Höfingen station

Höfingen
S-Bahn
Through station
General information
LocationFelsgartenstraße, Leonberg, Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Coordinates48°48′54″N 9°1′32″E / 48.81500°N 9.02556°E / 48.81500; 9.02556
Line(s)
Platforms2
Other information
Station code2829[1]
DS100 codeTHFG[2]
IBNR8002892
Category5[1]
Fare zoneVVS: 2 and 3[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened16 January 1889
Services
Preceding station Stuttgart S-Bahn Following station
Ditzingen S 6 Leonberg
S 60 Leonberg
towards Böblingen
Location
Höfingen is located in Baden-Württemberg
Höfingen
Höfingen
Location in Baden-Württemberg
Höfingen is located in Germany
Höfingen
Höfingen
Location in Germany
Höfingen is located in Europe
Höfingen
Höfingen
Location in Europe

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.

History

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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

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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

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Line Route
S 6 Weil der StadtRenningenLeonbergHöfingenZuffenhausenHauptbahnhofSchwabstraße
(additional services in the peak between Leonberg and Schwabstraße)
S 60 BöblingenSindelfingenMagstadt – Renningen – Leonberg – Höfingen – Zuffenhausen – Hauptbahnhof – Schwabstraße

Notes

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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) (10 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.
  3. ^ "Tarifzoneneinteilung" (PDF). Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Erster Halt in Höfingen" (in German). zeitreise-bb. Retrieved 26 October 2012.

References

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