Meiningen station
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Meiningen
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| Through station | |
Entrance buildings: Prussian station on left – Bavarian on right
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| Location |
Meiningen, Thuringia Germany |
| Coordinates | 50°34′27″N 10°25′15″E / 50.57417°N 10.42083°ECoordinates: 50°34′27″N 10°25′15″E / 50.57417°N 10.42083°E |
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| Platforms | 4 |
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| Architectural style | Neoclassical |
| Other information | |
| Station code | 4033 |
| DS100 code | UM, KKHRW |
| IBNR | 8010230 |
| Category | 4 |
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Meiningen station is a junction of four railways and with its facilities is one of the most important railway stations in southern Thuringia, Germany.
It consists of two once separate stations, the former Prussian station as a through station on the Werra Railway and the Bavarian station as a terminal station on the Schweinfurt–Meiningen line.
Meininger station is located at the 60.69 km mark of the Werra Railway (from Eisenach) and at the 77.90 km mark of the Schweinfurt–Meiningen line (from Schweinfurt). The station is located on the eastern edge of the city of Meiningen next to the English Garden and separates the city centre from the Oststadt district. The old town and many public facilities such as the Meiningen Theatre, Schloss Elisabethenburg (castle), hotels and the law courts are located nearby.
The plan for the construction of a railway station in Meiningen was developed as early as 1838, as part of the first project for a railway line through the Werra valley. The site for the railway tracks was originally in the northwest of the town at the foot of the Herrenberge mountain, but this project fell through. 20 years later after a construction period of two years the station was inaugurated on 2 November 1858 at its present location with the opening of the Werra Railway. The station was the seat of the Werra Railway Company (German: Werra Eisenbahngesellschaft), which had received the concession for the construction and operation of the Werra Railway. At its opening, the station already consisted of the station building and six other buildings, including a locomotive depot with a repair shop and coke, carriage and freight sheds. To meet the ever increasing need for maintenance and repair work storage sidings were built on the Werra line. In 1863 a rail depot was built with a roundhouse and a turntable opposite the entrance building, requiring the locomotive shed to be partly demolished.
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