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Nuremberg Central Station: Over 150,000 passengers a day - how its appearance has evolved in 120 years

2020-02-19T14:36:25.008Z


Nuremberg Central Station was opened in 1906: Since then, the meaning and appearance have changed several times - it is the second largest train station in Bavaria.


Nuremberg Central Station was opened in 1906: Since then, the meaning and appearance have changed several times - it is the second largest train station in Bavaria.

  • The first train journey in Germany took place from Nuremberg to Fürth - in 1835.
  • Today's main station was only built around 1906 - a sight survived the bombs in World War II.
  • Since 2017, numerous renovation measures on the station forecourt have been designed to increase security for passers-by.

Nuremberg - The main train station in Nuremberg is an integral part of the traffic situation in Middle Franconia: around 150,000 people visit the train station every day - in transit to change trains or go shopping. Around 13,000 square meters of the site are leased to restaurants and retailers.

Not only metro, tram and bus lines converge here, but also local and long-distance trains stop. Nuremberg is an important stopover for the ICE connections from Munich to Dortmund , Hamburg or Bremen . From here you can travel to Mannheim , Prague or Zurich by DB long-distance bus. These facts and figures from Deutsche Bahn make Nuremberg Station the second largest station in Bavaria.

Nuremberg Central Station: two special sights

If Germany's first train journey took place at a privately run train station on the Plärrer, a new building was necessary just ten years later: a head station was built at today's location. At that time, as the tourism portal Bayern-online.de reports, all railway lines had their own terminus, there were no through stations.

However, the traffic volume tripled again between 1850 and 1900 - mainly because connections to Schwabach, Hersbruck, Regensburg and Ansbach were connected. Under architect Karl Gustav Zenger it was built again from 1900. After six years, the new building with the characteristic dome was put into operation. Even today you can see the train station from afar.

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However, the actual dome fell victim to the bombs in World War II and was only easier to rebuild due to lack of money, the private architecture guide portal baukunst-nuernberg.de explains. The splendid Art Nouveau room, in which a restaurant was once housed, was preserved. Today it is the waiting room. The renovations could not be completed until the late 1970s. The entire reception building is now a listed building.

Nuremberg Central Station: Security at the station - developments from 2000

Reports of brawls and brawls around the train station have been piling up recently - the location has repeatedly become the scene of violent clashes. Reconstruction measures should also bring more security: when the station forecourt was renovated in 2017, this was a matter of concern to the city of Nuremberg.

Furthermore, the situation of pedestrians, cyclists and wheelchair users was improved with the construction work: new pedestrian and bicycle paths and barrier-free accesses were created. Two projects around the station point to the future: the driverless subway stands for technological change, and the neighborhood project around the U1 line wants to test solutions for the urban society of tomorrow.

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Source: merkur

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