Angermünde station is a transportation hub in the city of

Angermünde Angermünde () is a town in the district of Uckermark in the state of Brandenburg, in north-eastern Germany. It is about northeast of Berlin, the capital of Germany. The population is about 14,000, but has been declining since its traditional i ...

in the northeast of the

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. The station opened on 15 November 1842 on the Stettin Railway between

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and

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and is the starting point of the Angermünde-Stralsund line to

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, the Angermünde-Schwedt line to

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and a disused branch line to

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History

The station was opened on 15 November 1842 by the Berlin-Stettin Railway Company (, BStE) with the line from Berlin. On 15 August 1843, the extension to Szczecin (then part of

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and called ''Stettin'' in German) was opened. In the following years the station grew into a major junction with the opening of lines to Stralsund (1863), Schwedt (1873) and Bad Freienwalde (1877). In 1879, the BStE was nationalised as part of the

Prussian state railways The term Prussian state railways (German: ''Preußische Staatseisenbahnen'') encompasses those railway organisations that were owned or managed by the state of Prussia. The words "state railways" are not capitalized because Prussia did not have a ...

. The station was originally built on an “island” surrounded by tracks (known as an ''Inselbahnhof'' in German). In 1906, the tracks were redesigned and all the tracks were moved to the west side of the building. In 1861 the original station building was replaced by a new building. The old building later served as a post office and a police station, but it is now unused. As a result of numerous changes to the building during the period of

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(1945–1990) the old building has disappeared. The station complex is a listed building.

Train services

Angermünde station is west of central Angermünde. The station building is east of the tracks. The station has two island platforms with four tracks for passenger traffic. At the northern end of the western platform, there is an additional terminal track. Freight facilities are close to the northern end of the passenger station. The line to Schwedt branches directly in the platform area from the other tracks so that only tracks 1 and 2 can be used by trains to and from Schwedt. The station is served by the following services:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Angermunde station Railway stations in Brandenburg Buildings and structures in Uckermark (district) Railway stations in Germany opened in 1842 1842 establishments in Prussia