Filderstadt station
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Filderstadt station is the end point of the railway from Stuttgart-Rohr. Line S 2 of the Stuttgart S-Bahn
terminates here.
, Bernhausen
, Obersielmingen
, Untersielmingen
and Denkendorf
, which supported an extension from Echterdingen to Zell am Neckar. It persisted but without success. Instead, the State government approved the establishment of the metre gauge
Möhringen-Neuhausen line on 14 April 1896. It was formally inaugurated on 23 December 1897 and regular operations began on the following day.
Bernhausen station was built south of the village. The station building, which still stands, is a Württemberg station
of type IIIa, slightly adapted by the Filder Railway. The building housed waiting rooms, station services and residential rooms. The freight shed does not exist anymore. This loaded the produce of the Briem cabbages factory and the mainly white cabbage
s of local farmers. The line was regauged to standard gauge on 1 November 1902. In 1903 a Sunday service commenced when the Swabian Albverein (hiking club) opened a new observation tower on the Uhlberg
, south of Plattenhardt.
In 1914 a bus line was opened from Degerloch via Bernhausen to Nürtingen. It competed for a short time with the Filder Railway, but it was closed at the outbreak of World War I
.
On 1 October 1920 the Deutsche Reichsbahn
opened a new line from Rohr
to Echterdingen to connect with the Echterdingen–Neuhausen section of the Municipal Filder Railway (Städtischen Filderbahn, SFB). This section remained the property of the SFB (which was owned by the City of Stuttgart) and was absorbed into the Stuttgart Tramways (Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen, SSB) on 1 January 1934. The bus route from Degerloch to Nürtingen was reinstated in 1927.
In 1937, construction began on the Stuttgart-Echterdingen airport
. To make room for it, the line between Echterdingen and Bernhausen had to be relocated and it subsequently ran south of the airport.
After the Second World War the SSB increased services on its bus line N (Degerloch-Nürtingen). The communities of Bernhausen and Sielmingen called for the extension of the Möhringen–Echterdingen tram line. This, however, was refused by the Government Stuttgart in 1952. The number of passengers on the Stuttgart-Rohr–Neuhausen line continued to fall. Therefore Deutsche Bundesbahn
closed the line to passengers on 1 August 1955. The SSB continued to operate freight services on the Leinfelden–Neuhausen section.
On 1 January 1975 the communities of Bernhausen, Bonlanden, Plattenhardt, Sielmingen and Harthausen were amalgamated as Filderlinden, which was renamed as Filderstadt on 25 July 1975.
In the 1980s, Deutsche Bundesbahn proposed to connect the airport to a planned S-Bahn network. For this purpose, the Stuttgart-Rohr–Echterdingen line was required and its track would need to be doubled and electrified. A rail service between Leinfelden and Neuhausen was therefore not possible. On 28 May 1983, the last freight train operated to Bernhausen station. Shortly thereafter the dismantling of the tracks began. Also at first there appeared to be no further use for the station building. But the history and folk society of Filderstadt (Geschichts- und Heimatverein Filderstadt) successfully fought for its preservation.
The extension of the so-called airport S-Bahn was originally planned by Deutsche Bundesbahn in the 1980s. It was finally implemented on 13 February 1998. On this day construction began on the line between the underground Airport Station
and Bernhausen. On 29 September 2001, Deutsche Bahn
opened a new tunnel to the new underground Filderstadt station. The adjacent bus stop is still called Bernhausen Bahnhof (“Bernhausen station”).
There are western and eastern accesses for passengers to the 210-metre long central platform. The western access is like a park, having a gently sloping lawn with a water staircase and a sculpture called Filderspiel (“Filder game”). There is also set of sculptures on the platform.
In 2001 the city of Filderstadt renovated the historic station building. It houses a Tourist Information Office and a local government shopfront (Bürgeramt). It is centrally located on the square between the streets of Karlstraße and Filderbahnstraße.
. S-Bahn line S 2 begins and ends here. Tracks 1 and 2 are used alternately as the departure and arrival track.
Filderstadt station is classified by Deutsche Bahn
as a category 5 station
.
Stuttgart S-Bahn
The Stuttgart S-Bahn is a suburban railway system serving the Stuttgart Region, an agglomeration of around 2.6 million people, consisting of the city of Stuttgart and the adjacent districts of Esslingen, Böblingen, Ludwigsburg and Rems-Murr. It consists of seven lines numbered S1 through S6 and...
terminates here.
