Pirmasens Hauptbahnhof

Geschichte

Pirmasens Hauptbahnhof is a terminal station in the town of Pirmasens, in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, about one kilometre from the city centre. It was opened on 25 November 1875 and is the terminus of the Biebermühl Railway (Biebermühlbahn), which was also opened in 1875 as a branch line from the Southern Palatinate Railway (Südpfalzbahn). The Pirmasens Nord station lies on the edge of Thaleischweiler-Fröschen, so Pirmasens Hauptbahnhof is actually the only station in the city of Pirmasens.Rail linkDue to the unfavourable geography of Pirmasens, the station is now only connected by a single track and non-electrified branch line. This route, called the Biebermühl Railway, runs almost seven kilometres north to Pirmasens Nord station. From Pirmasens Hbf Regionalbahn trains run to Kaiserslautern Hauptbahnhof over the Biebermühl Railway, to Saarbrücken Hauptbahnhof via Zweibrücken Hauptbahnhof and Rohrbach over the Schwarzbach Valley Railway and to Landau (Pfalz) Hauptbahnhof over the Queich Valley Railway, requiring a reversal in Pirmasens Nord.