Stuttgart Neckarpark station
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Stuttgart Neckarpark station
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| Location |
Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg Germany |
| Coordinates | 48°47′30″N 9°14′28″E / 48.7918°N 9.2411°ECoordinates: 48°47′30″N 9°14′28″E / 48.7918°N 9.2411°E |
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| Platforms | 3 |
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| Station code | 6072 |
| DS100 code | TSNS |
| Category | 3 |
| Website | www.bahnhof.de |
| History | |
| Opened | 29 September 1984 |
Neckarpark (Mercedes-Benz) station (also known as Stuttgart Neckarpark) is in the German city of Stuttgart and is located at the chainage of 5.6 kilometres (measured from Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof) on the Fils Valley Railway and is a station on the network of the Stuttgart S-Bahn.
The Cannstatter Wasen ("Cannstatt grass") has been a fairground and exhibition area since the 19th century. In 1928 the city of Stuttgart exchanged land on the Wasen owned by the State of Wurttemberg with land in the district of Burgholzhof in northwestern Bad Cannstatt. It intended to create a major new stadium on the site, which served as a training ground among other things. The link to the new sports facility proved to be a problem, because neither Cannstatt station nor Untertürkheim station were close enough for visitors.
Karl Schaechterle of the Railway Administration of Stuttgart (German: Reichsbahndirektion Stuttgart) planned a new station for special trains on the Fils Valley line, the Wasen station. In addition to the suburban platforms on the Fils Valley tracks, a platform would also be built on the long-distance tracks. A low platform would be built for trains running on the Schuster Railway (Schusterbahn) from Kornwestheim. Trains coming from Waiblingen would run on the Rems Railway curve towards Untertürkheim freight yard to reach the station. Another platform was later located there to provide for commuting to Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof (central station). Schaechterle could not implement his plan, however, as the Deutsche Reichsbahn rejected it.
Deutsche Bundesbahn drew up fresh plans for a station at Neckarstadion (Neckar Stadium) in the 1960s. Since planning for the Stuttgart S-Bahn was already under consideration, providing a stop for long-distance trains on the Fils Valley railway was not envisaged.
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