Stuttgart-Untertürkheim station
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Untertürkheim station is a railway station in the German city of Stuttgart
on the city's S-Bahn
, or S-line. The station formerly included a freight yard.
The abbreviation of the station precinct, including the yards, is TSU.
On 22 October 1845 the first railway line in Württemberg
, the Central Railway (Zentralbahn) opened, connecting the small wine-growing community with Cannstatt
, early five kilometres from Untertürkheim. On 7 November 1845 the line was extended to Obertürkheim.
The first station building was a single story and nearly identical with those in Cannstatt and Obertürkheim. Untertürkheim became a popular destination for day trippers, using the new transport system. Hikers and bathers travelled from nearby Stuttgart. The loading dock was mostly used for shipped agricultural produce to Stuttgart.
In the 1890s, the Royal Württemberg State Railways
began to develop plans to reduce traffic at Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof
(central station). It was proposed to create a bypass track for freight trains providing a direct link between the Eastern Railway and Northern Railway. Untertürkheim station was chosen as the starting point for the new line and as a location for a new freight yard and marshalling yard and Kornwestheim station was chosen as its end point. Construction work started in the spring of 1894. The new freight yard was built next to the steet of Cannstatter Straße (Augsburger Straße since 1936) and opened in 1896, in the presence of King William II
.
The length of the track field was about 2,300 metres and it was on average 125 metres wide. It included an administration building and several service buildings, loading docks for freight and military transport, five signal boxes for 162 sets of points, a separate platform for railway workers and a roundhouse with four stalls and a water tower.
At the passenger station there was the entrance building, which still exists, and an administration building, consisting of two wings and a central hall. In the southern wing there was until 1960 a post and telegraph office. In the north there was the parcel and express freight office. A residential building was added for railway staff.
Since 1 May 1897, the Rems Railway Curve (Remsbahnkurve) has provided a connection between the freight yard and the Rems Railway
and the Murr Railway. Duplication of the line to Kornwestheim was completed on 23 September 1904.
After a few years, the marshalling yard was already overloaded. Planning for its expansion began in 1906. The establishment of a left-bank Neckar railway was debated between 1900 and 1907 to relieve the Eastern Railway. This project was never realized.
In 1911, a project to develop the freight yard failed due to lack of space. Instead, the railway authorities decided to build a new larger yard in Kornwestheim. Untertürkheim freight yard would in future be used only for local freight. Additional tracks to Cannstatt freight yard from this end were opened on 17 November 1912. On 13 November 1923, a connection (closed in the mid-1980s) was opened to the new freight yard in Gaisburg. Since 1958, there has been a connecting track to the station at the river port.
. Track 6 was built for the S-Bahn. Track 5 is assigned to S-Bahn services to Bad Cannstatt
and track 6 to S-Bahn services to Esslingen
. An individual Regionalbahn
service operates on track 2, running on the Schuster Railway between Kornwestheim and Untertürkheim. Tracks 1, 3 and 4 are used by non-stopping trains. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn
as a category 3 station
.
In the 1980s the yard was declared a satellite of the Kornwestheim yard and lost its importance. Freight is not loaded there. Many of its tracks are used as sidings for freight trains. Part of it is already overgrown and some of its tracks have since been dismantled. The Stuttgart 21
project involves building new sidings in the Untertürkheim track field.
stations with the name of Untertürkheim station. One is on line U 13 and the other in Wilhelm-Wunder-Steg is the last stop on line U 4.
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
on the city's S-Bahn
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...
, or S-line. The station formerly included a freight yard.
The abbreviation of the station precinct, including the yards, is TSU.
History
On 22 October 1845 the first railway line in Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg , formerly known as Wirtemberg or Wurtemberg, is an area and a former state in southwestern Germany, including parts of the regions Swabia and Franconia....
, the Central Railway (Zentralbahn) opened, connecting the small wine-growing community with 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:...
, early five kilometres from Untertürkheim. On 7 November 1845 the line was extended to Obertürkheim.
The first station building was a single story and nearly identical with those in Cannstatt and Obertürkheim. Untertürkheim became a popular destination for day trippers, using the new transport system. Hikers and bathers travelled from nearby Stuttgart. The loading dock was mostly used for shipped agricultural produce to Stuttgart.
In the 1890s, the Royal Württemberg State Railways
Royal Württemberg State Railways
The Royal Württemberg State Railways were the state railways of the Kingdom of Württemberg between 1843 and 1920...
began to develop plans to reduce traffic at Stuttgart 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...
(central station). It was proposed to create a bypass track for freight trains providing a direct link between the Eastern Railway and Northern Railway. Untertürkheim station was chosen as the starting point for the new line and as a location for a new freight yard and marshalling yard and Kornwestheim station was chosen as its end point. Construction work started in the spring of 1894. The new freight yard was built next to the steet of Cannstatter Straße (Augsburger Straße since 1936) and opened in 1896, in the presence of King William II
William II of Württemberg
William II was the fourth King of Württemberg, from 6 October 1891 until the abolition of the kingdom on 30 November 1918...
.
