Leinfelden station
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Leinfelden station
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| Location |
Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Baden-Württemberg Germany |
| Coordinates | 48°41′47″N 9°8′33″E / 48.69639°N 9.14250°ECoordinates: 48°41′47″N 9°8′33″E / 48.69639°N 9.14250°E |
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| Platforms | 2 |
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| Station code | 3626 |
| DS100 code | TLF |
| IBNR | 8003622 |
| Category | 4 |
| Website | www.bahnhof.de |
| History | |
| Opening | 1 October 1920 |
| Closed | 1 August 1955 |
| Key dates | |
| 1993 | Reactivated 18 April 1993 |
Leinfelden station is located in Leinfelden-Echterdingen at the 20.6 kilometre point of the Stuttgart-Rohr–Filderstadt railway in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and is a station on the Stuttgart S-Bahn network.
From 23 June 1928 to 1 October 1971, Leinfelden was at the junction of the Siebenmuehlental Railway (dismantled 1972) and the Rohr–Neuhausen line. Passenger services ended on both lines on 22 May 1955. Freight traffic ran only to Musberg from 1 October 1956.
Deutsche Reichsbahn opened the Rohr–Echterdingen railway on 1 October 1920. Leinfelden station was located north and outside of the village of Leinfelden, which had about 1,000 inhabitants. The former two-storey station building, which had a hipped roof no longer exists. The exterior facade of the upper floor was covered with shakes.
Also on 1 October 1920, the Städtische Filderbahn (Municipal Filder Railway, SFB) took over operations of the section of standard-gauge track from Unteraichen to Leinfelden. In return, it closed the Unteraichen–Echterdingen section. Facing competition from the Reichsbahn, the SFB closed all traffic on the Möhringen–Leinfelden route on 25 December 1922.
Passenger services to Vaihingen failed to attract the expected traffic. The municipalities of Echterdingen, Leinfelden therefore negotiated with the city of Stuttgart, the Reichsbahn and the Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen (Stuttgart Tramways, SSB). They asked for the reactivation (and conversion to metre gauge, so that it could be connected to the Stuttgart tramway) and electrification of the line to Möhringen and its extension to Echterdingen. Construction began in the spring of 1927, after all the parties had agreed. The Interurban to Leinfelden was completed on 2 January 1928. The SFB was acquired by the SSB on 1 January 1934.
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