Veitshöchheim station

Veitshöchheim station is a regional railway station in southern Germany. It is at kilometre marker 7.0 on the Main-Spessart Railway from Würzburg to Aschaffenburg. It was built during the construction of Ludwig's Western Railway, which was taken fully into service on 1 October 1854.

Veitshöchheim
Through station
King's wing of Veitshöchheim station, on the right part of the covered walkway
Location	Bahnhofstraße 11, Veitshöchheim, Bavaria Germany
Coordinates	49°49′50″N 9°52′34″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Würzburg–Aschaffenburg (KBS 800)
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	6403[1]
DS100 code	NVE[1]
IBNR	8006065
Category	6[2]
Website	www.bahnhof.de stationsdatenbank.de
History
Opened	1 October 1854
Passengers
< 500 [3] (2006)
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio Bayern   Following station Thüngersheim toward Schlüchtern RB 53 via Gemünden (Main) - Würzburg - Schweinfurt Würzburg-Zell toward Bamberg
Location
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The station was built in the immediate vicinity of Schloss Veitshöchheim, a summer residenz initially of the prince bishops of Würzburg, later the kings of Bavaria, at Veitshöchheim near Würzburg. The castle is especially well known for its surrounding rococo garden.

In the 19th  century this park, which was then a public facility, was nearly destroyed by the construction of the railway. Engineers had planned to use the central avenue of the park for the trackbed of the railway.[4] This idea was however vetoed by King Ludwig I, who ordered the line to be routed to the east around the castle gardens even though this was topographically less suited.

This was also where Veitshöchheim station came to be built. It was given a station building which was particularly representative of a spa town and which was to required to serve both as an excursion station for Würzburg's citizens visiting the park as well as acting as the station for the royal castle. The public station building was much larger than was warranted for Veitshöchheim which was only a village at the time. Next to this building a royal pavilion (Königspavillon) was built directly on the main axis of the castle acting as a private railway station. This was connected to the station building by a covered hallway. The royal pavilion is used today by the municipal library and by Veitshöchheim's youth hostel.

Between 2004 and 2005 the platforms at the station underwent extensive modernisation. For a total of 3.2 million euros, two new prefabricated outer platforms were built, which were sited a platform length towards the direction of Würzburg. A new underpass was built to act as access for the platforms. The old home and intermediate platforms were removed following the completion of the new ones in July 2005.[5]