Tübingen Central Station
|
Tübingen Hauptbahnhof
|
|
|---|---|
| Through station | |
 |
|
| Location |
Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg Germany |
| Coordinates | 48°30′57″N 9°03′21″E / 48.51578°N 9.055846°ECoordinates: 48°30′57″N 9°03′21″E / 48.51578°N 9.055846°E |
| Line(s) |
|
| Platforms | 7 (1–3, 5–6, 12–13) |
| Construction | |
| Architect | Josef Schlierholz |
| Architectural style | Rundbogenstil |
| Other information | |
| Station code | 6279 |
| DS100 code | TT |
| Category | 2 |
| Website | www.bahnhof.de |
| History | |
| Opened | 1862 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers | 50,000 |
Tübingen Hauptbahnhof is the largest station in the university town of Tübingen and the district of Tübingen, and a transport hub in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.
The station is located south of the centre of the old town on the opposite side of the Neckar. It was originally built in open fields, that are now the southern Tübingen districts of Derendingen and Südstadt. In 1960 a bus station was established in the station forecourt (Europaplatz), which is now used by 34 bus routes daily, connecting the station to the entire city.
In 1861, the Upper Neckar Railway (now called the Neckar-Alb Railway as far as Tübingen) from Stuttgart was extended from Reutlingen via Tübingen to Rottenburg am Neckar. The line was then further extended in several stages until 1870, when it finally reached Immendingen on the Black Forest Railway, connecting to Lake Constance. This provided the rail link to the capital of the former Kingdom of Württemberg for the then 8,000 residents of Tübingen and about 30,000 residents in the administrative district of Oberamt Tübingen that then included Tübingen. In 1861/1862, the still preserved station building was built to a design by the architect Josef Schlierholz. At the same time an engine depot was established in Tübingen. From 1867 to 1874, the Royal Württemberg State Railways built the Hohenzollern Railway (Hohenzollernbahn, now the Zollernalb Railway—Zollernalbbahn) from Tübingen via Hechingen to Sigmaringen, making Tübingen into a railway junction. Once the Ammer Valley Railway from Herrenberg was connected to Tübingen on 1 May 1910, the present form of the rail junction was largely achieved. In 1916, an underpass was built to the two island platforms, the entrance building was extended to the west with the construction of the so-called exit hall, the interior of the entrance building was rebuilt and the platforms were covered. Apart from changes of use, in particular the conversion of waiting rooms and storage areas to shops and restaurants, and minor changes, such as the removal of the platform barriers, it is largely unchanged since then.
...
Wikipedia