Freilassing station is located in the Upper Bavarian district of Berchtesgaden. It is the last German station on the railway line from Munich to Salzburg, a border station to Austria and the only station in the town of Freilassing.

Freilassing
Deutsche Bahn
Junction station
View from the forecourt to the station building
General information
LocationBahnhofstr. 4, Freilassing, Bavaria
Germany
Coordinates47°50′14″N 12°58′38″E / 47.837237°N 12.977259°E / 47.837237; 12.977259
Elevation421 m (1,381 ft)
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms7 (1–5,7–8)
Other information
Station code1906[1]
DS100 codeMFL[2]
IBNR8000108
Category3[1]
Website
History
Opened1 August 1860; 164 years ago (1860-08-01)
Electrified1 August 1916; 108 years ago (1916-08-01)
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Traunstein IC 24
Königssee
Bad Reichenhall
Traunstein ICE 62 Salzburg Hbf
Traunstein EC/RJ 62 Salzburg Hbf
towards Graz Hbf
Traunstein IC 87 Salzburg Hbf
towards Wien Hbf
ICE/RJX 90 Salzburg Hbf
Terminus
Preceding station Following station
Laufen (Oberbay) RB 45 Salzburg Taxham Europark
towards Salzburg Hbf
Preceding station Following station
Teisendorf
towards München Hbf
RE 5 Salzburg Hbf
towards Salzburg Hbf
Preceding station Salzburg S-Bahn Following station
Terminus S2 Salzburg-Liefering
Salzburg-Liefering S3 Freilassing-Hofham
Terminus S4 Freilassing-Hofham
Map
Location
Freilassing is located in Bavaria
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Location in Bavaria
Freilassing is located in Germany
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Location in Germany
Freilassing is located in Europe
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Location in Europe
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The station is the junction between the Rosenheim–Salzburg, Salzburg–Berchtesgaden and Salzburg–Mühldorf lines and is used daily by about 160 trains operated by Deutsche Bahn, the Austrian Federal Railways and the Berchtesgadener Land Bahn.

Location

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The station is located north of the town centre. The station area is bounded to the north by Rupertusstraße and to the south by Bahnhofstrasse (station street). To the west there is a footbridge linking Bahnhofstrasse and Rupertusstraße. The station building is located south of the railway facilities and has the address of Bahnhofstrasse 4

History

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Freilassing station was opened in 1860 together with the railway line from Munich to Salzburg. It then served as a border station between Austria and Bavaria. In 1866, Freilassing was connected to another line (Freilassing–Bad Reichenhall) and in 1888 it was extended to Berchtesgaden. A branch line (Lokalbahn) was opened to Laufen in 1890 and it was extended to Tittmoning in 1894. In 1916, electrification was completed on the Freilassing-Berchtesgaden line.

With the entry of Austria in the European Union in 1995, the station lost its importance as a border station.

Freilassing locomotive depot

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With the opening of lines to Tittmoning and Berchtesgaden and the general increase in traffic, a locomotive depot (Bahnbetriebswerk) was required. This was built from 1902 to 1905 in the northwest of the station area. It had twenty roads and a turntable that was enlarged in 1924 to a length of 23 metres. In 1994, the depot was closed. In 1998, the training workshop was closed. The building has been classified as a historical monument since 1998 and it now houses a railway museum.[3]

Infrastructure

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The station has seven through tracks on four platforms, with track 1 as the “home” platform (Hausbahnsteig), that is next to the station building. Each platform is covered and has digital platform displays. All platforms are connected by a pedestrian tunnel to the home platform. It has only partial step-free access to the platform. The station building has among other things a ticket office. Park and ride parking and bike racks are available in the station area.

The station has been located in the area administered by the Salzburg Transport Association (Salzburger Verkehrsverbund) since 2006 and is served by the Salzburg S-Bahn network. The municipal bus company (Freilassinger StadtBus) operates bus routes 81 and 82 through the Freilassing urban area, connecting with the station. In addition to the local services, Freilassing station is connected by bus route 24 via the stops of Salzburger Platz and Rupertikirche/Rathaus to the public bus network of the city of Salzburg.

Platform data

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Platform lengths and heights are as follows:[4]

  • Track 1: length 421 m, height 38 cm
  • Track 2: length 421 m, height 22 cm
  • Track 3: length 421 m, height 22 cm
  • Track 4: length 416 m, height 22 cm
  • Track 5: length 416 m, height 22 cm
  • Track 7: length 300 m, height 22 cm
  • Track 8: length 300 m, height 22 cm

Rail services

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Freilassing station is served by EuroCity services operated by Deutsche Bahn, in cooperation with the Austrian Federal Railways. It is also served by local trains operated by Meridian (a subsidiary of Bayerische Oberlandbahn) to Munich, Salzburg and Rosenheim and by Südostbayernbahn to Mühldorf. The local trains on the line to Berchtesgaden are operated by Berchtesgadener Land Bahn (as line S 4 of the Salzburg S-Bahn) and by the Salzburg S-Bahn (as line S 3, which also continues to Salzburg Central Station in Austria).

Line Route Frequency
IC 24 Hamburg-AltonaHamburgHanoverGöttingenKassel-WilhelmshöheWürzburgAugsburgMünchen OstFreilassingBerchtesgaden 1 train pair
ICE 62 / IC 62 FrankfurtDarmstadtHeidelberg StuttgartUlmAugsburgMunichMunich EastRosenheimPrienTraunsteinFreilassingSalzburgVillachKlagenfurt 2 train pairs
Münster (Westf) DuisburgDüsseldorfCologneKoblenzMainzMannheimVaihingen 1 train pair
Dortmund
EC/RJ 62 Frankfurt – Heidelberg – Stuttgart – Ulm – Augsburg – Munich – Freilassing – Salzburg – Graz 1 train pair
Saarbrücken – Mannheim – 1 train pair
IC 87 Stuttgart – München – RosenheimFreilassing – Salzburg – LinzSt. PöltenWien 1 train pair
ICE/RJX 90 München – Rosenheim – Prien – Freilassing – Salzburg (– Vöcklabruck – Linz – Wien – Wien Airport) Some trains
RB 45 (Landshut – Vilsbiburg – Neumarkt St-Veit –) MühldorfFreilassing – Salzburg Hourly
RE 5 Munich – RosenheimTraunsteinFreilassing Hourly
  FreilassingBad Reichenhall – Berchtesgaden Hourly
  (Bad Reichenhall – Piding –) Freilassing – Salzburg – Hallein – Golling-Abtenau (– Schwarzach St. Veit – Saalfelden) Hourly
(Mon–Sat: half-hourly)
 /R/REX LinzWels – Straßwalchen – Seekirchen – Salzburg – Freilassing Hourly
REX Braunau – Mattighofen – Friedburg – Straßwalchen West – Salzburg – Freilassing Hourly
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References

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  1. ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. ^ "Der historische Lokschuppen" (in German). Lokwelt Freilassing. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Platform information for Freilassing station" (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2013.