Kufstein railway station
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Kufstein
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The station in 1978 with the Kufstein Fortress in the background.
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| Location | Südtiroler Platz 6330 Kufstein Austria |
| Coordinates | 47°34′59″N 12°09′57″E / 47.58306°N 12.16583°ECoordinates: 47°34′59″N 12°09′57″E / 47.58306°N 12.16583°E |
| Owned by | Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) |
| Operated by | ÖBB |
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Lower Inn Valley railway Rosenheim–Kufstein railway |
| Distance | 2.339 km (1.453 mi) from Germany–Austria border |
| Platforms | 3 (long distance platforms) 5 (bay platforms) |
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| Opened | 1876 |
| Rebuilt | 1980 |
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 Kufstein
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Kufstein railway station serves the city of Kufstein, in the Kufstein district of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol. Opened in 1876, it is an Austrian-German border station, close to the border between Tyrol and Bavaria.
The station forms part of the Lower Inn Valley railway, and is also a terminus of the Rosenheim–Kufstein railway. It is owned and operated by the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB).
Kufstein railway station is situated in Südtiroler Platz, right in the heart of the city, on the west bank of the Inn river.
In 1858, a railway was opened between Rosenheim and Innsbruck via Kufstein. However, it was not until 1876 that a station was built in Kufstein. In 1980, the city's original station building was completely replaced by what was, for that time, quite a modern structure.
At the start of the 1980s, the other facilities at the station were similarly comprehensively rebuilt. As part of the renovations, the pedestrian bridge in Kufstein's locality of Zell was moved a few hundred metres (yards) to the south.
A new park-and-ride facility has been built on the west side of the station, and the platforms were equipped with lifts. The platforms at Kufstein are amongst the longest in Austria, at over 740 metres (2,430 ft).
Up until now, the station has never been a hub, although several projects are well advanced. Even so, it can be designated indirectly as a node, because Austrian domestic trains operate from Kufstein along the line to Rosenheim until just before Rosenheim, where they turn onto the Rosenheimer Schleife, and then continue on to Salzburg, without stopping in Germany.
Almost all trains passing through Kufstein stop there, including multiple daily Intercity-Express (ICE) connections (to Vienna, Bregenz, Innsbruck, and Berlin).
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