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
Deutsche Bahn
Separation station
Street side of the entrance building
General information
LocationGünzburg, Bavaria
Germany
Coordinates48°27′37″N 10°16′43″E / 48.46018°N 10.27864°E / 48.46018; 10.27864
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms6 (including 1 bay platform)
Connections
  • Bus transport Stadtbus Günzburg: 856
  • Bus transport Regionalbus: 818, 850, 851, 852, 854, 855, 856, 859, 869, 871, 894
  • Bus transport Rufbus: 818R, 852R, 871R
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code2422[1]
DS100 codeMGZB[2]
IBNR8000139
Category3[1]
Website
History
Opened26 September 1853
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Ulm Hbf ICE 11 Augsburg Hbf
towards München Hbf
Ulm Hbf
towards Köln Hbf
ICE 42
only ICE 618, 619
Ulm Hbf ICE 48
Ulm Hbf
towards Basel SBB
ICE 60
Neu-Ulm
One-way operation
Preceding station Following station
Leipheim
towards Ulm Hbf
RE 9 Offingen
towards München Hbf
Preceding station DB Regio Bayern Following station
Terminus RB 78 Wasserburg (Günz)
towards Mindelheim
Preceding station Following station
Leipheim
towards Ulm Hbf
RB 15 Gundelfingen a. d. Donau
Preceding station Following station
Ulm Hbf WESTbahn
begins 15.12.2024
Augsburg Hbf
Location
Günzburg is located in Bavaria
Günzburg
Günzburg
Location in Bavaria
Günzburg is located in Germany
Günzburg
Günzburg
Location in Germany
Günzburg is located in Europe
Günzburg
Günzburg
Location in Europe

Location

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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

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The station was opened together with the Neu-UlmBurgau section of the Bavarian Maximilian’s Railway (Bayerische Maximiliansbahn) on 26 September 1853. The whole UlmMunich 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

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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

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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

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Long distance services

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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 Hamburg DammtorHamburg HbfHannoverKassel-Wilhelmshöhe FrankfurtMainz MannheimStuttgartUlmGünzburgAugsburgMünchen 1 train
Hamburg-AltonaHamburg HbfStendal BerlinLutherstadt WittenbergErfurt 1 train pair
Berlin Gesundbrunnen ←
Wiesbaden → Mainz → Worms → 1 train
ICE 42 Köln – Wiesbaden – Mainz – Mannheim – Heidelberg – StuttgartUlmGünzburgAugsburgMünchen 1 train pair
ICE 48 Berlin Ostbahnhof – Hamm(Westf) – Dortmund – Düsseldorf – Köln – Frankfurt(M) Flughafen – Heidelberg – Stuttgart – UlmGünzburgAugsburgMünchen 1 train pair
Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Bremen – 5 train pairs
Frankfurt – 1 train pair
ICE 60 (Basel SBBMüllheimFreiburgOffenburgBaden-Baden ←) KarlsruheBruchsalStuttgartUlmGünzburg – Augsburg – Munich 2 train pairs
  StuttgartUlmGünzburgAugsburgMünchenMünchen OstRosenheimSalzburgLinzWien Westbahnhof Some trains

Regional services

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Günzburg is served by the following regional services:

Line Route Frequency Operator
RE 9 (Munich –) AugsburgGünzburgNeu-UlmUlm Hourly Arverio Bayern
RB 78 Günzburg – Krumbach (Schwaben) (– Mindelheim) Hourly DB Regio AG
RB 15 Ulm – Neu-Ulm – Günzburg – DonauwörthIngolstadt (– Ingolstadt Nord) Hourly Mon–Fri,
every 2 hours Sat and Sun
Agilis Verkehrsgesellschaft
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References

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  1. ^ a b c "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. ^ "Platform information for Günzburg station" (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2013.