Marktredwitz station

Marktredwitz
Entrance building and station forecourt
General information
LocationMarktredwitz, Bavaria
Germany
Coordinates50°0′16″N 12°4′57″E / 50.00444°N 12.08250°E / 50.00444; 12.08250
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms5
Construction
AccessibleYes (except platforms 2 and 3)
Other information
Station code3979
DS100 codeNMR
IBNR8000247
Category3
Website
History
Opened15 May 1878
Passengers
< 5,000
(2006)
Services
Preceding station Following station
Wiesau (Oberpfalz)
towards München Hbf
RE 23 Hof Hbf
Terminus
Preceding station Following station
Pechbrunn RB 23 Terminus
Preceding station DB Regio Bayern Following station
Wiesau (Oberpfalz)
towards München Hbf
RE 2 Hof Hbf
Terminus
Kirchenlaibach RE 31
RE 33 Schirnding
towards Cheb
Preceding station Following station
Arzberg (Oberfranken)
towards Hof Hbf
RB 95 Terminus
Waldershof
towards Bayreuth Hbf
RB 97 Wunsiedel-Holenbrunn
towards Bad Steben

Marktredwitz station is the station of the major district town of Marktredwitz in the Bavarian administrative region of Upper Franconia. Two main lines, the Nuremberg–Cheb railway and the Weiden–Oberkotzau railway, cross at the station. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station and has five platform tracks.

Marktredwitz station—still called Markt Redwitz at the opening of the station—is an important railway hub in Northern Bavaria. It is located in the northwest of the town and is about a five-minute walk from the town centre.

In the station forecourt (German: Bahnhofplatz) is the central bus station, where buses connect Marktredwitz with the surrounding area. The bus station is also the stopping point of the Bavaria–Berlin Express (BEX). At the station there is a hotel, a major site of Deutsche Post, a medical centre and the headquarters of the Scherdel Group, a leading manufacturer of machinery parts.