it was not suitable for mass travel. Construction of a line towards Salzburg started in 1906. The new line was electrified from the beginning and the station was equipped with an overhead line. A railcar shed was also built at the station. The line was opened to Schellenberg on 16 July 1907. It was extended to Hangender Stein on 15 January 1908 and it was completed to Salzburg on 4 June 1909, creating a second through line to the station. During this period, the construction of an additional line to the Königssee had begun. A separate station was built for this line and there was only a connecting track between the two stations. The track was opened on 29 May 1909. The station was declared to be a Hauptbahnhof in 1913. Electrification was completed between Berchtesgaden and Bad Reichenhall on 7 August 1916. Three tracks were created in Bischofswiesen to relieve Berchtesgaden station; there was not enough money for the upgrading of Berchtesgaden station. Nevertheless, another platform track was built in Berchtesgaden in 1932. It also received a station underpass between the platform and the freight shed, which was built on the site of the old salt works. Due to the many state visits to Berchtesgaden, the Deutsche Reichsbahn was forced to open a new station building and rebuild the station. Construction began in 1938. On 2 October 1938, the local service was closed to Salzburg so that this line could be rebuilt with double track, but this project was abandoned after the Second World War.
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