Probstzella station
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| Location | Bahnhofstr. 1, Probstzella, Thuringia Germany | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°31′41″N 11°23′2″E / 50.52806°N 11.38389°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Deutsche Bahn | ||||||||||
| Operated by | DB Station&Service | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | No | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 5045 | ||||||||||
| DS100 code | UQPR | ||||||||||
| IBNR | 8010288 | ||||||||||
| Category | 5 | ||||||||||
| Website | www.bahnhof.de | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 8 August 1885 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 1939-1946 12 June 1950 | ||||||||||
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Probstzella station is the station of the Thuringian town of Probstzella in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt. It is located at the southeastern edge of Probstzella and since 1 October 1885 it has been a through station on the Franconian Forest Railway. The station is 1.3 km from the Bavarian-Thuringian border and after the Second World War until German reunification in 1990, it served as the point of entry for traffic passing from West Germany to East Germany and is considered the last remaining border station on the Inner German border.