Wismar (German: Bahnhof Wismar) is a railway station[3] in the town of Wismar, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The station lies on the Ludwigslust–Wismar railway and Wismar–Rostock railway and the train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn.

Wismar
Deutsche Bahn
Terminal station
General information
LocationBahnhofstraße 12
23966 Wismar
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Germany
Coordinates53°53′48″N 11°28′09″E / 53.89667°N 11.46917°E / 53.89667; 11.46917
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms3
Other information
Station code6818[1]
DS100 codeWWI[2]
IBNR8010381
Category5[1]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened12 July 1848; 176 years ago (1848-07-12)
Electrified30 May 1987; 37 years ago (1987-05-30)
Services
Preceding station Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn Following station
Terminus RE 8 Dorf Mecklenburg
towards BER Airport
Preceding station DB Regio Nordost Following station
Terminus RB 11 Hornstorf
towards Tessin
RB 17 Dorf Mecklenburg
towards Ludwigslust
Map
Location
Wismar is located in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Wismar
Wismar
Location within Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Wismar is located in Germany
Wismar
Wismar
Location within Germany
Wismar is located in Europe
Wismar
Wismar
Location within Europe
RE 7 ready to leave for Ludwiglust on track 1 (2013).

History

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After construction of the Schwerin–Wismar railway, a station was needed at the terminus. The chosen site offered convenient access to the port of Wismar. By the end of 1847, the first buildings were built, two sheds for materials and a kyanizing works. Later a roundhouse, a carriage shed, a tool shed and a coke store and a coke oven were added. It was estimated that the construction of the planned entrance building would cost about 28,500 Thalers.[4]

When the railway line was inaugurated in 1848, the roundhouse had been completed, there was also a cattle ramp and a large turntable. By 1857 the carriage shed was used as an entrance building and goods shed. There was a station forecourt and a promenade that ran from Lindengarten to the harbour. There was a railway hotel next to the station. The former water tower is still standing.[when?] The station's system of tracks and the station building were extended between 1884 and 1894. Parking spaces for coaches, private carriages and buses were to be built outside the station according to a plan of 1896. An underpass for pedestrians was constructed around the turn of the century.[4]

Rolling stock were produced at the nearby Waggonfabrik Wismar factory in Wismar from 1894 to 1947.

Train services

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The station is served by the following services:[5]

Line Route Interval
RE 8 WismarSchwerinLudwigslustWittenbergeBerlinBER Airport Every 2 hours
RB 11 Wismar – Bad Doberan – Rostock Hbf – Tessin Hourly
RB 17 WismarSchwerin HbfLudwigslust Every 2 hours

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. ^ Wismar station at the Deutsche Bahn website
  4. ^ a b "Die Geschichte der Mecklenburgischen Eisenbahn" (PDF) (in German). mec-wismar.de. pp. 13–16. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  5. ^ Timetables for Wismar station (in German)