Landshut Central Station

Landshut (Bayern) Hauptbahnhof
Through station
The front of station building
Location	Landshut, Bavaria Germany
Coordinates	48°32′54″N 12°8′8″E / 48.54833°N 12.13556°E / 48.54833; 12.13556
Line(s)	Munich–Regensburg (KBS 930) Munich–Landshut–Passau (KBS 931) Landshut–Mühldorf (KBS 945) Landshut–Neuhausen (museum railway)
Platforms	7
Other information
Station code	3513
DS100 code	MLA
Category	2
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	3 November 1858

Landshut (Bayern) Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station in Landshut in the German State of Bavaria. There is also the halt (Haltepunkt) of Landshut (Bay) Süd (Landshut south) on the Neumarkt-Sankt Veit – Landshut railway. The Hauptbahnhof has seven platforms tracks and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 2 station. It is used daily by about 120 trains operated by DB Regio, Regentalbahn and Agilis. Landshut is on the Munich–Regensburg, Munich–Landshut–Passau and Landshut–Mühldorf lines. In addition, the station is located on the Landshut Neuhausen museum line.

The station is located north of the city of Landshut. The station area is bounded to the southeast by Bahnhofstrasse, on which is located the station forecourt, which connects via Luitpoldstraße to central Landshut. East of the station is Altdorfer Straße; this runs over a bridge over the railway lands, which was built from 1964 to 1966 and reconstructed from 2007 to 2008. The northern edge of the station area is formed by Oberndorferstraße.

In 1854, a terminal station was constructed near the Kleinen Isar (little Isar) river. To protect the station against flooding, numerous earthworks had to be constructed. In 1857, construction started on the station building, which is now a listed building. It was built of brick and designed by the architect Simon Pausinger. A platform area was established only shortly before the opening of the station in April 1858, .

The station opened on 3 November 1858 with the Munich–Landshut line. On 12 December 1859, this was followed by the extension of this line via Geiselhöring to Regensburg. On 6 August 1873, the Neufahrn–Eggmühl–Obertraubling short cut was opened between Landshut and Regensburg, making the detour via Geiselhöring unnecessary. But in the 1870s it was realised that the planned lines could not usefully serve Landshut station. In addition, the station was too small to be the starting point of the new lines.