Freilassing railway station
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Freilassing
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| Junction station | |
View from the forecourt to the station building
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| Location |
Freilassing, Bavaria Germany |
| Coordinates | 47°50′14″N 12°58′38″E / 47.837237°N 12.977259°ECoordinates: 47°50′14″N 12°58′38″E / 47.837237°N 12.977259°E |
| Line(s) | |
| Platforms | 7 (1–5,7–8) |
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| Station code | 1906 |
| DS100 code | MFL |
| IBNR | 8000108 |
| Category | 3 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1860 |
Freilassing station is located in the Upper Bavarian district of Berchtesgaden. It is the last German station on the railway line from Munich to Salzburg, a border station to Austria and the only station in the town of Freilassing.
The station is the junction between the Rosenheim–Salzburg, Salzburg–Berchtesgaden and Salzburg–Mühldorf lines and is used daily by about 160 trains operated by Deutsche Bahn, the Austrian Federal Railways and the Berchtesgadener Land Bahn.
The station is located north of the town centre. The station area is bounded to the north by Rupertusstraße and to the south by Bahnhofstrasse (station street). To the west there is a footbridge linking Bahnhofstrasse and Rupertusstraße. The station building is located south of the railway facilities and has the address of Bahnhofstrasse 4
Freilassing station was opened in 1860 together with the railway line from Munich to Salzburg. It then served as a border station between Austria and Bavaria. In 1866, Freilassing was connected to another line (Freilassing–Bad Reichenhall) and in 1888 it was extended to Berchtesgaden. A branch line (Lokalbahn) was opened to Laufen in 1890 and it was extended to Tittmoning in 1894. In 1916, electrification was completed on the railway Freilassing-Berchtesgaden line.
With the entry of Austria in the European Union in 1995, the station lost its importance as a border station.
With the opening of lines to Tittmoning and Berchtesgaden and the general increase in traffic, a locomotive depot (Bahnbetriebswerk) was required. This was built from 1902 to 1905 in the northwest of the station area. It had twenty roads and a turntable that was enlarged in 1924 to a length of 23 metres. In 1994, the depot was closed. In 1998, the training workshop was closed. The building has been classified as a historical monument since 1998 and it now houses a railway museum.
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