Günzburg station

Günzburg
Separation station
Street side of the entrance building
General information
Location	Günzburg, Bavaria Germany
Coordinates	48°27′37″N 10°16′43″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Augsburg–Ulm (KBS 980) Günzburg–Mindelheim (KBS 978)
Platforms	6 (including 1 bay platform)
Other information
Station code	2422
DS100 code	MGZB
IBNR	8000139
Category	3
Website	stationsdatenbank.de www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	26 September 1853
Services Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Ulm Hbf towards Berlin Gesundbrunnen or Frankfurt (Main) Hbf ICE 11 Augsburg Hbf towards München Hbf Ulm Hbf towards Köln Hbf ICE 42 only ICE 618, 619 Ulm Hbf towards Hamburg-Altona, Berlin Ostbahnhof or Frankfurt (Main) Hbf ICE 48 Ulm Hbf towards Basel SBB ICE 60 Neu-Ulm One-way operation Preceding station Arverio Bayern Following station Leipheim towards Ulm Hbf RE 9 Offingen towards München Hbf Preceding station DB Regio Bayern Following station Terminus RB 78 Wasserburg (Günz) towards Mindelheim Preceding station Following station Leipheim towards Ulm Hbf RB 15 Gundelfingen a. d. Donau towards Ingolstadt Hbf
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Gunzburg station is an important Swabian railway junction and the only station of the large district town of Günzburg in the German state of Bavaria. The town also has the Wasserburg (Günz) station on the Central Swabian Railway (German: Mittelschwabenbahn). The station has six platform tracks and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station. It is served daily by about 125 trains of Deutsche Bahn and Agilis. The Central Swabian Railway branches from the Ulm–Augsburg railway at Günzburg station.

Location

The station is located northwest of the town center of Günzburg. To its south is the station forecourt (Bahnhofplatz), through which Siemensstraße runs. To the West Auweg passes under the tracks through an underpass. Wiesweg runs to the north of the station. The station building is located south of the tracks and has the address of Bahnhofsplatz 5.

History

The station was opened together with the Neu-Ulm–Burgau section of the Bavarian Maximilian’s Railway (Bayerische Maximiliansbahn) on 26 September 1853. The whole Ulm–Munich route was finally completed on 1 May 1854. The Central Swabian Railway was completed from Günzburg to Krumbach in 1892 and it was extended to Mindelheim in 1910. From 2006 to 2009 the station was modernised at a cost of €8.3 million. The modernised station area was opened by the then Transport Minister, Wolfgang Tiefensee on 27 April 2009.

Infrastructure

Platforms

The station has five tracks next to three platforms. Attached to the “home” platform 1 (next to the station building) is a bay platform for trains to Mindelheim (platform 1a). All platforms are covered and have digital destination displays. The central platforms are connected to the main platform by a pedestrian tunnel and are equipped with lifts to make the platforms accessible.

Platform data

Platforms lengths and heights are as follows:

• Platform 1a: length 140 m, height 55 cm
• Platform 1: length 250 m, height 55 cm
• Platform 2: length 405 m, height 76 cm
• Platform 3: length 405 m, height 76 cm
• Platform 4: length 210 m, height 55 cm
• Platform 5: length 210 m, height 55 cm

Operations

Long distance services

Günzburg is served at two-hour intervals by InterCity and EuroCity trains on line 62 connecting Frankfurt and Salzburg. In addition a pair of Intercity-Express trains stop at Gunzburg. All other InterCity and Intercity-Express trains pass through the station without stopping.

Line		Route				Frequency
ICE 11	Hamburg Dammtor → Hamburg Hbf → Hannover → Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe →		Frankfurt – Mainz –		Mannheim – Stuttgart – Ulm – Günzburg – Augsburg – München	1 train
	Hamburg-Altona → Hamburg Hbf → Stendal →	Berlin – Lutherstadt Wittenberg – Erfurt –				1 train pair
	Berlin Gesundbrunnen ←
	Wiesbaden → Mainz → Worms →					1 train
ICE 42	Köln – Wiesbaden – Mainz – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Stuttgart – Ulm – Günzburg – Augsburg – München					1 train pair
ICE 48	Berlin Ostbahnhof – Hamm(Westf) –			Dortmund – Düsseldorf – Köln – Frankfurt(M) Flughafen –	Heidelberg – Stuttgart – Ulm – Günzburg – Augsburg – München	1 train pair
	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Bremen –					5 train pairs
	Frankfurt –					1 train pair
ICE 60	(Basel SBB ← Müllheim ← Freiburg ← Offenburg ← Baden-Baden ←) Karlsruhe – Bruchsal – Stuttgart – Ulm – Günzburg – Augsburg – Munich					2 train pairs

Regional services

Günzburg is served by the following regional services:

Line	Route	Frequency	Operator
RE 9	(Munich –) Augsburg – Günzburg – Neu-Ulm – Ulm	Hourly	Arverio Bayern
RB 78	Günzburg – Krumbach (Schwaben) (– Mindelheim)	Hourly	DB Regio AG
RB 15	Ulm – Neu-Ulm – Günzburg – Donauwörth – Ingolstadt (– Ingolstadt Nord)	Hourly Mon–Fri, every 2 hours Sat and Sun	Agilis Verkehrsgesellschaft