History
In 1891 the Filder Railway Company planned a new railway from Möhringen to Echterdingen. At the same time a local railway (Lokalbahn) committee was established, with participants from NeuhausenNeuhausen auf den Fildern
Neuhausen auf den Fildern is a municipality in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located 13 km southeast of Stuttgart.-References:...
, Bernhausen
Bernhausen
Bernhausen is a former municipality in the Esslingen district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.It was first recorded in year 1089 as Berinhusen....
, Obersielmingen
Sielmingen
Sielmingen is a former municipality in the Esslingen district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.It was first recorded in year 1275 as Sygehelmingen....
, Untersielmingen
Sielmingen
Sielmingen is a former municipality in the Esslingen district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.It was first recorded in year 1275 as Sygehelmingen....
and Denkendorf
Denkendorf, Baden-Württemberg
Denkendorf is a municipality in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located 5 km south of Esslingen, and 14 km southeast of Stuttgart.-References:...
, which supported an extension from Echterdingen to Zell am Neckar. It persisted but without success. Instead, the State government approved the establishment of the metre gauge
Metre gauge
Metre gauge refers to narrow gauge railways and tramways with a track gauge of . In some African, American and Asian countries it is the main gauge. In Europe it has been used for local railways in France, Germany, and Belgium, most of which were closed down in mid 20th century. Only in Switzerland...
Möhringen-Neuhausen line on 14 April 1896. It was formally inaugurated on 23 December 1897 and regular operations began on the following day.
Bernhausen station was built south of the village. The station building, which still stands, is a Württemberg station
Standardized railway station (Württemberg)
The standardized railway station was a type of station constructed primarily on branch lines for the Royal Württemberg State Railways. Between 1892 and approximately 1903, 59 such stations were constructed in Württemberg in three different versions....
of type IIIa, slightly adapted by the Filder Railway. The building housed waiting rooms, station services and residential rooms. The freight shed does not exist anymore. This loaded the produce of the Briem cabbages factory and the mainly white cabbage
White cabbage
White cabbage is a variety of the cabbage, a cultivar of the plant species Brassica oleracea. White cabbage is a winter vegetable....
s of local farmers. The line was regauged to standard gauge on 1 November 1902. In 1903 a Sunday service commenced when the Swabian Albverein (hiking club) opened a new observation tower on the Uhlberg
Uhlberg
Uhlberg is a mountain of Baden-Württemberg, Germany....
, south of Plattenhardt.
In 1914 a bus line was opened from Degerloch via Bernhausen to Nürtingen. It competed for a short time with the Filder Railway, but it was closed at the outbreak of World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
.
On 1 October 1920 the Deutsche Reichsbahn
Deutsche Reichsbahn
Deutsche Reichsbahn was the name of the following two companies:* Deutsche Reichsbahn, the German Imperial Railways during the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich and the immediate aftermath...
opened a new line from Rohr
Stuttgart-Rohr station
Rohr station is located the chainage of 16.7 km on the Gäu Railway and is a station in the network of the Stuttgart S-Bahn.-History :...
to Echterdingen to connect with the Echterdingen–Neuhausen section of the Municipal Filder Railway (Städtischen Filderbahn, SFB). This section remained the property of the SFB (which was owned by the City of Stuttgart) and was absorbed into the Stuttgart Tramways (Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen, SSB) on 1 January 1934. The bus route from Degerloch to Nürtingen was reinstated in 1927.
In 1937, construction began on the Stuttgart-Echterdingen airport
Stuttgart Airport
Stuttgart Airport is an international airport located approximately south of Stuttgart, Germany....
. To make room for it, the line between Echterdingen and Bernhausen had to be relocated and it subsequently ran south of the airport.
After the Second World War the SSB increased services on its bus line N (Degerloch-Nürtingen). The communities of Bernhausen and Sielmingen called for the extension of the Möhringen–Echterdingen tram line. This, however, was refused by the Government Stuttgart in 1952. The number of passengers on the Stuttgart-Rohr–Neuhausen line continued to fall. Therefore Deutsche Bundesbahn
Deutsche Bundesbahn
The Deutsche Bundesbahn or DB was formed as the state railway of the newly established Federal Republic of Germany on September 7, 1949 as a successor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft '...
closed the line to passengers on 1 August 1955. The SSB continued to operate freight services on the Leinfelden–Neuhausen section.
On 1 January 1975 the communities of Bernhausen, Bonlanden, Plattenhardt, Sielmingen and Harthausen were amalgamated as Filderlinden, which was renamed as Filderstadt on 25 July 1975.
