Marktredwitz station

Marktredwitz
Deutsche Bahn
Through station
Entrance building and station forecourt
General information
LocationMarktredwitz, Bavaria
Germany
Coordinates50°0′16″N 12°4′57″E / 50.00444°N 12.08250°E / 50.00444; 12.08250
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms5
Other information
Station code3979
DS100 codeNMR[1]
IBNR8000247
Category3[2]
Website
History
Opened15 May 1878
Passengers
< 5,000 [3]
(2006)
Services
Preceding station Following station
Wiesau (Oberpfalz)
towards München Hbf
RE 2 Hof Hbf
Terminus
Preceding station Oberpfalzbahn Following station
Pechbrunn RB 23 Terminus
Arzberg (Oberfranken)
towards Hof Hbf
RB 95
Preceding station DB Regio Bayern Following station
Kirchenlaibach RE 31 Hof Hbf
Terminus
RE 33 Schirnding
towards Cheb
Preceding station Following station
Waldershof
towards Coburg
RB 24 Wunsiedel-Holenbrunn
towards Bad Steben
Map
Location
Marktredwitz is located in Bavaria
Marktredwitz
Marktredwitz
Location in Bavaria
Marktredwitz is located in Germany
Marktredwitz
Marktredwitz
Location in Germany
Marktredwitz is located in Europe
Marktredwitz
Marktredwitz
Location in Europe

Marktredwitz station is the station of the major district town of Marktredwitz in the Bavarian administrative region of Upper Franconia. Two main lines, the Nuremberg–Cheb railway and the Weiden–Oberkotzau railway, cross at the station. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station[2] and has five platform tracks.

Marktredwitz station—still called Markt Redwitz at the opening of the station—is an important railway hub in Northern Bavaria. It is located in the northwest of the town and is about a five-minute walk from the town centre.

In the station forecourt (German: Bahnhofplatz) is the central bus station, where buses connect Marktredwitz with the surrounding area. The bus station is also the stopping point of the Bavaria–Berlin Express (BEX). At the station there is a hotel, a major site of Deutsche Post, a medical centre and the headquarters of the Scherdel Group, a leading manufacturer of machinery parts.

  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Brochure: Personenbahnhöfe in Bayern" (PDF; 7.4 MB) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 16 April 2013.[permanent dead link]