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Stralsund Central Station

Stralsund Hauptbahnhof
Deutsche Bahn
Through station
Stralsund, Germany, Bahnhof im Juni 2006.jpg
Entrance of station building
Location Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Germany
Coordinates 54°18′31″N 13°04′38″E / 54.30861°N 13.07722°E / 54.30861; 13.07722Coordinates: 54°18′31″N 13°04′38″E / 54.30861°N 13.07722°E / 54.30861; 13.07722
Line(s)
Platforms 3
Construction
Architect Alexander Rüdell
Architectural style Gothic Revival
Other information
Station code 6049
DS100 code WSR
IBNR 8010338
Category 3
History
Opened 1 January 1878
Key dates
1905 Rebuilt 28 March

Stralsund Hauptbahnhof is the main station in Western Pomerania and the main station for railway lines running to Hamburg, Bergen auf Rügen and Berlin in the German Hanseatic city of Stralsund. It is owned and operated by Deutsche Bahn.

Construction of the present-day station near the centre of the city started on 9 November 1903 and it was inaugurated on 28 March 1905.

Its predecessor was a wooden building constructed in 1863 in the suburb of Tribseer Vorstadt. The construction of this station and the railway to Stralsund had been promoted by the merchants and entrepreneurs of Stralsund since 1844. They joined together in the same year as the "Society for the attainment of a railway from Berlin via Neu-Strelitz to Stralsund" (German: Verein zur Erlangung einer Eisenbahn von Berlin über Neu-Strelitz nach Stralsund) and set out its proposals in a memorandum. They also put this matter before the competent authorities in Berlin. The association developed a concept for the construction of the line and accumulated large financial resources. These efforts, however, always failed at the Prussian Ministry in Berlin and the proposals were refused in the 1840s and 1850s. Finally in 1863 a branch line from Angermünde was built from the Berlin–Stettin line (which had opened in 1843) via Prenzlau, Pasewalk, Anklam and Greifswald to Stralsund. On 26 October 1863 the line reached Stralsund. Due to the nature of Stralsund as a fortress, the station building was built only of wood at the instigation of the Prussian war ministry. In the event of an attack on the city, the building could be destroyed quickly. The building measured about 30 × 10 metres and had two waiting rooms. The platforms were not covered, and passengers had to walk along the tracks to reach the platforms.


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