Günzburg station

Gunzburg station is an important Swabian railway junction and the only station of the large district town of Günzburg in the German state of Bavaria. The town also has the Wasserburg (Günz) station on the Central Swabian Railway (German: Mittelschwabenbahn). The station has six platform tracks and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station.[1] It is served daily by about 125 trains of Deutsche Bahn and Agilis. The Central Swabian Railway branches from the Ulm–Augsburg railway at Günzburg station.

Günzburg
Separation station
Street side of the entrance building
Location	Günzburg, Bavaria Germany
Coordinates	48°27′37″N 10°16′43″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Augsburg–Ulm (KBS 980) Günzburg–Mindelheim (KBS 978)
Platforms	6 (including 1 bay platform)
Other information
Station code	2422[1]
DS100 code	MGZB[2]
IBNR	8000139
Category	3[1]
Website	stationsdatenbank.de www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	26 September 1853
Services
Preceding station   DB Fernverkehr   Following station Ulm towards Hamburg or Berlin ICE 11 via Stuttgart - Frankfurt - Erfurt - Leipzig - Berlin ICE 893/699 only Augsburg towards Munich Ulm towards Dortmund ICE 42 ICE 618/619 only Augsburg towards Munich Neu-Ulm towards Karlsruhe IC 60 IC 2094/2097 only Augsburg towards Munich Ulm towards Frankfurt IC/EC 62 Augsburg towards Salzburg Preceding station   agilis   Following station Leipheim toward Ulm Hbf RB Gundelfingen (Bay) toward Ingolstadt Hbf Preceding station   DB Regio Bayern   Following station Leipheim toward Ulm Hbf RE Offingen toward Munich Hbf Wasserburg (Günz) toward Mindelheim RB Terminus
Location
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Location

The station is located northwest of the town center of Günzburg. To its south is the station forecourt (Bahnhofplatz), through which Siemensstraße runs. To the West Auweg passes under the tracks through an underpass. Wiesweg runs to the north of the station. The station building is located south of the tracks and has the address of Bahnhofsplatz 5.

History

The station was opened together with the Neu-Ulm–Burgau section of the Bavarian Maximilian’s Railway (Bayerische Maximiliansbahn) on 26 September 1853. The whole Ulm–Munich route was finally completed on 1 May 1854. The Central Swabian Railway was completed from Günzburg to Krumbach in 1892 and it was extended to Mindelheim in 1910. From 2006 to 2009 the station was modernised at a cost of €8.3 million. The modernised station area was opened by the then Transport Minister, Wolfgang Tiefensee on 27 April 2009.

Infrastructure

Platforms

The station has five tracks next to three platforms. Attached to the “home” platform 1 (next to the station building) is a bay platform for trains to Mindelheim (platform 1a). All platforms are covered and have digital destination displays. The central platforms are connected to the main platform by a pedestrian tunnel and are equipped with lifts to make the platforms accessible.

Platform data

Platforms lengths and heights are as follows:[3]

• Platform 1a: length 140 m, height 55 cm
• Platform 1: length 250 m, height 55 cm
• Platform 2: length 405 m, height 76 cm
• Platform 3: length 405 m, height 76 cm
• Platform 4: length 210 m, height 55 cm
• Platform 5: length 210 m, height 55 cm

Operations

Long distance services

Günzburg is served at two-hour intervals by InterCity and EuroCity trains on line 62 connecting Frankfurt and Salzburg. In addition a pair of Intercity-Express trains stop at Gunzburg. All other InterCity and Intercity-Express trains pass through the station without stopping.

Line	Route		Frequency
ICE 11	Berlin Ostbf – Berlin Hbf – Braunschweig – Hildesheim – Göttingen – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Frankfurt Hbf – Mannheim – Stuttgart – Ulm – Günzburg – Augsburg – Munich		Individual services
ICE 42	(Essen – Düsseldorf –) Cologne – Frankfurt Airport – Mannheim – Stuttgart – Ulm – Günzburg – Augsburg – Munich		One train pair
EC/IC 32	(Münster (Westf)) / (Dortmund) – Essen – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Stuttgart – Ulm – Günzburg – Augsburg – Munich (– Salzburg – Klagenfurt)		Individual services
IC 60	Karlsruhe – Stuttgart – Ulm – Günzburg – Augsburg – München		Individual services
IC/EC 62	Frankfurt (Main) – Heidelberg –	Stuttgart – Ulm – Günzburg – Augsburg – Munich – Salzburg (– Klagenfurt / Graz / Linz)	Every 2 hours
	Saarbrücken – Mannheim –

Regional services

Günzburg is served by the following regional services:

Train class	Route	Frequency	Operator
RE	Fugger-Express: Munich – Augsburg – Günzburg – Neu-Ulm – Ulm	Hourly	DB Regio AG
RB	Ulm – Neu-Ulm – Günzburg – Dinkelscherben (– Augsburg)	Individual services	DB Regio AG
RB	(Ulm – Neu-Ulm –) Günzburg – Krumbach (Schwaben) (– Mindelheim)	Hourly	DB Regio AG
ag	Ulm – Neu-Ulm – Günzburg – Donauwörth – Ingolstadt (– Ingolstadt Nord) / (– Regensburg – Eggmühl – Neufahrn – Landshut)	Hourly Mon–Fri, every 2 hours Sat and Sun	Agilis Verkehrsgesellschaft
as	agilis-Schnellzug: Ulm – Neu-Ulm – Günzburg – Donauwörth – Ingolstadt – Regensburg (– Eggmühl – Neufahrn) / (– Plattling – Passau)	Every 2 hours Sat and Sun	Agilis Verkehrsgesellschaft

References

1. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
3. "Platform information for Günzburg station" (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2013.