Schlüchtern station

Schlüchtern station is a station in the town of Schlüchtern in the German state of Hesse on the Kinzig Valley Railway (Kinzigtalbahn). The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn (DB) as a category 4 station.HistoryThe station was opened on 15 December 1868 along with the Neuhof–Steinau (Straße) section of the Kinzig Valley Railway. The Kinzig Valley Railway was built as part of the Frankfurt–Bebra railway, which was established by the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, the Grand Duchy of Hesse and Free City of Frankfurt, but was confiscated by the Prussian government following the War of 1866.Station facilitiesPlatformsThe station has 4 platform tracks, a "home" platform, an island platform and a side platform. The home platform is only used by Regionalbahn services running on the Schlüchtern–Jossa–Gemünden–Würzburg route, which begin and end here. The central platform is used by Regional-Express services on the Frankfurt–Fulda route. The side platform is rarely used. About 3 km east of the station is the beginning of the Schlüchtern tunnel through the Distelrasen ridge.