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
LocationIrrlaching
92421 Schwandorf
Bavaria
Germany
Coordinates49.3627°N 12.1056°E / 49.3627; 12.1056
Owned byDB Netz
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms1 island platform
1 side platform
Tracks5
Train operatorsoberpfalzbahn
Other information
Station code3004
DS100 codeNIR[1]
IBNR8003086
Category6[2]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
Services
Preceding station   oberpfalzbahn   Following station
Schwarzenfeld (Oberpfalz)
toward Marktredwitz
OPB 1
Schwandorf
Location
Irrenlohe Station
Location within Bavaria
Irrenlohe Station
Location within Germany
Irrenlohe Station
Location within Europe

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.
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