Reichenbach (Vogtland) Oberer Bahnhof

Reichenbach (Vogtland) Upper station Reichenbach (Vogtland) Oberer Bahnhof
Through station
Regional public transport interchange at station, street side
Location	Bahnhofstr. 10, Reichenbach im Vogtland, Saxony Germany
Coordinates	50°37′40″N 12°17′31″E / 50.62778°N 12.29194°E / 50.62778; 12.29194Coordinates: 50°37′40″N 12°17′31″E / 50.62778°N 12.29194°E / 50.62778; 12.29194
Line(s)	Leipzig – Hof (km 90.961) former Reichenbach (Vogtl) ob Bf – Göltzsch Viaduct (km 0)
Platforms	5
Other information
Station code	5187
DS100 code	DRC
IBNR	8012739
Category	4
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	31 May 1846

Reichenbach (Vogtland) Oberer Bahnhof (Upper station) is the main railway station of Reichenbach im Vogtland in the German state of Saxony. It is the only remaining station in Reichenbach, which once had three stations, and is located on the Saxon-Franconian trunk line between Nuremberg and Dresden. It is also the last major station before the junction with the main line to Leipzig from the direction of Nuremberg and Plauen. Together with Plauen station, it used to be one of two DB Fernverkehr stations in Vogtland.

Regional services stopping at the station are operated by DB Regio Regional-Express services and Vogtlandbahn. Regional and city buses also stop at the station. The station is located in the transport district of the Verkehrsverbund Vogtland ("Vogtland transport association", VVV).

The first station in Reichenbach was built in 1845. The former station building is situated on a disused railway line about 300 metres to the west of the current station (halfway to the now abandoned train depot). The current station was built in about 1848 when the Saxon-Bavarian Railway Company extended its line from Leipzig, which had previously terminated in Reichenbach, to Plauen and Hof, following the completion of the Göltzsch Viaduct (the largest brick bridge in the world) and the Elster Viaduct.

Originally the current Reichenbach station was identical with the "Upper station" in Plauen, which was destroyed in the Second World War and then rebuilt to a different plan. Both stations were “island stations” (Inselbahnhöfe), with the main station building built between the tracks, with three tracks on each side of the island. The island platforms (tracks 1/2 and 5/6) were accessed by subways from the main building, along with tracks 3 and 4. A third pedestrian underpass linked the street of Am Bahnhof ("at station") and Fedor-Flinzer-Straße (street), running under railway tracks 1-3 to the large waiting hall in the main station building. For vehicles and pedestrians from the city centre there was a large tunnel (also running under tracks 1 to 3) carrying Bahnhofstraße ("station street") to Bahnhofsvorplatz ("station square"), which was between the tracks.