Grabow (Meckl) station

Grabow (Meckl)
Through station
Street to the station
Location	Grabow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Germany
Coordinates	53°16′58″N 11°33′51″E / 53.282647°N 11.564140°E / 53.282647; 11.564140Coordinates: 53°16′58″N 11°33′51″E / 53.282647°N 11.564140°E / 53.282647; 11.564140
Line(s)	Berlin–Hamburg (163.4 km)
Platforms	2
Construction
Architectural style	Neoclassical
Other information
Station code	2225
DS100 code	WHL
Category	6
History
Opened	1 September 1894

Grabow (Meckl) station is located on the Berlin–Hamburg railway in Grabow in the south west of the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Together with four other stations, which also opened on 15 October 1846, it is the oldest station in the state. The Neoclassical entrance building, which dates from the opening of the line, and some other buildings in the station area are heritage-listed.

The station is located in the town of Grabow in the district of Ludwigslust-Parchim, seven kilometres from the railway junction of Ludwigslust. It is located at kilometre 163.2 of the Berlin–Hamburg railway and is the last station in Mecklenburg before the border with Brandenburg. The station is about 500 metres northeast of the city centre. The railway crosses the river Elde southeast of the station.

Planning began for the construction of a railway line between Berlin and Hamburg around 1840. Different options were discussed. In Hamburg, a route running from Wittenberge south of the Elbe was favoured. There were several possible routes north of the Elbe, such as a route near the river or further inland. On 8 November 1841, the five states of Prussia, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Denmark, Lübeck and Hamburg signed a treaty for the construction of a railway line between Berlin and Hamburg. The Mecklenburg side under Grand Duke Frederick Francis II succeeded in achieving a route that was as close as possible to the court in Mecklenburg Schwerin.