Süßen station is located at the 50.4 kilometre point of the Fils Valley Railway in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. From 1901 until its complete closure in 1995 the Lauter Valley Railway branched from Süßen to Weißenstein, a district of Lauterstein.

Süßen station
Deutsche Bahn
Through station
General information
LocationBahnhofstr. 10, Süßen, Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Coordinates48°41′0″N 9°45′36″E / 48.68333°N 9.76000°E / 48.68333; 9.76000
Line(s)
Platforms4
Other information
Station code6127[1]
DS100 codeTSD[2]
IBNR8005790
Category4 [1]
Fare zoneVVS: 6 and 7[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened11 October 1847
Location
Süßen is located in Baden-Württemberg
Süßen
Süßen
Location in Baden-Württemberg
Süßen is located in Germany
Süßen
Süßen
Location in Germany
Süßen is located in Europe
Süßen
Süßen
Location in Europe

The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.[1] The station is located in the north of the town of Süßen. The bus station is just to the west of the station.

History

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The station was opened by the Royal Württemberg State Railways on 11 October 1847 along with the Fils Valley Railway from Plochingen to Süßen.

On 21 April 2004, an inspection train running from Ulm to Ludwigshafen collided with a train of empty regional railcars. The driver of the railcars was killed and the six members of the inspection train were injured.

From August 2010 to June 2012, the station was renovated and made accessible for the disabled with the provision of two lifts and a control system. The underpass was redesigned and new lighting and a dynamic passenger information system were installed. The total cost was €2.6 million, paid for by the federal, state and municipal governments.[4]

Rail operations

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Süßen station has seven tracks. Track 1 (next to the station building) is used for express services. Tracks 2 and 3 (central platform) are used by regional passenger services. Track 4 is used by non-stopping trains towards Stuttgart. Tracks 5 and 6 are no longer used. Track 7, with its side platform, served services on the Lauter Valley Railway. In addition, there are still some freight tracks, but these are only occasionally used for parking wagons.

The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.[1]

Route Frequency
IRE Mosbach-Neckarelz – HeilbronnStuttgartGöppingenSüßenGeislingen (Steige)UlmAulendorfFriedrichshafenLindau Individual services
RB (Stuttgart –) Plochingen – Göppingen – Süßen (– Geislingen (Steige) – Ulm) every 30 minutes (core route), hourly (whole route)

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d "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) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. ^ "Tarifzoneneinteilung" (PDF). Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Modernisierung Bahnhof Süßen abgeschlossen" (Press release) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. 27 June 2012. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
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