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Donauwörth station is a railway station in southern Germany. It is located south-west of the city of Donauwörth in Bavaria. The station is at the intersection of the Nuremberg–Augsburg line and the Ingolstadt–Neuoffingen railway from Ulm to Regensburg. The Ries Railway also runs from Donauwörth to Aalen.

Donauwörth
Through station
Station building and bus station
General information
Location	Bahnhofstr. 34, Donauwörth, Bavaria Germany
Coordinates	48°42′52″N 10°46′18″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Nuremberg–Augsburg railway (KBS 900, 910) Ingolstadt–Neuoffingen railway (KBS 993) Ries Railway (KBS 995)
Platforms	7
Other information
Station code	1265[1]
DS100 code	MDT[2]
IBNR	8000078
Category	4[1]
Fare zone	: 94[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	15 November 1877
Services
Preceding station   DB Fernverkehr   Following station Nuremberg towards Hamburg-Altona ICE 18 via Nürnberg - Erfurt - Halle (Saale) - Berlin Augsburg towards Munich Würzburg towards Hamburg-Altona ICE 25 via Hannover - Fulda - Würzburg - Nürnberg Nuremberg towards Hamburg-Altona or Stralsund ICE 28 via Nürnberg - Erfurt - Leipzig - Berlin Preceding station   agilis   Following station Tapfheim toward Ulm Hbf RB 15 Genderkingen toward Ingolstadt Hbf Preceding station   DB Regio Bayern   Following station Augsburg Hbf toward Lindau-Reutin RE 7 Allgäu-Franken-Express via Kempten Treuchtlingen toward Nürnberg Hbf Otting-Weilheim toward Treuchtlingen RE 8 Fugger-Express via Augsburg Mertingen Bahnhof toward Munchen Hbf Mertingen Bahnhof toward Augsburg Hbf RE 16 via Treuchtlingen Otting-Weilheim toward Nürnberg Hbf Augsburg Hbf toward Oberstdorf RE 17 Allgäu-Franken-Express via Kempten Treuchtlingen toward Nürnberg Hbf Terminus RB 87 Fugger-Express via Augsburg Bäumenheim toward Munich Hbf Wörnitzstein toward Aalen Hbf RB 89 Riesbahn via Nördlingen Terminus
Location
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History

The first train ran to Donauwörth in 1847. The station was located at that time in an area now occupied by a street called Promenade, one kilometre closer to the city centre than the present station. In 1861, a railway siding was built from this station to serve steam shipping on the Danube in the area of the modern Zirgesheimer Straße. The station was located directly next to a former 125 metre long railway tunnel. The tunnel is now usable by pedestrians and cyclists. During the Second World War, it was used for the manufacture of war munitions.[4][5]

The railway from Neuoffingen to Regensburg was opened in 1877. This crossed the existing line to Augsburg in Donauwörth. Therefore, the present Donauwörth station was built, from 1874 to 1877, in the southwest of the city and it was opened on 15 November 1877. In the Second World War Donauwörth station was destroyed in air attacks on 11 and 19 April 1945. It was reconstructed from 1948 to 1953.[6] In 2001, the station forecourt was redesigned as a bus station.

Operations

Long distance

The Donauwörth station is served several times daily by Intercity-Express and InterCity services on the line from Munich via Nuremberg and Berlin to Hamburg. Furthermore, there are numerous services to Munich. On Sundays there is an InterCity service to Flensburg via Donauwörth.

Line	Route			Frequency
ICE 18	Kiel –	Hamburg – Berlin – Halle – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Donauwörth – Augsburg – Munich		Individual services
	Hamburg-Altona –
ICE 25	Oldenburg – Bremen –	Hamburg – Hannover – Göttingen – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Würzburg – Donauwörth – Augsburg – Munich		Individual services
	Lübeck –
	Hamburg-Altona –
ICE 28	Berlin – Leipzig – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Donauwörth – Augsburg – Munich			Individual services
IC 26	Flensburg –	Hamburg – Hannover – Göttingen – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Würzburg – Donauwörth – Augsburg –	Munich	Individual services
			Munich – Rosenheim – Kufstein – Wörgl – Kitzbühel – Hochfilzen – Saalfelden – Zell am See – Schwarzach-St. Veit	One train pair per week
	Hamburg-Altona –
			München Ost – Berchtesgaden	One train pair
			Oberstdorf

Regional services

In Donauwörth, Regionalbahn services intersect on the Ries Railway to Aalen, the Danube Valley Railway from Ulm to Regensburg and the line from Augsburg to Nuremberg. Since the commissioning of the high-speed line from Munich to Nuremberg via Ingolstadt some Intercity-Express services have been discontinued and replaced by Regional-Express services, creating a direct connection to Nuremberg. In the opposite direction the Allgäu-Franken-Express creates a through service to Lindau and Oberstdorf. The long-planned Fugger-Express was introduced on the Munich–Augsburg–Donauwörth–Aalen route at the timetable change on 13 December 2009. This means that almost all regional services to Augsburg continue to Munich.[7]

Line	Route
RE 8	Munich – Augsburg – Donauwörth – Treuchtlingen
RE/RB	Munich – Augsburg – Donauwörth
RE	Augsburg – Donauwörth – Treuchtlingen – Nuremberg
RE	Mosbach-Neckarelz – Heidelberg – Stuttgart – Göppingen – Ulm – Neu-Ulm – Donauwörth
RB 15	Ulm – Neu-Ulm – Günzburg – Donauwörth – Ingolstadt
RB 89	Aalen – Nördlingen – Donauwörth

Facilities

The station has a ticket office, Service Store, book store and waiting room. Next to the station there is a car park for rail passengers and bike racks.

Project

The city of Donauwörth seeks to modernise and improve the accessibility of the station by the installation of lifts on all platforms. This is estimated to cost €3.2 to 3.7 million and sources of finance are not yet clear. Another project that has long been pursued, however, is the extension of the railway underpass to the south side of the station on Industriestraße. This would improve access to the Eurocopter plant.[8]

Notes

External links

• "Track plan" (PDF, 307 kB) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
• "Fact sheet". Stationsdatenbank (in German). Retrieved 19 April 2011.

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