Irrenlohe station

Irrenlohe station is a railway station in the Irrlaching district of the municipality of Schwandorf, located in the Schwandorf district in Bavaria, Germany. It is classified as a category 6 station.

Irrenlohe Station
2009
Location	Irrlaching 92421 Schwandorf Bavaria Germany
Coordinates	49.3627°N 12.1056°E / 49.3627; 12.1056
Owned by	DB Netz
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Regensburg–Weiden railway (KBS 855) Nuremberg–Schwandorf railway (KBS 870)
Platforms	1 island platform 1 side platform
Tracks	5
Train operators	oberpfalzbahn
Other information
Station code	3004
DS100 code	NIR[1]
IBNR	8003086
Category	6[2]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
Services
Preceding station   oberpfalzbahn   Following station Schwarzenfeld (Oberpfalz) toward Marktredwitz OPB 1 Schwandorf toward Regensburg Hbf
Location
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The station emerged with the establishment of the link from Regensburg to Nuremberg. When the branch line to Weiden was added, Irrenlohe became a minor transport hub. As a result the village was shelled in the Second World War. The reason the station is called "Irrenlohe" and not "Irlaching" is that the villagers of Irlaching had shown no real interest in a railway connection and so the building of the station was paid for by Irrenlohe.

The station has five main tracks, of which three are platform tracks. Passenger services are:

• Schwandorf–Regensburg (two-hourly, VBG)
• Weiden-Hof (two-hourly, VBG)

The composer Franz Schreker took the name of his opera Irrelohe ("Mad flames") from the station after his train stopped there.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
2. "Stationspreisliste 2020" [Station price list 2020] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.