Passau Hauptbahnhof
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Passau Hauptbahnhof
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| Through station | |
Platforms and the south side of the main building
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| Location |
Passau, Bavaria Germany |
| Coordinates | 48°34′26″N 13°27′03″E / 48.5740°N 13.4507°ECoordinates: 48°34′26″N 13°27′03″E / 48.5740°N 13.4507°E |
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| Platforms | 8 |
| Construction | |
| Architectural style | Neo-classical |
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| Station code | 4872 |
| DS100 code | NPA (DB) Pa (ÖBB) |
| Category | 3 |
| Website | www.bahnhof.de |
| History | |
| Opened | 1860 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers | ca. 6,500 |
Passau Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station at Passau in Bavaria, Germany. Built in 1860, it has eight platforms, of which three are bay platforms and three are through tracks. The ca. 130 m long station building is built in the classic style.
Today the station is a stop for ICE and IC long-distance trains, as well as local trains operated by Deutsche Bahn (DB AG) and the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB). From Passau, regional services run to Munich, Regensburg and on the Rottalbahn to Mühldorf am Inn and the Austrian Western Railway to Wels and Linz.
Because Passau was on the trunk route (Magistrale) from Frankfurt am Main via Nuremberg and Linz to Vienna, many long-distance trains transited through it, such as the Ostende to Vienna Express (since the early 20th century) or the TEE Prinz Eugen between Hamburg and Vienna (since the 1960s), which gave its name later to the equivalent IC and then ICE trains.
From the Hauptbahnhof in Passau two railway lines branch off that have since been closed. The Ilztalbahn to Waldkirchen and Freyung, with its former branch into the Czech Republic and to Eging am See and Deggendorf, and the line to Hauzenberg with its branch to Obernzell, that ran as far as Wegscheid in former times. These routes, which had not been worked by timetabled services for 25 years, were used until 2002 by the Passauer Eisenbahnfreunde (Passau Railway Society) for special trains, as well as by the goods trains of various companies. After 2002 the routes became impassable due to flood damage. Meanwhile, societies have been formed to support the lines to Freyung and Hauzenberg and they hope to reactivate these routes.
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