- Regensburg Hauptbahnhof
is the
Hauptbahnhof for the city ofRegensburg in southernGermany .History
Regensburg was connected to the railway network relatively late, with the first line in Bavaria opening in 1835, it took until 1859 when the Königlich privilegirte Actiengesellschaft der bayerischen Ostbahnen opened a railway line to
Nuremberg andMunich , the line going viaAmberg for the first few years.. In1860 Regensburg was connected toPassau . In1873 a direct line to Nuremberg was opened, followed by a connection to Ingolstadt in1874 .The first station building was built between 1859 and 1864 following plans by architect
Heinrich von Hügel that were influenced by the Italianrenaissance . The building was torn down in 1888 and replaced by a new building in the contemporary style of theGründerzeit . The second station building was destroyed inWorld War II , its successor was finished in 1955 and renovated in 2004.Operational usage
Regensburg today sees about 200 trains per day, most of them operated by
Deutsche Bahn AG , though some regional services are operated byVogtlandbahn . Regensburg is situated at the crossing of the main line railway lines München-Hof and Nürnberg-Passau; smaller branch lines connect Regensburg to Ulm and Prague.
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