Alsfeld (Oberhess) station

Alsfeld (Oberhess)
Through station
The entrance building in 2010
Location	Bahnhofstr. 12, Alsfeld, Hesse Germany
Coordinates	50°45′03″N 9°15′51″E / 50.75095°N 9.264264°E / 50.75095; 9.264264Coordinates: 50°45′03″N 9°15′51″E / 50.75095°N 9.264264°E / 50.75095; 9.264264
Line(s)	Vogelsberg Railway (km 60.3) Niederaula–Alsfeld railway (km 0.0) (closed)
Platforms	3
Construction
Architectural style	Neoclassical
Other information
Station code	65
DS100 code	FAFD
IBNR	8000350
Category	5
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	29 July 1870
Services
Preceding station   Hessische Landesbahn   Following station Zell-Romrod toward Limburg (Lahn) RB 45 Lahn Valley Railway Vogelsberg Railway Lauterbach (Hess) Nord toward Fulda

Alsfeld station is in the town of Alsfeld in the German state of Hesse. It is at line-km 60.3 of the Vogelsberg Railway (Vogelsbergbahn) and line-km 0.0 of the Niederaula–Alsfeld railway, which was closed in 1988. The entrance building, which was built in 1914/15 at Bahnhofstraße 14 is a protected monument.

In 1868, the Second Chamber of the Grand Duchy of Hesse decided to build the Oberhessischen Eisenbahn ("Upper Hessian Railway", now called the Vogelsberg Railway) from Gießen via Alsfeld to Fulda. The official opening of the station took place on 29 July 1870 with the opening of the Grünberg–Alsfeld section. The station was the terminus of the trains from Giessen until 30 October, when the next section was opened to Lauterbach. The Vogelsberg Railway was completed on 31 July 1871, so that the cities of Giessen and Fulda were now accessible by rail.

When the Niederaula–Alsfeld railway (Gründchenbahn or Gründchen Railway) was added, the old entrance building was demolished and replaced in by the current neoclassical building 1914-15. The railway facilities were also rebuilt and considerably expanded.

The passenger services towards Niederaula ended in 1974, but freight transport continued on this line between Alsfeld and Eifa until 1988. Most of the freight infrastructure at the station that was no longer required was dismantled in the 2000s and the station building was renovated in 2006.

In September 2009, the chairman of Deutsche Bahn, Rüdiger Grube announced that the Vogelsberg Railway would be upgraded at a total cost of €24.6 million from an economic stimulus package. The modernisation work lasted from mid-June 2010 to the summer of 2011.

Since the timetable change 2011/2012 on 11 December 2011, passenger services have been operated by the Hessische Landesbahn GmbH (HLB) with LINT 41 diesel multiple units.