Stuttgart Flughafen/Messe station

Geschichte

Stuttgart Flughafen/Messe station is a station on the network of the Stuttgart S-Bahn. Despite its name the station is not in the city of Stuttgart, rather it is in Leinfelden-Echterdingen.HistoryThe draft plans for the construction of an S-Bahn system in the Stuttgart area in the 1960s included consideration of a connection to the Filder plain. The line from Stuttgart-Rohr to Neuhausen auf den Fildern, on which passenger services had been closed in 1955 would be upgraded to enable S-Bahn operations to Stuttgart airport. However, the provision of better public transport links to the airport at that time was not considered a priority and had no urgency.The doubling and electrification of the Stuttgart-Rohr–Echterdingen line only began in 1984. The connection to the airport from Echterdingen used a completely new route. The lack of space at the airport meant that only an underground station was considered. In 1986, work began on connecting the line to Terminal 1, which was built at the same time. The intense work required for the tunnel delayed the planned completion of the line and the station for several years, so the S-Bahn services on line S 2 for terminated in Oberaichen from May 1989.On 18 April 1993 Stuttgart Flughafen station was opened. With its rich stainless steel cladding and its curves with integrated lights, the underground station is very modern and bright, and the central platform is 210 metres long. The construction of the station allowed for the extension of the underground route. In 2001, Deutsche Bahn opened a new extension to Filderstadt-Bernhausen.