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Memmingen station
Memmingen station in the city of Memmingen in the German state of Bavaria. The current station building had two predecessors, with the original being opened in 1862. The Buchloe–Memmingen and the Leutkirch–Memmingen railways meet the Neu-Ulm–Kempten railway (Iller Valley Railway) in Memmingen. The route from Munich to Zurich through Memmingen station is planned to be upgraded for tilting trains and electrified.
The station is designed to be accessible. For some time various parties have sought another railway stop at Schulzentrum West (school centre west) for about 3,500 students.
The station is located in the city centre on the eastern edge of the old town, between Kalchstraße and Lindentorstraße. Maximilianstraße starts outside the station from Bahnhofstraße (station street) which runs west of the station. To the north there is a pedestrian underpass to Augsburger Strasse and to the south Gaswerkstraße crosses the railway tracks over an iron bridge.
Supported by financing by the city, the Iller Valley Railway connected Memmingen to the railway network in 1862. The first section from Memmingen to Neu-Ulm opened on 12 October 1862 and the southern portion from Memmingen to Kempten was put into operation on 1 June 1863. It was originally a joint post office and railway station.
It became a railway junction on 1 May 1874 with the opening of the Buchloe–Memmingen line. This connected Memmingen with the Bavarian capital of Munich. In 1879, the Memmingen station precinct had five tracks and three platforms. All the operations of the precinct at that time were handled on the site of today's station. The Kalchtor (a tower), the Lindentörlein (a gate in the wall), the Wasserturm (another tower) and a large part of the city walls were demolished for the rail infrastructure. A watering point and an accommodation building were located on the east side opposite the station building. Between them was a two-track roundhouse with a 12-metre turntable. A two track carriage shed with a loading ramp, a warehouse and turntable for wagons was built on the west side.
In 1887, the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Kingdom of Württemberg signed a treaty for the completion of the Württemberg Allgäu Railway and the construction of the Leutkirch–Memmingen line. Memmingen station was rebuilt in 1888. West of the original track three terminal tracks were built, two next to a platform. Next to the station there were sidings for passenger carriages and freight wagons and a shed for locomotives of the Royal Württemberg State Railways. There was also an engine shed with two tracks. An annex with accommodation rooms was built for train drivers of the Württemberg Railways. A 12-metre turntable was built in front of the engine shed, with a watering point as well as a head and a side loading ramp. A total of 2,740 m of new track was laid and 1,080 m of old track was lifted and re-laid. 2,090 m of track was moved and 1,585 m of track was raised by 20 to 30 centimetres. 13 new sets of points, one of them British, were installed, 15 were removed and re-used, two overlapping sets of points were inserted and two sets of points were moved.
The roundhouse was moved from the west to the northeast side of the Augsburger Strasse level crossing. So foreign rail traffic could be generally carried out on the current tracks 11 to 13 without affecting the operations of the Royal Bavarian State Railways. A loading facility was moved and extended by 20 m and the accommodation building was raised by one floor. In 1889, a 17,133 ton iron bridge was built for pedestrian traffic just north of the town's stream and moved further north 19 years later.
The line to Leutkirch was opened on 2 October 1889. From 1890 to 1893 extensive changes and additions to the tracks were necessary. The freight yard and the loading tracks were extended. The main platform gained an iron platform canopy. Shelters were built for the growing number of employees (in 1913 there were 155 railway workers).
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Memmingen station
Memmingen station in the city of Memmingen in the German state of Bavaria. The current station building had two predecessors, with the original being opened in 1862. The Buchloe–Memmingen and the Leutkirch–Memmingen railways meet the Neu-Ulm–Kempten railway (Iller Valley Railway) in Memmingen. The route from Munich to Zurich through Memmingen station is planned to be upgraded for tilting trains and electrified.
The station is designed to be accessible. For some time various parties have sought another railway stop at Schulzentrum West (school centre west) for about 3,500 students.
The station is located in the city centre on the eastern edge of the old town, between Kalchstraße and Lindentorstraße. Maximilianstraße starts outside the station from Bahnhofstraße (station street) which runs west of the station. To the north there is a pedestrian underpass to Augsburger Strasse and to the south Gaswerkstraße crosses the railway tracks over an iron bridge.
Supported by financing by the city, the Iller Valley Railway connected Memmingen to the railway network in 1862. The first section from Memmingen to Neu-Ulm opened on 12 October 1862 and the southern portion from Memmingen to Kempten was put into operation on 1 June 1863. It was originally a joint post office and railway station.
It became a railway junction on 1 May 1874 with the opening of the Buchloe–Memmingen line. This connected Memmingen with the Bavarian capital of Munich. In 1879, the Memmingen station precinct had five tracks and three platforms. All the operations of the precinct at that time were handled on the site of today's station. The Kalchtor (a tower), the Lindentörlein (a gate in the wall), the Wasserturm (another tower) and a large part of the city walls were demolished for the rail infrastructure. A watering point and an accommodation building were located on the east side opposite the station building. Between them was a two-track roundhouse with a 12-metre turntable. A two track carriage shed with a loading ramp, a warehouse and turntable for wagons was built on the west side.
In 1887, the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Kingdom of Württemberg signed a treaty for the completion of the Württemberg Allgäu Railway and the construction of the Leutkirch–Memmingen line. Memmingen station was rebuilt in 1888. West of the original track three terminal tracks were built, two next to a platform. Next to the station there were sidings for passenger carriages and freight wagons and a shed for locomotives of the Royal Württemberg State Railways. There was also an engine shed with two tracks. An annex with accommodation rooms was built for train drivers of the Württemberg Railways. A 12-metre turntable was built in front of the engine shed, with a watering point as well as a head and a side loading ramp. A total of 2,740 m of new track was laid and 1,080 m of old track was lifted and re-laid. 2,090 m of track was moved and 1,585 m of track was raised by 20 to 30 centimetres. 13 new sets of points, one of them British, were installed, 15 were removed and re-used, two overlapping sets of points were inserted and two sets of points were moved.
The roundhouse was moved from the west to the northeast side of the Augsburger Strasse level crossing. So foreign rail traffic could be generally carried out on the current tracks 11 to 13 without affecting the operations of the Royal Bavarian State Railways. A loading facility was moved and extended by 20 m and the accommodation building was raised by one floor. In 1889, a 17,133 ton iron bridge was built for pedestrian traffic just north of the town's stream and moved further north 19 years later.
The line to Leutkirch was opened on 2 October 1889. From 1890 to 1893 extensive changes and additions to the tracks were necessary. The freight yard and the loading tracks were extended. The main platform gained an iron platform canopy. Shelters were built for the growing number of employees (in 1913 there were 155 railway workers).