Zwiesel (Bay) station
Zwiesel station from the street side (2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Bahnhofsplatz 3 Zwiesel, Bavaria Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°01′15″N 13°13′36″E / 49.02094°N 13.22666°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Deutsche Bahn | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 7072 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DS100 code | NZWL | ||||||||||||||||||||
| IBNR | 8006684 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Category | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 15 November 1877 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Zwiesel station is the most important railway hub in the Bavarian Forest. It is the only station of the Lower Bavarian town of Zwiesel. Apart from this station, the town also contains Lichtenthal station in the Zwiesel district of Lichtenthal. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station and has four platform tracks. Zwiesel is located on the railway between Plattling and Bayerisch Eisenstein/Železná Ruda-Alžbětín, also called the Bavarian Forest Railway (Bayerische Waldbahn). In Zwiesel station the lines to Grafenau and to Bodenmais branch off the Bavarian Forest Railway. The lines are maintained by DB Regio and the services are operated by Regentalbahn.