Lauda station

Geschichte

Lauda station is a junction station in the town of Lauda-Königshofen in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, where the northern section of the Tauber Valley Railway branches from the Franconia Railway. Lauda station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.LocationLauda station is located in the town of Lauda-Königshofen, on the eastern edge of Lauda. To its east it is bordered by an industrial area and Tauberstraße (street), which runs parallel with the Tauber river. Bahnhofstrasse runs to the west of the station and Inselstraße runs through a tunnel under the tracks north of railway property.Another smaller station is located in the Königshofen district, where the southern part of the Tauber Valley Railway joins the Franconia Railway.HistoryThe initial plans for the Odenwald Railway (Odenwaldbahn) from Heidelberg to Wurzburg envisaged no station at its present location, it was originally conceived during the planning of the Tauber Valley Railway. On 1 November 1866, the station, which would serve as a point of transfer between the two lines, opened with the Odenwald Railway. The station was initially completed on 1 March 1866 with a temporary entrance building. The current building was opened in 1872. The first section of the Tauber Valley Railway was opened to Hochhausen on 10 October 1867, which made Lauda a railway junction.