Besigheim station

Besigheim station is located at line-kilometre 29.8 on the Franconia Railway (Frankenbahn) in Besigheim in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. According to the Railway Construction and Operating Regulations, it is considered to be a Haltepunkt (roughly: "halt"), not a station.HistoryFrom the beginning of planning for the Northern Railway, which would connect Stuttgart with Heilbronn, the Besigheim councilors showed a keen interest in a connection. The Besigheim Oberamt at that time, including the Husarenhof, had approximately 2,400 inhabitants. The town’s leaders hoped that a route by Besigheim would promote rapid industrialisation.The Northern Railway between Bietigheim and Heilbronn was opened on 25 July 1848 by the Royal Württemberg State Railways . Besigheim station was situated about 500 metres outside the town in meadows and fields near the road to Löchgau. The two-storey entrance building remained the only building west of the bridge over the Enz until 1850. The town only began to grow in this direction later. It started with one house and the Zur Eisenbahn inn a year later, in 1851.The council now expressed negative views on the railway and noted the disadvantages. The population consisted mostly of poor winemaking families. They received no benefit from a quick link to the major cities. On the contrary, the railway line reduced their ability to manage their vineyards, because the line ran right past them. Craft shops closed, since the factories offered higher wages. Transit traffic declined on the once important state road. The council noted that this not only affected the inns, which hosted the carters and travellers, but also the town administration, which reported declining revenues from its toll for road and bridge maintenance .