knowledge Overview
The first station was opened on 1 October 1844; the present neo-baroque station building to designs by Karl Zenger was completed in 1906. With 22 platform tracks, the through station is the most track-rich station of this type in Europe and, with around 200,000 travellers daily, Deutsche Bahn's ninth-busiest long-distance station.
Services
- Long-distance rail: ICE 18, ICE 25, ICE 28, ICE 29, ICE 41; plus further ICE and IC lines (among others to Vienna and Hamburg)
- U-Bahn: Direct connection to the U-Bahn network of VAG Nürnberg with lines U1, U2 and U3 (an intermediate station in the city network)
- S-Bahn: Central hub of the Nuremberg S-Bahn with lines S1–S4
- Regional rail: RE/RB lines among others to Bayreuth, Hof, Regensburg and Munich as well as to Prague and Cheb
Station layout
The station has 25 tracks, of which 22 are platform tracks (18 long-distance/regional tracks and 4 S-Bahn tracks). The forecourt has two tram stops and bus bays; Nuremberg's central bus station lies about 200 m to the east.