Berchtesgaden Hauptbahnhof
Description
Berchtesgaden Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the Bavarian market town of Berchtesgaden, the smallest town in Germany with a Hauptbahnhof. It has five platform tracks and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station. It is the terminus of the Freilassing–Berchtesgaden railway. Previously the Berchtesgaden–Hangender Stein railway, also called the Grüne Elektrische started from the station. Within walking distance of the station was the former station of Königssee Railway, which served the lake of Königssee. The station is served by about 20 trains daily operated by Deutsche Bahn and the Berchtesgadener Land Bahn.LocationThe station is located in the southwest of the historic market centre of Berchtesgaden in the valley of the Ramsauer Ache on Federal Highway 305. It is bounded to the south by Ramsauerstraße and Bahnhofsvorplatz (the station forecourt). To the east is Bahnhofstraße (station street), which runs next to the station facilities, and to the west of the station there is a street called Am Güterbahnhof ("at the freight yard").