Plauen (Vogtl) Oberer Bahnhof

Plauen (Vogtland) Upper station Plauen (Vogtland) Oberer Bahnhof
Through station
Trains of Vogtlandbahn in 2007 before electrification of Leipzig–Hof railway
Location	Rathenauplatz 2, 08525 Plauen Plauen,  Saxony Germany
Coordinates	50°30′19″N 12°07′48″E / 50.50528°N 12.13000°E / 50.50528; 12.13000Coordinates: 50°30′19″N 12°07′48″E / 50.50528°N 12.13000°E / 50.50528; 12.13000
Line(s)	Leipzig–Hof railway Plauen–Cheb railway
Platforms	3
Tracks	6
Construction
Architectural style	Functionalism
Other information
Station code	n/a
DS100 code	DP
Category	3
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1848
Traffic
Passengers	1,400 per day

Plauen (Vogtland) Oberer Bahnhof (Upper station) is the main station of Plauen in the German state of Saxony on the Leipzig–Hof line. It is the main hub of rail traffic in Vogtland. This station is maintained and operated by DB Station&Service.

Plauen station was opened in 1848. For three years from that time it was a terminus with a stagecoach connection to Plauen city and to Reichenbach station. In 1851 the continuous Leipzig–Reichenbach–Plauen–Hof line was completed. In 1874, the Oelsnitz–Cheb line was extended to Plauen. The following year the station was renamed as Plauen (Vogtland) Oberer Bahnhof, following the opening of the Elster Valley Railway with its own station, Plauen (Vogtland) Unterer Bahnhof (lower station).

In the Second World War, the historic station building was completely destroyed by bombing. In late 2006, the station’s mechanical interlocking was closed and the train dispatcher was removed, when the station track was integrated into the Leipzig electronic interlocking.

With the closure of Plauen lower station in December 2010, the city is planning to rename Plauen upper station as Plauen Hauptbahnhof.

Station building in 1975

Entrance hall in 1975

The station has six platforms and a goods yard, as well as a loading facility for timber.

With Regional-Express services, there are daily direct connections to several major cities. Vogtlandbahn directly connects Plauen with almost all stations of the Vogtland district and other cities in Bavaria, Thuringia and Bohemian Vogtland. From June 2005 Vogtlandbahn operated the Vogtland-Express, the only direct service to Berlin, although as a rail service are now been suspended. Due to its function as a transport hub, the station is operated by Deutsche Bahn, which classifies it as a category 3 station.