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Lindau-Insel station

Coordinates: 47°32′41″N 9°40′49″E / 47.544656°N 9.680243°E / 47.544656; 9.680243
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Lindau-Insel
Deutsche Bahn
Terminal station
General information
LocationAm Bahnhof 1, Lindau, Bavaria
Germany
Coordinates47°32′41″N 9°40′49″E / 47.544656°N 9.680243°E / 47.544656; 9.680243
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms8
Construction
Architectural styleArt Nouveau
Other information
Station code3727[1]
DS100 codeMLI[2]
IBNR8000230
Category3[1]
Fare zonebodo: 400[3]
Website
History
Opened1853
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Bayern Following station
Terminus RE 7 Hergatz
towards Augsburg Hbf
RE 75 Hergatz
towards Ulm Hbf
RB 94 Hergatz
towards Kempten Hbf
Preceding station DB Regio Baden-Württemberg Following station
Terminus RE 3 Enzisweiler
RB 93 Lindau-Aeschach
Preceding station Arverio Bayern Following station
Terminus RE 72 Hergatz
towards München Hbf
Reverses direction RE 96
Lindau-Reutin
Terminus
Terminus RB 92 Hergatz
towards Memmingen
Preceding station ÖBB Following station
Lindau-Reutin
towards Bludenz
REX 1 Terminus
Preceding station Vorarlberg S-Bahn Following station
Lindau-Reutin
towards Bludenz
S1 Terminus
Map
Location
Lindau-Insel is located in Bavaria
Lindau-Insel
Lindau-Insel
Location in Bavaria
Lindau-Insel is located in Germany
Lindau-Insel
Lindau-Insel
Location in Germany
Lindau-Insel is located in Europe
Lindau-Insel
Lindau-Insel
Location in Europe

Lindau-Insel station (German: Bahnhof Lindau-Insel, "Lindau island") (Lindau Stadt until 15 May 1936 and then Lindau Hauptbahnhof until 12 December 2020) is the largest station in the city of Lindau (Bodensee) and was its most important station until passenger service resumed at Lindau-Reutin station on December 13, 2020. In the urban area there is also Lindau-Aeschach station and Lindau-Reutin freight yard. Formerly there were also Lindau-Siebertsdorf (called Lindau-Zech until 15 May 1936),[4] Lindau Langenweg, Lindau Strandbad, Schoenau, Oberreitnau and Rehlings.

Location

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Lindau-Insel is a railway terminus and lies on the island of Lindau in the immediate vicinity of Lindau harbour. The current station building, which is protected as a monument, was built between 1913 and 1921 in the Art Nouveau style.[5]

The station is about 500 metres long and is connected by a four-track line running over an embankment to the mainland. The embankment and the parallel Seebrücke road bridge, which is about 500 metres to the east, form the perimeter of the so-called Kleinen See (small lake), which lies between the suburb of Aeschach and the island. On the west side of the station there is a small marshalling yard and the former depot. Meanwhile, some workshops in the rear are still used for vehicle maintenance.

The railway lines separate the districts of Hauptinsel (main island) from the Hinteren Insel (rear island). However, a pedestrian bridge and the Thiersch road bridge run above the tracks.

History

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Lindau is the terminus of the Buchloe–Lindau railway, running from Buchloe via Kempten. Its southeastern section from Oberstaufen to Lindau was completed on 1 September 1853. From 1869 to 1939 there was a ferry port for the carriage of freight wagons to Romanshorn and from 1873 to 1899 to Konstanz. In 1899, the Friedrichshafen–Lindau railway was opened from Radolfzell via Friedrichshafen. The Vorarlberg Railway runs from Lindau via Bregenz, Dornbirn and Feldkirch to Bludenz and is operated by the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB). As a result, Lindau is also a border station. Formerly the ÖBB had its own ticket office in Lindau station; this was replaced by ticket machines, which still exist.

The route to Bludenz was electrified on 14 December 1954. Electrification of a section of Buchloe–Lindau railway was completed in December 2021, completing an electrified route to Munich via Memmingen. Electrification of the route to Friedrichshafen was completed at the same time. In Lindau station, tracks 1 to 3 are electrified.

Operations

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The departure board in 2005

Long-distance passenger services

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From December 2010 to December 2013, a Railjet was operated daily to Lindau. The counter train ran as a regional express to Bregenz with a stop in Lochau-Hörbranz and from Bregenz as a Railjet to Vienna, as the Railjet replaced a regular regional express or an S-Bahn on the Lindau-Bregenz route. In earlier years, ÖBB also operated express trains (Ex) to Lindau, including direct connections to the Austrian capital Vienna. Today, the Austrian long-distance trains mostly end or begin in neighboring Bregenz.

In long-distance passenger rail services, Eurocity Line 88 offered regular connections from Munich via Lindau to Zurich until 12 December 2020. On the Eurocity trains, the locomotive changeover between German diesel and Swiss electric traction was carried out at Lindau-Insel station. The Munich - Lindau connection via Memmingen was electrified to enable continuous operation under catenary. Since 13 December 2020, the Munich-Zurich trains, now called EuroCity-Express, have served Lindau-Reutin station instead.

Regional services

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Several regional train services operate for the Bodensee S-Bahn.

Service Route Frequency Operator
RE 3 Lindau-Insel – Wasserburg (Bodensee) – Friedrichshafen Stadt One train pair DB Regio Baden-Württemberg
RE 7 Lindau-InselHergatzKempten (Allgäu)KaufbeurenBuchloeAugsburg One train pair DB Regio Bayern
RE 72 Lindau-Insel – Hergatz – MemmingenMindelheim – Buchloe – KauferingMünchen-PasingMünchen Hbf one train Sat-Sun Arverio Bayern
RE 75 Lindau-Insel – Hergatz– Kempten (Allgäu) – Memmingen – Senden – Ulm Hbf one train Mon-Fri DB Regio Bayern
RE 96 Lindau-ReutinLindau-Insel – Kißlegg – Memmingen – Buchloe – München Hbf 120 min Arverio Bayern
REX 1 Lindau-Insel – Lindau-Reutin – BregenzDornbirnFeldkirchBludenz (– Vandans – Schruns) 60 min ÖBB
RB 92 Lindau-Insel – Hergatz – Wangen – Kißlegg – Memmingen 120 min Go-Ahead Bavaria
RB 93 Lindau-Insel – Wasserburg (Bodensee) – Friedrichshafen Stadt (– Friedrichshafen Hafen) 60 min DB Regio Baden-Württemberg
RB 94 Lindau-Insel – Hergatz – Heimenkirch – Kempten One train Mon-Fri DB Regio Bayern
S1 Lindau-Insel – Lindau-Reutin – Bregenz – Dornbirn – Feldkirch – Bludenz 120 min ÖBB

City buses

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Bus routes 1 and 2 of Stadtbus Lindau operate from the station forecourt to all part of the city of Lindau.

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (10 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.
  3. ^ "Zonenplan" (PDF). Bodensee-Oberschwaben Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Chronology of the railway division of Augsburg" (in German). Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  5. ^ "Heritage listing for Lindau Hauptbahnhof" (in German). Bayerischen Landesamt für Denkmalpflege. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
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