Freiburg Hauptbahnhof

Freiburg Hauptbahnhof
Freiburg Hauptbahnhof
Crossing station
	View from the railway bridge over the tracks and station complex
General information
Location	Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg; Germany
Coordinates	47°59′52″N 7°50′31″E
Line(s)	Breisach Railway; Elz Valley Railway; Hell Valley Railway; Rhine Valley Railway;
Platforms	8 (long distance); 2 (regional);
Construction
Architect	Harter + Kanzler
Architectural style	Functionalism
Other information
Station code	1893
DS100 code	RF
IBNR	8000107
Category	2
Fare zone	RVF: A
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opening	30 July 1845; 1949 (rebuilt); 1999 (current);
Electrified	18 June 1936
Passengers
	45,000 regional; 15,000 long distance; 12,000 visitors to the station;
Services
	Offenburg towards Berlin Hbf
Location
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Freiburg Hauptbahnhof is the central railway station of the German city of Freiburg im Breisgau. The Rhine Valley Railway (Mannheim–Basel), Höllentalbahn ("Hell Valley Railway", Freiburg–Donaueschingen) and the Breisach Railway (Breisach–Freiburg) meet here.

The station is located on the western outskirts of the Old Town of Freiburg, about a kilometre from Freiburg Minster at 5–7 Bismarckallee. This street is also fronted by the Freiburg concert hall (Konzerthaus Freiburg), several hotels and the Jazzhaus Freiburg jazz club and the Xpress office complex was built along the line in 2008.

The first station building was built in 1845 in the Rundbogenstil ("round arch style"), with Romanesque Revival elements. A temporary station built after the destruction of the station in 1944/45 lasted 50 years. This was replaced around the turn of the 21st century with an ensemble of buildings, including the station hall, a shopping mall, hotels and office blocks. With around 38,300 passengers per day, in 2005 it was the fifth largest railway station in Baden-Württemberg.

It is a Category 2 station serving southern Baden-Württemberg.

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