Lübeck-Travemünde Strand Station
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Lübeck-Travemünde Strand (beach) station (also known as ''Travemünde Strandbahnhof'' in German) is a station in
Lübeck Lübeck (; or ; Latin: ), officially the Hanseatic League, Hanseatic City of Lübeck (), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 220,000 inhabitants, it is the second-largest city on the German Baltic Sea, Baltic coast and the second-larg ...
district of
Travemünde Travemünde () is a borough of Lübeck, Germany, located at the mouth of the river Trave in Bay of Lübeck, Lübeck Bay. It began life as a fortress built by Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, in the 12th century to guard the mouth of the Trave, an ...
in the German state of
Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; ; ; ; ; occasionally in English ''Sleswick-Holsatia'') is the Northern Germany, northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical Duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of S ...
. It has heritage protection and is one of three railway stations in Travemünde along with Lübeck-Travemünde Hafen station at the former ferry terminal and Skandinavienkai (Scandinavia Quay) station. The terminus is at the end of the predominantly single-track
Lübeck–Lübeck-Travemünde Strand railway The Lübeck-Travemünde Strand railway line is a mostly single-track, electrified railway in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It mainly serves local services to Travemünde’s Baltic Sea beach, the Baltic Sea ferries and suburbs of Lüb ...
between
Lübeck Hauptbahnhof Lübeck Hauptbahnhof (German for Lübeck main station) is the main railway station serving the Hanseatic city of Lübeck, in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is a through station at the western edge of the city centre. With around 31 ...
and Travemünde.


History

The station was built by the
Lübeck-Büchen Railway Company The Lübeck-Büchen Railway (, LBE) was a German railway company that built railway lines from Lübeck to Büchen and to Hamburg in the 19th century. History Background The first plans to build a direct rail link between Hamburg and Lübeck we ...
(''Lübeck-Büchener Eisenbahn'', LBE), which opened the railway from Lübeck to Travemünde in 1882. It originally ended at the port and the Strand station was built when the line was extended to the beach in 1898. The original station building was made of wood and it was replaced in 1911/1912 with the current building built with elements of
Art Nouveau Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and ...
to a design by Fritz Klingholz. The entrance building is supported by steel trusses and has a triangular
gable A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used, which reflects climate, material availability, and aesth ...
and
lunette A lunette (French ''lunette'', 'little moon') is a crescent- or half-moon–shaped or semi-circular architectural space or feature, variously filled with sculpture, painted, glazed, filled with recessed masonry, or void. A lunette may also be ...
. A special feature is the clock tower, which includes a departures board that is visible from the beach and shows the time of the next service to Lübeck Hauptbahnhof. It is also under monument protection. In 1991, the station was declared a national monument. The building was remodelled up to 2006, mainly affecting the interior. The floor was renewed to the original design, masonry and glazing was removed from the steel truss, automatic doors were installed and the toilets were made accessible for wheelchairs. The listed roofs of the train shed and the concourse at the end of the platforms were renovated. The costs amounting to €2.3 million were contributed by
Deutsche Bahn (, ; abbreviated as DB or DB AG ) is the national railway company of Germany, and a state-owned enterprise under the control of the German government. Headquartered in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company ( AG). DB was fou ...
, the Federal Government, the city of Lübeck, the state of Schleswig-Holstein, the Possehl Foundation (''Possehl-Stiftung'') and the Charitable Association (''Gemeinnützige Verein'') of Travemünde. The station building now contains shops, restaurants and a tourist "Welcome Center". In 2011, the platform was renewed at a cost of €1.4 million for the disabled in preparation for its use as a combined platform for future interchange with buses. On 12 March 2015, Deutsche Bahn announced that it would sell of the station building and justified its intention on its current poor condition, which made it difficult to find tenants. The toilets were closed in 2014 and infected with mould. In the outside area, the second platform, which was no longer used, had been completely eroded. In October 2015, a Lübeck-based pilot bought the station building for €760,000. He planned to use the entrance building, among other things, for restaurants and commercial space. He also planned to present the history of the station in one area. At the beginning of 2023, the station was still in the same condition. Lübeck's mayor, Jan Lindenau, stated that the municipality was trying to buy the station from the owner. He claimed that it had been wrong not to have placed a bid at the 2015 auction.


Rail services

The following service stops at the station:


Popular culture

The exterior and interior of the station were used as locations in episode 4 of the 1982 miniseries ''
Smiley's People ''Smiley's People'' is a 1979 spy novel by John le Carré. The novel features a British master-spy George Smiley. It is the third and final novel of the " Karla Trilogy", following '' Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'' and '' The Honourable Schoolbo ...
''.
Alec Guinness Sir Alec Guinness (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. In the BFI, British Film Institute listing of 1999 of BFI Top 100 British films, the 100 most important British films of the 20th century ...
is seen parking at the station, buying a ticket, and standing on the platform.


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External links

* {{cite web, url=http://www.travemuende.de/tourismus/sehenswuerdigkeiten/bahnhoefe/index.html , title=Der Strandbahnhof , publisher=travemuende.de , accessdate=15 June 2014 , language=German Railway stations in Schleswig-Holstein Transport in Lübeck Buildings and structures in Lübeck Railway stations in Germany opened in 1912