Leutkirch station

Leutkirch station
Through station
General information
Location	Leutkirch im Allgäu, Baden-Württemberg Germany
Coordinates	47°49′35″N 10°00′59″E
Line(s)	Leutkirch–Memmingen (km 0.000) Aulendorf–Leutkirch (km 68.612) Leutkirch–Isny (km 68.612) (closed)
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	5823 [1]
DS100 code	TLK[2]
IBNR	8000336
Category	5[1]
Fare zone	bodo: 68[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1 September 1872
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Baden-Württemberg Following station Kißlegg towards Aulendorf RB 53a Terminus Preceding station Following station Kißlegg towards Lindau-Insel RE 72 Aichstetten towards München Hbf Kißlegg towards Lindau-Reutin RE 96 Kißlegg towards Lindau-Insel RB 92 Aichstetten towards Memmingen
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Leutkirch station is the station of the town of Leutkirch im Allgäu in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station and has two platform tracks. The station is located on the network of the Bodensee-Oberschwaben Verkehrsverbund (Lake Constance-Upper Swabia Transport Association, bodo) and belongs to fare zone 68. The address of the station is Bahnhof 1.

The station was opened on 1 September 1872 as the terminus of the Württemberg Allgäu Railway. On 14 August 1874, with the opening of the line to Isny, it became a through station. In preparation for the opening of the line to Memmingen on 2 October 1889 when Leutkirch became a railway junction, the current station building was built between the diverging tracks.

History

Early 20th-century painting focussed on the station

The station was opened on 1 September 1872 as a terminus with the opening of the Kißlegg to Leutkirch section of the Württemberg Allgäu Railway. The temporary station building was opened with a floor area of 27 × 10 metres. The wooden, one-storey building had rooms for the post office, railway service rooms and two waiting rooms.

On 14 August 1874, it became a through station with the opening of line to Isny. In preparation for the opening of the line to Memmingen on 2 October 1889 when Leutkirch became a railway junction, the current station building was built as a “wedge station” (German: Keilbahnhof) between the diverging tracks.

Leutkirch became a through station again on 31 December 2001 when the line to Isny was closed. The station building is listed as a historical monument and was restored between 2011 and 2012. The costs involved were financed by the town and a cooperative of 600 citizens who provided €1 million. The town station was declared as the "Monument of the Month” in April 2012 by the Memorial Foundation of Baden-Württemberg.[4]

Operations

Long distance services

On 27 May 1979, the first express train was introduced on the Munich–Memmingen–Lindau-Insel route. A pair of trains (numbered 366/367) ran from Munich via Lindau and Zürich Airport to Milan, stopping in Wangen and Leutkirch. The express train was formed of a class 218 locomotive hauling modern carriages, but it was withdrawn in May 1982.[5] The ECE 88 now runs on the Munich–Zürich route through the station without stopping; it only stops between Buchloe and Lindau-Reutin in Memmingen.

Regional services

Regionalbahn service to Memmingen on platform 1 prior to the electrification of the line in 2020

The station is served every two hours by two services operated by Go-Ahead Bayern, the RE 96 (Munich–Leutkirch–Lindau) and the RB 92 (Memmingen–Leutkirch–Lindau-Insel). Additionally Leutkirch is served every two hours by the RB 53 to/from Aulendorf, operated by DB Regio.

Services in 2024 timetable

Train class	Route	Frequency
RE 72	(Lindau-Insel – Wangen (Allgäu) –) Kißlegg – Leutkirch – Memmingen – Mindelheim – Buchloe – München	Some trains
RE 96	Munich – Buchloe – Mindelheim – Memmingen – Leutkirch – Kißlegg – Lindau-Reutin	Every two hours
RB 53a	Aulendorf – Kißlegg – Leutkirch	Every two hours
RB 92	Memmingen – Leutkirch – Kißlegg – Lindau-Insel	Every two hours

Notes

1. "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
3. "Zonenplan" (PDF). Bodensee-Oberschwaben Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
4. "Bürgerbahnhof Leutkirch ist das "Denkmal des Monats April"" (in German). all-in.de. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
5. Michael Mayer (1998). 125 Jahre Bahnhof Leutkirch (in German). p. 271.

References

• Michael Mayer (1998). 125 Jahre Bahnhof Leutkirch (in German). Bergatreute: Verlag Wilfried Eppe. ISBN 3-89089-046-6.
• "Wieder angekommen. Der Leutkircher Bürgerbahnhof". Denkmalstiftung Baden-Württemberg (in German) (4): 1f. 2012.
• Susann Seyfert (2012). "Ein Zukunftsmodell? Leutkircher Bürger retten ihren Bahnhof". Denkmalpflege in Baden-Württemberg (in German) (4): 224–227.

External links

• "Information on renovation of the reception building" (in German). der gemeinderat. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
• "Der Bürgerbahnhof" (in German). Retrieved 28 January 2013.
• "Track plan for Leutkirch station" (PDF, 300.76 KB) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 28 January 2013.