Ansbach station

Ansbach station
Through station
File:Ansbach Bahnhof 4463.jpg Station forecourt and reception building
Location	Bahnhofplatz 2, Ansbach, Bavaria Germany
Coordinates
Line(s)	Treuchtlingen–Würzburg (KBS 900, 920) Nürnberg–Crailsheim (KBS 786, 891.7)
Platforms	7
Other information
Station code	161
DS100 code	NAN
IBNR	8000009
Category	3
Website	BEG station fact file www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1 July 1859

Ansbach station is the central transportation hub in the town of Ansbach in southern Germany. It is here that two main lines cross: the Nürnberg–Crailsheim and Treuchtlingen–Würzburg railways.

History

Ansbach was first connected to the railway network by a leased railway, that linked the town to the Ludwig South-North Railway at Gunzenhausen 28 kilometres away and which was opened on 1 July 1859. In 1869, the railway was open all the way from Würzburg to Treuchtlingen and, in 1875, it was joined by the line from Nuremberg, which was extended over the state border to Crailsheim in 1876. In 1903, the Leutershausen-Wiedersbach–Bechhofen railway was opened, whose trains were nicknamed Boggala in the Bechhofen dialect, and usually ran through to Ansbach. However it was closed as early as 28 November 1966.

With the establishment of the Nuremberg Regional Transport Union (Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg or VGN) the line to Nuremberg was integrated into route R7. After the expansion of the VGN on 1 July 1997 the R7 was extended to Dombühl and the route from Uffenheim to Treuchtlingen added to the network as route R8.

Traffic

Rail services

The station of Ansbach has seven platforms, including two bay platforms. As a rule the Regionalbahn trains to Nuremberg use platforms 1 and 1a, trains to Stuttgart stop at platform 2, trains to Würzburg at platform 3 and occasionally platform 1b, trains to Treuchtlingen at platform 4 and Regional-Express and Intercity trains to Nürnberg at platform 5.

The following trains call at Ansbach station:

Train type		Route	Frequency
InterCity (Linie 71)		Nuremberg Hbf – Ansbach – Aalen – Stuttgart Hbf – Pforzheim Hbf – Karlsruhe Hbf	Every 2 hours
InterCity (Linie F10)		Hamburg-Altona – Würzburg Hbf – Ansbach – Augsburg Hbf – Munich Ost – Freilassing – Berchtesgaden Hbf	Once a day
Regional-Express (VGN-Linie R7)		Nuremberg Hbf – Ansbach – Crailsheim – Schwäbisch Hall-Hessental – Backnang – Stuttgart Hbf	Every 2 hours
Regionalbahn (VGN-Linie R7)		Nuremberg Hbf – Ansbach	Every 30 minutes (Mon-Sat)
Regionalbahn (VGN-Linie R8)		Treuchtlingen – Ansbach – Würzburg Hbf (– Gemünden (Main))	Hourly

Bus services

At the end of the 1990s the station forecourt at Ansbach was refurbished and a central bus station created. Most of the town bus lines stop here as do many regional buses that connect Ansbach to the surrounding area.

Future

Würzburg Railway Network or E-Netz

In 2007 it was announced that Deutsche Bahn had emerged as the winner of the competition for the Würzburg railway network or E-Netz, to which the Treuchtlingen–Würzburg line belongs. As a result of this modern multiples of the Coradia LIREX type will be ordered for the lien from the French manufacturer Alstom.

Nuremberg S-Bahn

Main article: Nuremberg S-Bahn

On the change of timetable in 2010 the Nuremberg S-Bahn network will be significantly expanded. This includes a new line to Ansbach, which will mean some rebuilding work at the station yard at Ansbach.

Source

• Ansbacher Eisenbahnfreunde, Festschrift zu den Jubiläen 125 Jahre Bahnhof Ansbach und 90 Jahre Nebenbahn Wickelsgreuth – Windsbach, Ansbach, 1984

External links

• Aktuelle Abfahrtstafel on the Deutsche Bahn website
• Bahnsteiginformationen on the Deutsche Bahn website
• There is an English-language discussion forum at Railways of Germany