Bad Schandau station

Bad Schandau
Bad Schandau railway station
General information
LocationAm Bahnhof 5, 01814 Bad Schandau, Saxony
Germany
Coordinates50°55′06″N 14°08′21″E / 50.91833°N 14.13917°E / 50.91833; 14.13917
Line(s)
Platforms4
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code335
DS100 codeDSA
IBNR8010022
Category3
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1 July 1877
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Dresden Hbf EC 27
every 2 hours
Děčín hl.n.
Dresden Hbf
towards Zürich HB
EC 12N Děčín hl.n.
towards Praha
Preceding station European Sleeper Following station
Dresden Hbf Brussels - Prague Děčín hl.n.
towards Prague
Preceding station DB Regio Südost Following station
Pirna
towards Dresden Hbf
RE 20 Schöna
towards Litoměřice město
Rathmannsdorf
towards Rumburk
U 28 Krippen
Preceding station Dresden S-Bahn Following station
Königstein (Sachs) S 1 Krippen
towards Schöna
Location

Bad Schandau station is a minor junction station in Bad Schandau in the German state of Saxony. The station is located on the south bank on the Elbe on the Děčín–Dresden-Neustadt railway and it is also the terminus of the Bautzen–Bad Schandau railway. The town is located on the north side of the river and is connected to the station by a ferry and a road bridge.

Bad Schandau is a frontier station for international traffic between Germany and the Czech Republic. Bad Schandau station is now the only long-distance stop in the touristic area and national park of Saxon Switzerland. It is marketed as a "national park station" by Deutsche Bahn and the municipality of Bad Schandau.

About 1,600 passengers and visitors pass through and 94 trains stop at the station each day.