Landau (Pfalz) Hauptbahnhof (Landau (Pfalz) main station) is the centre of public transport in the city of

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in the

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History

The history of the station begins in 1855, when the

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was opened on the Neustadt–Landau– Winden–

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route. In 1872, a new station building was built in the

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, replacing the original timber building. In the same year, the Lower Queich Valley Railway (''Untere Queichtalbahn'') was opened from Germersheim to Landau. The

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(also known as the ''Queichtalbahn''—"Queich Valley Railway"), connecting Landau,

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, Biebermühle and

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, was opened in 1874/5. Long distance trains ran in all directions, on the

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–Neustadt–Landau–

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route and on the

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–Germersheim–Landau–Biebermühle–Zweibrücken–

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route. In 1898 the branch line to Herxheim was opened. The Palatine Overland Railway (''Pfälzer Oberlandbahn''), an overland tramway (

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) running from Neustadt to Landau, was completed in 1913 to the station, but it was closed to Landau in 1953. The station building was completely destroyed in World War II. A temporary structure existed for several years until the current station building was built. In the early 1980s, the Lower Queich Valley Railway and the branch line to Herxheim were closed. In the 1990s, the operations depot and the smaller marshalling yard were closed. In 2010, the station was renovated, the platforms was modernised and lifts were installed.

Operations

The main station consists of five platform tracks: tracks 1, 2 and 5 are served by trains on the Queich Valley Railway, although tracks 1 and 5 are rarely used. Track 3 and 4 are used by trains on the Maximilian Railway. Three services run in each direction on the Neustadt–Wissembourg railway, the

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service on the Karlsruhe–Neustadt route, the

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service on the Neustadt–Wissembourg route and the service on the Karlsruhe–Neustadt route, each hourly. Once an hour the runs on the Landau–Rohrbach railway. On Sundays and public holidays three pairs of regional long distance services operate: the ''Elsass-Express'' from Mainz to Wissembourg, the ''Weinstraßenexpress'' from Wissembourg to

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and the ''Bundenthaler'': Mannheim–Bundenthal–Rumbach/Pirmasens. The train is split coupled in . Buses operate to the suburbs from a central bus station located in the station forecourt. In the station building there is a restaurant and a kiosk. On 2 September 2010 a new travel centre opened.

References

External links

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