Darmstadt Nord station
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Darmstadt Nord station
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| Through station | |
Eastern side
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| Location | Frankfurter Str. 127, Darmstadt, Hesse Germany |
| Coordinates | 49°53′32″N 8°39′14″E / 49.89222°N 8.65389°ECoordinates: 49°53′32″N 8°39′14″E / 49.89222°N 8.65389°E |
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| Platforms | 4 |
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| Station code | 1127 |
| DS100 code | FDN |
| IBNR | 8001375 |
| Category | 5 |
| Website | www.bahnhof.de |
| History | |
| Opened | 1912 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers | 2,500 |
Darmstadt Nord (north) station is a junction station the city of Darmstadt in the German state of Hesse. The passenger station, which is served by trains of the Odenwald Railway (German: Odenwaldbahn) and the Rhine-Main Railway (Rhine-Main-Bahn), has four platform tracks. Running parallel and north of the station are two additional tracks for freight traffic.
The Darmstadt Nord station building was built from 1909 to 1912 as part of the realignment of the railways around Darmstadt to serve the employees of the Merck company. The listed station, was built in a traditional style of architecture typical of the early 20th century, according to the design of the head of planning of the Railway divisions of Mainz (a joint division of the Prussian state railways and the Grand Duchy of Hesse State Railways), Frederick Mettegang. The entrance building is at ground level and is built above the tracks and is connected by stairs to its two platforms. The southern platform canopy is built out of iron in a neoclassical design from the early years of the railway in Darmstadt. It comes from an unknown station and was rebuilt at the new Darmstadt Nord Station.
The lines towards Darmstadt Central Station (Hauptbahnhof) and Frankfurt and towards Babenhausen and Reinheim meet in the station. In addition, a freight link, which is about seven kilometres long, runs from Stockschneise junction (towards Weiterstadt) to Darmstadt-Kranichstein with connections towards Darmstadt Central Station and towards Arheiligen and Frankfurt.
Initially the station was a not a rail junction station. The lines from the Odenwald and the Rhine-Main Railway from Aschaffenburg ran on separate routes to Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof. After the Second World War, it changed into a junction station when the original route of the Odenwald railway was dismantled and its trains were diverted to the tracks of the line to Aschaffenburg from the Hauptbahnhof.
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