Marburg station

Geschichte

Marburg station is a through station at the 104.3 km mark of the Main-Weser Railway in the north-east of the city of Marburg in the German state of Hesse and is used daily by about 12,000 people. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn (DB) as a category 3 station.HistoryThe station was completed with the construction of the Main-Weser Railway in 1850 and was built outside the built up area of the city on the other side of the Lahn.In 1903, the station became the terminus of the Marburg Tramways (Straßenbahn Marburg). Initially, this was a horse-hauled system, which was converted to electric operations in 1911. After the Second World War, it was decided to close the tramway in 1951. A short time later the Marburg trolleybus network was opened to replace the tramways. This was finally closed in 1968.Entrance BuildingThe station building and the rest of the station buildings are now mostly listed as a monument under the Hessian Heritage Act.The first station building was designed by Julius Eugen Ruhl. In 1907 it was replaced during an expansion of the station with an entrance building designed by the architect Alois Holtmeyer. The station building was severely damaged in the Second World War and its Baroque Revival exterior form was largely restored after the war.In 2004, the station was equipped with digital information displays on the platforms and in the entrance building and was declared to be a smoke-free station. The station building is still rundown.In the eastern area of the station is the former—now abandoned—operations depot. These include several in brick buildings built in 1890, including a roundhouse. The former wagon hall is now used as a cultural centre.