The length of the track field was about 2,300 metres and it was on average 125 metres wide. It included an administration building and several service buildings, loading docks for freight and military transport, five signal boxes for 162 sets of points, a separate platform for railway workers and a roundhouse with four stalls and a water tower.
At the passenger station there was the entrance building, which still exists, and an administration building, consisting of two wings and a central hall. In the southern wing there was until 1960 a post and telegraph office. In the north there was the parcel and express freight office. A residential building was added for railway staff.
Since 1 May 1897, the Rems Railway Curve (Remsbahnkurve) has provided a connection between the freight yard and the Rems Railway
Rems Railway
The Rems Railway , also known as the Rems Valley Railway was historically the main line route from Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt via Aalen to Nördlingen. Today the designation Rems Railway only refers to the section from Stuttgart to Aalen, the Aalen–Nördlingen line becoming part of the Ries Railway...
and the Murr Railway. Duplication of the line to Kornwestheim was completed on 23 September 1904.
After a few years, the marshalling yard was already overloaded. Planning for its expansion began in 1906. The establishment of a left-bank Neckar railway was debated between 1900 and 1907 to relieve the Eastern Railway. This project was never realized.
In 1911, a project to develop the freight yard failed due to lack of space. Instead, the railway authorities decided to build a new larger yard in Kornwestheim. Untertürkheim freight yard would in future be used only for local freight. Additional tracks to Cannstatt freight yard from this end were opened on 17 November 1912. On 13 November 1923, a connection (closed in the mid-1980s) was opened to the new freight yard in Gaisburg. Since 1958, there has been a connecting track to the station at the river port.
Operations
The station is served by the line S 1 of 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...
. Track 6 was built for the S-Bahn. Track 5 is assigned to S-Bahn services to 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:...
and track 6 to S-Bahn services to Esslingen
Esslingen (Neckar) station
Esslingen station is the most important station in the town of Esslingen am Neckar in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and is located 13.2 kilometres from Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof on the Fils Valley Railway.-History:...
. An individual Regionalbahn
RegionalBahn
The Regionalbahn is a type of local passenger train in Germany.-Service:Regionalbahn trains usually call at all stations on a given line, with the exception of RB trains within S-Bahn networks, these may only call at selected stations...
service operates on track 2, running on the Schuster Railway between Kornwestheim and Untertürkheim. Tracks 1, 3 and 4 are used by non-stopping trains. The 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 3 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....
.
In the 1980s the yard was declared a satellite of the Kornwestheim yard and lost its importance. Freight is not loaded there. Many of its tracks are used as sidings for freight trains. Part of it is already overgrown and some of its tracks have since been dismantled. The Stuttgart 21
Stuttgart 21
Stuttgart 21 is an urban development and under construction transport project in Stuttgart as part of the Stuttgart–Augsburg new and upgraded railway project in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria in Germany. It consists of the replacement of the tracks and platforms of Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof, the city's...
project involves building new sidings in the Untertürkheim track field.
S-Bahn
| Line | Route |
|---|---|
| Kirchheim (Teck) – Wendlingen Wendlingen (Neckar) station Wendlingen station is the only station in the town of Wendlingen in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and is a railway junction on the Neckar-Alb Railway from which the Teck Railway branches... – Plochingen Plochingen station Plochingen station is the only station in the town of Plochingen in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and the most important railway junction of the Esslingen district... – Esslingen Esslingen (Neckar) station Esslingen station is the most important station in the town of Esslingen am Neckar in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and is located 13.2 kilometres from Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof on the Fils Valley Railway.-History:... – Untertürkheim – Neckarpark Stuttgart Neckarpark station Neckarpark station is in the German city of Stuttgart and is located at the chainage of 5.6 kilometres on the Fils Valley Railway and is a station on the network of the Stuttgart S-Bahn.-History : The Cannstatter Wasen has been a fairground and exhibition area since the... – 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 :... – Böblingen Böblingen station Böblingen station is located on the on the Gäu Railway and is at the start of the Rankbach Railway and the Schönbuch Railway . It is served by regional services and Stuttgart S-Bahn line S 1... – Herrenberg Herrenberg station Herrenberg station is located on the on the Gäu Railway and is at the start of the Ammer Valley Railway . Because it is a stop for Regional-Express services and it is a terminus for both Stuttgart S-Bahn line S 1 and Regionalbahn services from Tübingen and Bondorf, it is an important transport node... |
Regional Transport
| Line | Route |
|---|---|
| R11 | Stuttgart-Untertürkheim – Stuttgart-Münster – Kornwestheim Pbf |
Stadtbahn
At Karl-Benz-Platz there are two StadtbahnStuttgart Stadtbahn
The Stuttgart Stadtbahn is a light rail system in Stuttgart, Germany. It is operated by the Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG , which also operates the bus systems in that city...
stations with the name of Untertürkheim station. One is on line U 13 and the other in Wilhelm-Wunder-Steg is the last stop on line U 4.
| Line | Route |
|---|---|
| Untertürkheim – Ostendplatz – Charlottenplatz – Rotebühlplatz – Hölderlinplatz | |
| Giebel – Feuerbach Pfostenwäldle – Pragsattel – Bad Cannstatt – Hedelfingen In school holidays and outside the peak only between Feuerbach and Hedelfingen. |