Lindau Hauptbahnhof
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Lindau Hauptbahnhof
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| Location | Am Bahnhof 1, Lindau, Bavaria Germany |
| Coordinates | 47°32′41″N 9°40′49″E / 47.544656°N 9.680243°ECoordinates: 47°32′41″N 9°40′49″E / 47.544656°N 9.680243°E |
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| Platforms | 8 |
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| Architectural style | Art Nouveau |
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| Station code | 3727 |
| DS100 code | MLI |
| IBNR | 8000230 |
| Category | 3 |
| Website | www.bahnhof.de |
| History | |
| Opened | 1853 |
Lindau Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station of Lindau in the German state of Bavaria. It was called Lindau Stadt (town) until 15 May 1936. It is the largest railway station in Lindau and its only long-distance traffic stop. In the urban area there is also Lindau-Aeschach station and Lindau-Reutin freight yard. Formerly there were also Lindau-Siebertsdorf (called Lindau-Zech until 15 May 1936),Lindau Langenweg, Lindau Strandbad, Schoenau, Oberreitnau and Rehlings.
Lindau Hauptbahnhof is a railway terminus and lies on the island of Lindau in the immediate vicinity of Lindau harbour. The current station building, which is protected as a monument, was built between 1913 and 1921 in the Art Nouveau style.
The station is about 500 metres long and is connected by a four-track line running over an embankment to the mainland. The embankment and the parallel Seebrücke road bridge, which is about 500 metres to the east, form the perimeter of the so-called Kleinen See (small lake), which lies between the suburb of Aeschach and the island. On the west side of the station there is a small marshalling yard and the former depot. Meanwhile, some workshops in the rear are still used for vehicle maintenance.
The railway lines separate the districts of Hauptinsel (main island) from the Hinteren Insel (rear island). However, a pedestrian bridge and the Thiersch road bridge run above the tracks. As part of the Lindau 21 project, it is proposed that the terminal station be replaced by a through station on the mainland at Lindau-Reutin to simplify operations.
Lindau is the terminus of the Allgäu Railway, running from Munich via Kempten. Its southeastern section from Oberstaufen to Lindau was completed on 1 September 1853. From 1869 to 1939 there was a ferry port for the carriage of freight wagons to Romanshorn and from 1873 to 1899 to Konstanz. In 1899, the Bodenseegürtel Railway was opened from Radolfzell via Friedrichshafen. The Vorarlberg Railway runs from Lindau via Bregenz, Dornbirn and Feldkirch to Bludenz and is operated by the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB). As a result, Lindau is also a border station. Formerly the ÖBB had its own ticket office in Lindau station; this was replaced by ticket machines, which still exist.
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