Schwerin Hauptbahnhof

Schwerin Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station[3] of the capital of the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and is located in the northwest of the central city. It includes four tracks on two platforms and a siding west of the fourth track. Currently the station is used by about 12,000 passengers a day.

Schwerin Hauptbahnhof
Through station
Station building and station forecourt
LocationGrunthalplatz 4, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Germany
Coordinates53°38′04″N 11°24′29″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms4
Other information
Station code5755[1]
DS100 codeWS[2]
IBNR8010324
Category3[1]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1847
Services
Preceding station   DB Fernverkehr   Following station
towards Stralsund
ICE 26
towards Karlsruhe
IC/EC 30
towards Stuttgart
towards Warnemünde
IC 56
towards Dresden
Preceding station   DB Regio Nordost   Following station
Schwerin Mitte
toward Hamburg Hbf
RE 1
Hanse-Express
via Schwerin
toward Rostock Hbf
TerminusRB 11
via Rostock
Schwerin Mitte
toward Tessin
toward Wismar
RB 17
Schwerin Mitte
toward Ludwigslust
toward Bad Kleinen
RB 18Terminus
Preceding station   ODEG   Following station
toward Wismar
RE 2
via Berlin
Schwerin Mitte
toward Cottbus Hbf
Schwerin-Lankow
toward Rehna
RB 13
via Schwerin
Schwerin Mitte
toward Parchim
Location
Schwerin Hauptbahnhof
Location within Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Building
Fountain in front of the station

The station building was built in 1889 and 1890 to a design by E. Müller in the style of the Gründerzeit. The main hall has two lower links connecting to corner pavilions. The entrance hall was lowered in 1927. A few shops are located in the lobby next to the service facilities of Deutsche Bahn. A pedestrian tunnel leads from the hall to two island platforms with four platform tracks. On the opposite side of the station the tunnel is connected to two staircases and an elevator. These lead to Straße Zum Bahnhof (street), which connects to the Platz der Freiheit.

At the station forecourt is a fountain called Rettung in Seenot ("rescue at sea") built in 1910 with bronze sculptures by Hugo Berwald. The fountain was located in the Markt (market) square until 1927. The station forecourt is surrounded by other public transport facilities, the InterCity Hotel (built in 1972 as the Hotel Stadt Schwerin) and residential buildings, four of which were designed by Georg Adolph Demmler in 1847 and built with a uniform facade.

History
The original 1847 station building

Schwerin had its first rail connection in 1847 with the opening of the railway to Hagenow. This was the first railway in Mecklenburg, opened by the Mecklenburg Railway Company, connecting to the Mecklenburg Railway line. Lines were opened to Wismar in 1848, from Bad Kleinen to Rostock in 1850. A line to Crivitz (extended to Parchim in 1899) and to Ludwiglust opened in 1888 and a line to Rehna opened in 1898.

Between 1889 and 1890 the current station building was built in place of the original station building of 1847. This building has been preserved with its exterior largely unchanged. In the 1920s the station tunnel was built to allow safe access to the platforms.

The square in front of the station is named Grunthalplatz in memory of Marianne Grunthal, who was hanged from a lamppost by SS guards shortly before the end of World War II for welcoming the news of Hitler's death. The station was officially re-opened in December 2005, after three and a half years of modernisation.

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

Long distance
Line Route Interval Operator
ICE 26 Stralsund – Rostock – Schwerin – Hamburg – Hannover – Frankfurt (Main) – Karlsruhe Every two hours DB Fernverkehr
ICE 30 /
IC 30		 Stralsund – Rostock – Schwerin – Hamburg – Bremen – Cologne – Stuttgart Individual services DB Fernverkehr
IC 56 Warnemünde – Rostock – Schwerin – Stendal – Magdeburg – Halle (Saale) – Leipzig One train pair DB Fernverkehr

Regional
Line Route Operator
RE 1 Rostock – Bützow – Bad Kleinen – Schwerin – Hagenow Land – Büchen – Hamburg DB Regio Nordost
RE 2 Wismar – Bad Kleinen – Schwerin – Ludwigslust – Wittenberge – Berlin – Cottbus Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn
RE 4 Schwerin – Bad Kleinen – Grevesmühlen – Lübeck (one trip per day) DB Regio Nordost
RB 13 Rehna – Gadebusch – Schwerin – Crivitz – Parchim Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn
RB 17 Wismar – Bad Kleinen – Schwerin – Ludwigslust DB Regio Nordost
RB 18 Bad Kleinen – Schwerin DB Regio Nordost

References
  1. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. Schwerin Hbf station at the Deutsche Bahn website
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