Weil der Stadt station
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Weil der Stadt
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Former station building
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| Location |
Weil der Stadt, Baden-Württemberg Germany |
| Coordinates | 48°45′20″N 8°52′23″E / 48.75556°N 8.87306°E |
| Line(s) | Black Forest Railway (Württemberg) (KBS 790.6 S 6 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | 6608 |
| DS100 code | TW |
| IBNR | 8006271 |
| Category | 4 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 December 1869 |
Weil der Stadt station is a station located at the terminus of the Black Forest Railway in the town of Weil der Stadt in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The section to Calw is disused. The station is the terminus of line S 6 of the S-Bahn. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.
In September 1862, the Royal Württemberg State Railways (German: Königlich Württembergischen Staats-Eisenbahnen) planned to build a railway from Illingen via Vaihingen an der Enz and Weil der Stadt to Calw. It did not pursue this project for long because the Kingdom of Württemberg had begun negotiations with the Grand Duchy of Baden in order to build the Nagold Valley Railway from Pforzheim. In February 1865, the Baden Government agreed to the construction of this line.
On 13 August 1865, the parliament of Württemberg decided to build the Black Forest Railway from Zuffenhausen via Leonberg to Calw. This line connected Weil der Stadt to the rail network. The State Railways built Weil der Stadt station north of the town. The monumental entrance building has survived but it is now used for other purposes.
The opening of the second part of the line from Ditzingen to Weil der Stadt took place on 1 December 1869. The difficult section through the Black Forest to Calw, was put into operation by the State Railways on 20 June 1872. The Black Forest Railway lost much of its importance after the completion of the Gäu Railway in September 1879. A planned branch from Weil der Stadt to Pforzheim was never built.
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