Schwerin Hauptbahnhof

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Schwerin Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station[3] of the capital of the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and is located in the northwest of the central city. It includes four tracks on two platforms and a siding west of the fourth track. Currently the station is used by about 12,000 passengers a day.

Schwerin Hauptbahnhof
Deutsche Bahn
Through station
Station building and station forecourt
General information
LocationGrunthalplatz 4, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Germany
Coordinates53°38′04″N 11°24′29″E / 53.63444°N 11.40806°E / 53.63444; 11.40806
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms4
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code5755[1]
DS100 codeWS[2]
IBNR8010324
Category3[1]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1 May 1847; 177 years ago (1847-05-01)
Electrified30 May 1987; 37 years ago (1987-05-30)
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Bützow ICE 26 Hamburg Hbf
Terminus
Bützow ICE 39 Hamburg Hbf
Rostock Hbf ICE 43 Hamburg Hbf
towards Basel SBB
Bad Kleinen
towards Warnemünde
IC 57 Ludwigslust
towards Leipzig Hbf
Preceding station DB Regio Nordost Following station
Schwerin Mitte
towards Hamburg Hbf
RE 1 Bad Kleinen
towards Rostock Hbf
Lübstorf
towards Wismar
RB 17 Schwerin Mitte
towards Ludwigslust
Lübstorf
towards Bad Kleinen
RB 18 Terminus
Preceding station Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn Following station
Lübstorf
towards Nauen
RE 2 Schwerin Mitte
towards Cottbus Hbf
Lübstorf
towards Wismar
RE 8 Schwerin Mitte
towards BER Airport
Schwerin-Lankow
towards Rehna
RB 13 Schwerin Mitte
towards Parchim
Map
Location
Schwerin Hauptbahnhof is located in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Schwerin Hauptbahnhof
Schwerin Hauptbahnhof
Location within Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Building

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Fountain in front of the station

The station building was built in 1889 and 1890 to a design by E. Müller in the style of the Gründerzeit. The main hall has two lower links connecting to corner pavilions. The entrance hall was lowered in 1927. A few shops are located in the lobby next to the service facilities of Deutsche Bahn. A pedestrian tunnel leads from the hall to two island platforms with four platform tracks. On the opposite side of the station the tunnel is connected to two staircases and an elevator. These lead to Straße Zum Bahnhof (street), which connects to the Platz der Freiheit.

At the station forecourt is a fountain called Rettung in Seenot ("rescue at sea") built in 1910 with bronze sculptures by Hugo Berwald. The fountain was located in the Markt (market) square until 1927. The station forecourt is surrounded by other public transport facilities, the InterCity Hotel (built in 1972 as the Hotel Stadt Schwerin) and residential buildings, four of which were designed by Georg Adolph Demmler in 1847 and built with a uniform facade.

History

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The original 1847 station building

Schwerin had its first rail connection in 1847 with the opening of the railway to Hagenow. This was the first railway in Mecklenburg, opened by the Mecklenburg Railway Company, connecting to the Mecklenburg Railway line. Lines were opened to Wismar in 1848, from Bad Kleinen to Rostock in 1850. A line to Crivitz (extended to Parchim in 1899) and to Ludwiglust opened in 1888 and a line to Rehna opened in 1898.

Between 1889 and 1890 the current station building was built in place of the original station building of 1847. This building has been preserved with its exterior largely unchanged. In the 1920s the station tunnel was built to allow safe access to the platforms.

The square in front of the station is named Grunthalplatz in memory of Marianne Grunthal, who was hanged from a lamppost by SS guards shortly before the end of World War II for welcoming the news of Hitler's death.

The station was officially re-opened in December 2005, after three and a half years of modernisation.

Rail services

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The station was served by the following services in 2024:

Long distance

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Line Route Interval Operator
ICE 26 (Binz) or (Greifswald) – StralsundRostockSchwerinHamburgHannoverFrankfurt (Main)Karlsruhe About every 2 hours together with ICE 43 DB Fernverkehr
ICE 39 Binz – Stralsund – Rostock – Schwerin – Hamburg – MünsterDüsseldorfCologneKoblenzFrankfurt Airport – Frankfurt – Nuremberg 1 train pair on Sat and Sun
ICE 43 Binz – Stralsund – Rostock – Schwerin – Hamburg – MünsterDortmundEssenDüsseldorf – Cologne – Frankfurt Airport – MannheimKarlsruheFreiburgBasel SBB 1 train pair
IC 57 (Warnemünde –) Rostock – SchwerinStendalMagdeburgHalle (Saale)Leipzig 1 train pair

Regional

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Line Route Interval Operator
RE 1 Rostock – BützowBad KleinenSchwerinHagenow LandBüchen – Hamburg Every 2 hours DB Regio Nordost
RE 4 Schwerin – Bad Kleinen – Grevesmühlen – Lübeck 1 train pair
RE 8 Wismar – Bad Kleinen – SchwerinLudwigslustWittenbergeBerlinBER Airport Every 2 hours Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn
RB 13 Rehna – Gadebusch – Schwerin – Crivitz – Parchim Hourly
RB 17 Wismar – Bad Kleinen – Schwerin – Ludwigslust Every 2 hours DB Regio Nordost
RB 18 Bad Kleinen – Schwerin

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) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. ^ Schwerin Hbf station at the Deutsche Bahn website
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