Metzingen (Württemberg) station

Metzingen station is a railway junction in Metzingen in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is on the Plochingen–Tübingen railway from Plochingen to Tübingen, where the Erms Valley Railway branches off to Bad Urach. It is served by a pair of InterCity trains and regional trains.HistoryPlanning and constructionDuring the construction of the Plochingen–Tübingen railway, the Royal Württemberg State Railways (Königlich Württembergischen Staats-Eisenbahnen) already foresaw Metzingen becoming a railway junction. The town council asked the State Railways for a station to be built west of the Erms. Instead the tracks were laid to the east of town to allow a better alignment and to facilitate the connection of the projected railway line towards Urach.State Railways periodOn 20 September 1859, the State Railways opened the Plochingen–Reutlingen section. The entrance building, which housed the post office in the beginning, has been preserved. The railway to Urach, with a possible continuation to Münsingen planned, was opened from a junction in Metzingen on 27 December 1873. This line was initially operated by the private Ermsthalbahn-Gesellschaft ("Erms Valley Railway Company").