Arnstadt Central Station

Arnstadt Hauptbahnhof
The station building
Operations
Category	5
Type	Bf
DS100 code	UA
Station code	0180
Construction and location
Opened	1867
Location	Ilm-Kreis
State	Thuringia
Country	Germany
Local authority	Arnstadt
Home page	www.bahnhof.de
Route information
Erfurt-Schweinfurt Arnstadt–Saalfeld Arnstadt-Ichtershausen
List of railway stations in Thuringia

Arnstadt Central Station (German: Arnstadt Hauptbahnhof) is a railway station for the town of Arnstadt in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the meeting point of the Erfurt-Schweinfurt, Arnstadt–Saalfeld and Arnstadt-Ichtershausen lines.

History

The station was opened on May 16, 1867, then as the southern terminus of the railway line to Erfurt. In 1869, a line to Plaue and Ilmenau was added at the southern end of the station. In 1894, a third line to Saalfeld was opened.

The station saw a number of long-distance services calling before World War II, for example the fast trains from Berlin to Stuttgart. Its importance diminished however after the German division, even though it still had long distance trains to Suhl and Berlin calling at the station. In the 1990s, InterRegio services called at Arnstadt.

The former depot is now used as a depot for heritage steam engines.

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s):

Service	Train Type	Route	Material	Frequency
RE2	DB Regional Express	Arnstadt Hbf - Niederwillingen - Stadtilm - Rottenbach - Bad Blankenburg - Saalfeld (Saale)		Every 2 hours
RE7 Mainfranken-Thüringen-Express	DB Regional Express	Erfurt Hbf - Neudietendorf - Arnstadt Hbf - Plaue (Thür) - Gräfenroda - Oberhof (Thür) - Zella-Mehlis - Suhl - Grimmenthal - Mellrichstadt - Bad Neustadt - Münnerstadt - Ebenhausen (Unterfr) - Schweinfurt Hbf - Würzburg Hbf	Class 612	Every 2 hours
RB23	DB	Erfurt Hbf - Neudietendorf - Arnstadt Hbf - Marlishausen - Niederwillingen - Stadtilm - Singen (Thür) - Paulinzella - Rottenbach - Quittelsdorf - Bad Blankenburg - Saalfeld (Saale)		Every 2 hours
RB (STB4)	Süd-Thüringer-Bahn	Erfurt Hbf - Erfurt-Bischleben - Neudietendorf - Sülzenbrücken - Haarhausen - Arnstadt Hbf - Arnstadt Süd - Plaue (Thür) - Gräfenroda - Dörrberg - Gehlberg - Oberhof (Thür) - Zella-Mehlis - Suhl - Suhl-Heinrichs - Dietzhausen - Rohr (Thür) - Grimmenthal - Untermaßfeld - Meiningen	Class 450	Every 2 hours
RB (EB3)	Erfurter Bahn	Erfurt Hbf - Erfurt-Bischleben - Neudietendorf - Sülzenbrücken - Haarhausen - Arnstadt Hbf - Arnstadt Süd - Plaue (Thür) - Martinroda - Geraberg - Elgersburg - Ilmenau-Roda - Ilmenau Pörlitzer Höhe - Ilmenau	Class 450	1x per hour

Preceding station		Deutsche Bahn		Following station
Terminus		RE		Niederwillingen toward Saalfeld
Neudietendorf toward Erfurt Hbf		RE		Plaue (Thür) toward Würzburg Hbf
Neudietendorf toward Erfurt Hbf		RB		Marlishausen toward Saalfeld
Haarhausen toward Erfurt Hbf		RB		Arnstadt Süd toward Meiningen
Haarhausen toward Erfurt Hbf		RB		Arnstadt Süd toward Ilmenau

References

• Deutsche Bahn website