Kornwestheim station
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Kornwestheim
 
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| Location |
Kornwestheim, Baden-Württemberg Germany |
| Coordinates | 48°51′44″N 9°10′48″E / 48.862219°N 9.179964°ECoordinates: 48°51′44″N 9°10′48″E / 48.862219°N 9.179964°E |
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| Platforms | 7 (3 in regular use) |
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| Station code | 3379 |
| DS100 code | TKH |
| IBNR | 8003411 |
| Category | 3 |
| History | |
| Opened | 15 October 1846 |
| Electrified | 1 June 1933 |
Kornwestheim station is located in the Ludwigsburg district of Kornwestheim in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Franconia Railway (German: Frankenbahn) and is a station on the network of the Stuttgart S-Bahn. It is near the junction of the Untertürkheim–Kornwestheim line (Schusterbahn) freight bypass. Kornwestheim passenger station was the site of a Deutsche Bahn car train loading facility until December 2007.
With the establishment of the Central Railway (Zentralbahn) of Württemberg from Stuttgart to Ludwigsburg Kornwestheim also received a station. On 15 October 1846, the station was opened about a kilometre away from the village it served. At first passengers used the Seegasse (roughly today's Bahnhofstraße and Güterbahnhofstraße) to reach the station.
Initially it had a one storey station building, but another floor was added later. On the ground floor there was a waiting room and an area for providing services. Upstairs was the home of the station master, who was also in charge of the community’s postal services until 1891.
In 1852, the Northern Railway between Stuttgart and Bietigheim was duplicated, as traffic in the region of the station increased towards Stuttgart. Because of the increasing freight traffic a freight shed was completed at the station in 1865.
To relieve the Stuttgart Central Station (Zentralbahnhof), the Royal Württemberg State Railways (Königlich Württembergischen Staats-Eisenbahnen) planned a freight bypass that provided a direct link between the Eastern and Northern Railways, the Untertürkheim–Kornwestheim line. Two marshalling yards were provided at each end of the line. The terrain at the Zuffenhausen end was unsuitable, but the flat ground in Kornwestheim proved to be ideal.
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