Arnstadt Hauptbahnhof or Arnstadt Central StationThüringenCard on the website of Thuringia Tourism. Retrieved 28 Feb 2014. is a railway station in 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 were called at Arnstadt.
The former depot is now used as a depot for heritage steam engines.
Rail services The station is served by the following services: Service Route Frequency Erfurt Hbf - Neudietendorf - Arnstadt Hbf - Plaue (Thür) - Gräfenroda - Oberhof (Thür) - Zella-Mehlis - Suhl - Grimmenthal - Mellrichstadt - Bad Neustadt - Münnerstadt - Ebenhausen (Unterfr) - Schweinfurt Hbf - Würzburg Hbf Every 2 hours Erfurt Hauptbahnhof – Neudietendorf – Arnstadt – Arnstadt Süd – Ilmenau Pörlitzer Höhe – Ilmenau Some trains Erfurt – Neudietendorf – Arnstadt – Arnstadt Süd – Plaue – Gräfenroda – Zella-Mehlis – Suhl – Grimmenthal – Meiningen 2 train pairs Erfurt Hbf - Neudietendorf - Arnstadt Hbf - Marlishausen - Niederwillingen - Stadtilm - Singen (Thür) - Paulinzella - Rottenbach - Quittelsdorf - Bad Blankenburg - Saalfeld (Saale) Every 2 hours 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 Every 2 hours Erfurt Hbf - Erfurt-Bischleben - Neudietendorf - Sülzenbrücken - Haarhausen - Arnstadt Hbf - Arnstadt Süd - Plaue (Thür) - Martinroda - Geraberg - Elgersburg - Ilmenau-Roda - Ilmenau Pörlitzer Höhe - Ilmenau Hourly
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