In the 1980s, Deutsche Bundesbahn proposed to connect the airport to a planned S-Bahn network. For this purpose, the Stuttgart-Rohr–Echterdingen line was required and its track would need to be doubled and electrified. A rail service between Leinfelden and Neuhausen was therefore not possible. On 28 May 1983, the last freight train operated to Bernhausen station. Shortly thereafter the dismantling of the tracks began. Also at first there appeared to be no further use for the station building. But the history and folk society of Filderstadt (Geschichts- und Heimatverein Filderstadt) successfully fought for its preservation.
The extension of the so-called airport S-Bahn was originally planned by Deutsche Bundesbahn in the 1980s. It was finally implemented on 13 February 1998. On this day construction began on the line between the underground Airport Station
Stuttgart Flughafen/Messe station
Stuttgart Flughafen/Messe station is a station on the network of the Stuttgart S-Bahn. Despite its name the station is not in the city of Stuttgart, rather it is in Leinfelden-Echterdingen.-History :...
and Bernhausen. On 29 September 2001, Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...
opened a new tunnel to the new underground Filderstadt station. The adjacent bus stop is still called Bernhausen Bahnhof (“Bernhausen station”).
Station design
The old line in Filderstadt was not reopened. The underground station is mostly built under the old railway property and is designed to allow a possible further extension to Neuhausen.There are western and eastern accesses for passengers to the 210-metre long central platform. The western access is like a park, having a gently sloping lawn with a water staircase and a sculpture called Filderspiel (“Filder game”). There is also set of sculptures on the platform.
In 2001 the city of Filderstadt renovated the historic station building. It houses a Tourist Information Office and a local government shopfront (Bürgeramt). It is centrally located on the square between the streets of Karlstraße and Filderbahnstraße.
Operations
The station is served by the Stuttgart S-BahnStuttgart S-Bahn
The Stuttgart S-Bahn is a suburban railway system serving the Stuttgart Region, an agglomeration of around 2.6 million people, consisting of the city of Stuttgart and the adjacent districts of Esslingen, Böblingen, Ludwigsburg and Rems-Murr. It consists of seven lines numbered S1 through S6 and...
. S-Bahn line S 2 begins and ends here. Tracks 1 and 2 are used alternately as the departure and arrival track.
Filderstadt station is classified by Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...
as a category 5 station
German railway station categories
About 5,400 railway stations in Germany that are owned and operated by the Deutsche Bahn subsidiary DB Station&Service are assigned into seven categories, denoting the service level available at the station....
.
S-Bahn
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|---|---|
| Schorndorf Schorndorf station Schorndorf station is in the city of Schorndorf in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It was opened in 1861 along with the Rems Railway from Stuttgart to Aalen... – Weinstadt Weinstadt Weinstadt is a town in the county Rems-Murr, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located in the Rems Valley approximately 15 km east of Stuttgart. As the name implies, it is best known for its vineyards and production of wine... – Waiblingen Waiblingen station Waiblingen station is a railway station in the city pf Waiblingen in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The station is located at the junction of the Rems Railway and the Murr Railway .-The first station building :... – Bad Cannstatt Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt station Bad Cannstatt station is the second largest station of the German city of Stuttgart after Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof and has eight platform tracks. Together with Untertürkheim station, it is the oldest station in Württemberg.-History:... – Hauptbahnhof Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof is the Hauptbahnhof of the city of Stuttgart, the capital of the Land of Baden-Württemberg, in southwestern Germany. It is the largest regional and long-distance railway station in Stuttgart, the main node of the Stuttgart S-Bahn network, and, together with the halt at Charlottenplatz, the main... – Schwabstraße Stuttgart Schwabstraße station Schwabstraße underground station is in Stuttgart-West district, west of the centre of the German city of Stuttgart and was at the end of the first section of the Connection line , the original underground section of the Stuttgart S-Bahn. Several lines of the S-Bahn terminate at the station... – Vaihingen Stuttgart-Vaihingen station Vaihingen station is located on the on the Gäu Railway in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is served by regional services and Stuttgart S-Bahn lines S1, S2 and S3... – Rohr Stuttgart-Rohr station Rohr station is located the chainage of 16.7 km on the Gäu Railway and is a station in the network of the Stuttgart S-Bahn.-History :... – Stuttgart Flughafen/Messe Stuttgart Flughafen/Messe station Stuttgart Flughafen/Messe station is a station on the network of the Stuttgart S-Bahn. Despite its name the station is not in the city of Stuttgart, rather it is in Leinfelden-Echterdingen.-History :... – Filderstadt |