Schlüchtern station

Schlüchtern
Junction station
2019
General information
Location	Am Bahnhof 1 Schlüchtern, Hesse Germany
Coordinates	50°20′28″N 9°30′35″E / 50.341054°N 9.50967°E / 50.341054; 9.50967
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Flieden–Gemünden railway (77.6 km) Frankfurt–Göttingen railway (74.4 km)
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	5601[1]
DS100 code	FSUE[2]
IBNR	8000891
Category	4[1]
Fare zone	: 3450[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	15 December 1868
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Mitte Following station Steinau (Straße) towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf RE 50 Flieden towards Bebra Preceding station DB Regio Bayern Following station Terminus RB 53 Sterbfritz towards Bamberg
Location Schlüchtern Location in Hesse Show map of Hesse Schlüchtern Location in Germany Show map of Germany Schlüchtern Location in Europe Show map of Europe

Schlüchtern station is a station for trains. It is in the town of Schlüchtern in the German state of Hesse on the Frankfurt–Göttingen railway. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn (DB) as a category 4 station.^[1]

The station was opened on 15 December 1868 along with the Neuhof–Steinau (Straße) section of the Frankfurt–Bebra railway, which was established by the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, the Grand Duchy of Hesse and Free City of Frankfurt, but was confiscated by the Prussian government following the War of 1866.

The train station has 4 platform tracks, a "home" platform (that is next to the station building), an island platform and a side platform. The home platform (platform 1) is only used by Regionalbahn services running on the Schlüchtern–Jossa–Gemünden–Würzburg route, which begin and end here. The central platform (tracks 2 and 4) is used by Regional-Express services on the Frankfurt–Fulda route. The side platform (platform 5) is rarely used. About 3 km east of the station is the beginning of the Schlüchtern tunnel through the Distelrasen ridge.

The stately entrance building, constructed in 1868, is now listed as a monument under the Hessian Heritage Act. It is built in various architectural styles and situated on the hillside above the town on the south side of the tracks. The two-story brick building features an H-shaped floor plan with a completely symmetrical facade. The freight shed is located uphill to the west. Additionally, the canopies over the pedestrian underpass were constructed in 1910 using steel and glass in the Art Nouveau style.

Fares in Schlüchtern are set by the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (Rhine-Main Transport Association, RMV). The station is served by a Regionalbahn service every two hours and a Regional-Express service every hour. Additionally, there is a single Intercity service on the Bebra–Fulda–Frankfurt route from Mondays to Fridays, which stops at the station at 5:56. On Mondays, the service starts from Berlin-Gesundbrunnen. It stops in the opposite direction at 19:09.

• Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen, ed. (2005). Eisenbahn in Hessen. Kulturdenkmäler in Hessen. Denkmaltopographie Bundesrepublik Deutschland (in German). Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Theiss Verlag. pp. 184ff. ISBN 3-8062-1917-6.

• "Photographs of stations" (in German). vergessene-bahnen.de. Retrieved 29 June 2012.