Bad Schandau station

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
Separation station
Bad Schandau railway station
General information
LocationAm Bahnhof 5, 01814 Bad Schandau, Saxony
Germany
Coordinates50°55′06″N 14°08′21″E
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
towards Hamburg-Altona or Berlin Hbf
 EC 27
every 2 hours
 Děčín hl.n.
towards Praha or Budapest
Preceding station DB Regio Südost Following station
Pirna
towards Dresden Hbf
 RE 20 Schöna
towards Litoměřice město
Rathmannsdorf
towards Rumburk
 U 28 Krippen
towards Děčín main
Preceding station Dresden S-Bahn Following station
Königstein (Sachs)
towards Meißen Triebischtal
 S 1 Krippen
towards Schöna
Location
Bad Schandau
Location within Saxony
Bad Schandau
Location within Germany
Bad Schandau
Location within Europe

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.

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