Zwickau Hauptbahnhof

Zwickau Hauptbahnhof
Through station
File:Zwickau Hauptbahnhof 2009-05-26.jpg The station building
Location	Zwickau, Saxony Germany
Coordinates
Line(s)	Dresden–Werdau (128.35 km) Zwickau–Falkenstein (-2.110 km) Schwarzenberg–Zwickau (37.97 km)
Platforms	8
Construction
Architect	Otto Falk (1933)
Other information
Station code	n/a
DS100 code	DZW
Category	3
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	18 September 1845

File:Zwickau (Sachs) Main Station (Hbf)-Entrance hall-Pano.jpg

Entrance hall with communist-era statues (2014).

Zwickau Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station of Zwickau in the German state of Saxony.

History

On 18 September 1845 Zwickau was connected by a branch line to the Leipzig–Reichenbach railway line. This was followed on 11 May 1858 by the line to Schwarzenberg, on 15 November 1858 by the line to Chemnitz and on 29 November 1875 by the line to Falkenstein.

The first station building was a wooden structure built in 1845. This soon no longer met increasing requirements and had to be replaced by a new building, which was completed in 1858.

The current station building was designed by Deutsche Reichsbahn architect Otto Falk, built from 1933 to 1936 and opened on 17 December 1936.

Location

The station is separated from the inner city and the Neumarkt and Zentralhaltestelle bus interchanges located there. Lines 5 and 7 of the Zwickau tramway network and bus lines 16 and 19 of the Zwickau Municipal Transport Authority (Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe Zwickau) connect the station with the city centre. In addition, many regional bus services begin at the station, which are mainly operated by the West Saxony Regional Transport Authority (Regionalverkehrsbetriebe Westsachsen).

Zwickau model

A special feature is the Zwickau model of tram-train operations. BOStrab-compliant RegioSprinters of the Vogtlandbahn run over tram tracks to the Zwickau central (Zentrum) tram stop. Tram-trains run from the Zwickau–Schwarzenberg line at street level to the Stadthalle tram stop. The metre-gauge line has a third rail fitted to allow standard gauge vehicles to continue to the Zentrum tram stop. The RegioSprinters are diesel-powered as most of the Vogtlandbahn network is not electrified and the vehicles are slightly narrower than normal because the tram line does not have sufficient clearance for full-width standard gauge vehicles.

Rail services

The following services operate through Zwickau:

Preceding station		Deutsche Bahn		Following station
Reichenbach (Vogtl) ob Bf toward Hof Hbf		RE 3 Mittelsachsen-Vogtland-Express		Glauchau (Sachs) toward Dresden Hbf
Terminus		RB 30		Zwickau-Pölbitz toward Dresden Hbf
Terminus		RB 95		Zwickau-Schedewitz toward Johanngeorgenstadt
Preceding station		Vogtlandbahn		Following station
Zwickau Stadthalle toward Zwickau Zentrum		VB 1		Stenn toward Kraslice
Zwickau Stadthalle toward Zwickau Zentrum		VB 2		Lichtentanne toward Hof or Cheb
Preceding station		S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland		Following station
Lichtentanne toward Halle (Saale) Hbf		S 5		Terminus
Werdau toward Leipzig/Halle Airport		S 5X		Terminus

External links

• Zwickau (Sachs) Hbf bei www.sachsenschiene.de