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Höfingen station is in the Leonberg district of Höfingen in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located at kilometre 10.9 of the Black Forest Railway and is a station on the network of the Stuttgart S-Bahn.

Höfingen
Through station
General information
Location	Felsgartenstraße, Leonberg, Baden-Württemberg Germany
Coordinates	48°48′54″N 9°1′32″E
Line(s)	Black Forest Railway (KSB 790.6)
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	2829[1]
DS100 code	THFG[2]
IBNR	8002892
Category	5[1]
Fare zone	: 2 and 3[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	16 January 1889
Services
Preceding station Stuttgart S-Bahn Following station Ditzingen towards Schwabstraße S 6 Leonberg towards Weil der Stadt S 60 Leonberg towards Böblingen
Location
Höfingen Location in Baden-Württemberg Show map of Baden-Württemberg Höfingen Location in Germany Show map of Germany Höfingen Location in Europe Show map of Europe

History

On 1 December 1869, the Royal Württemberg State Railways opened the second leg of the Black Forest Railway, between Ditzingen and Weil der Stadt. It is assumed that Foreign Minister Karl von Varnbüler, the former owner of the Höfingen castle, influenced the route. However, although the route ran along the Glems valley through the district of Höfingen, the village at first had no station. After that, many residents joined together to form a citizens' association, which campaigned for the construction of a station. In 1885 the town gave Karl von Varnbüler honorary citizenship.[4]

On 27 September 1888, the establishment of the station was announced. On 16 January 1889, the first train stopped at Höfingen in the presence of cheering people. The single-storey wooden station building with a waiting room and station services, as well as an adjoining freight shed, no longer exists. The trip from Stuttgart to Höfingen was then scheduled to take 35 minutes.

On 30 September 1932, the Deutsche Reichsbahn opened a second mainline track between Ditzingen and Leonberg. On 15 May 1939, electrical operations began between Zuffenhausen and Leonberg.

In the 1970s, Deutsche Bundesbahn rebuilt the halt as an S-Bahn station. In 1975, it demolished the entrance building. The former station master's house remained. Since 1 October 1978, S-Bahn line S 6 services running between Weil der Stadt and Schwabstraße stop in Höfingen.

Rail services

The station is served by lines S 6 and S 60 of the Stuttgart S-Bahn. Track 1 is used for services to Zuffenhausen and track 2 is used for services to Leonberg.

The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[1]

S-Bahn

Line	Route
S 6	Weil der Stadt – Renningen – Leonberg – Höfingen – Zuffenhausen – Hauptbahnhof – Schwabstraße (additional services in the peak between Leonberg and Schwabstraße)
S 60	Böblingen – Sindelfingen – Magstadt – Renningen – Leonberg – Höfingen – Zuffenhausen – Hauptbahnhof – Schwabstraße

Notes

References

• Renate Albrecht; Heinrich C. Birnbaum; Paul Hezer; Wolfgang Mergel (1986). Höfinger Heimatbuch (in German). Heimsheim: Copydruck.

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