Schwäbisch Hall station
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Schwäbisch Hall
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| Location | Bahnhofstr. 1, Schwäbisch Hall, Baden-Württemberg Germany |
| Coordinates | 49°06′29″N 9°44′02″E / 49.10815°N 9.733966°ECoordinates: 49°06′29″N 9°44′02″E / 49.10815°N 9.733966°E |
| Line(s) | Hohenlohe Railway (km 64.7) |
| Platforms | 1 |
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| Station code | 5700 |
| DS100 code | TSHL |
| IBNR | 8005449 |
| Category | 6 |
| Website | www.bahnhof.de |
| History | |
| Opened | 1868 |
Schwäbisch Hall station is located in Schwäbisch Hall in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It lies on the Crailsheim–Heilbronn railway (Hohenlohebahn) and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 6 station.
Schwäbisch Hall Station is located just to the south-west of Hall’s old town at the top of the drop from an old southwestern meander of the Kocher river (Bahnhofsbucht, meaning "station bay") to the lower slope of the modern river and is about 30 metres above the river level. The terrain was partly filled to a quite high level for the construction of railway facilities. The station stands on a terrace with steep slope to Steinbacher Straße, which runs parallel with it.
Schwäbisch Hall station is located on the Crailsheim–Heilbronn railway, originally called the Kocherbahn ("Kocher Railway", referring to the Kocher river). The line was built at the request of the population and followed its approval by the Württemberg Chamber of Deputies in 1860. The Heilbronn–Schwäbisch Hall section was opened in 1862 and extended to Crailsheim in December 1867. The station originally had three platforms, which were connected by crossings over the tracks, a freight yard, a signal box, which was demolished in 1968, and several sidings.
About 10 years after the construction of Schwäbisch Hall station, the building of the Waiblingen–Schwäbisch Hall railway (Murr Valley Railway) connected Stuttgart with Crailsheim and provided a shorter route to Nuremberg than the line through Aalen. The Murr Valley Railway ended at a junction with the Crailsheim–Heilbronn railway on a ridge on the eastern side of the Kocher valley gorge in Hessental, which at that time had not yet been incorporated in Hall; this route avoided Schwäbisch Hall station, which is on the valley slopes. This meant that the town station, despite its more central location, became less significant that the Hessental station.
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