Vaihingen (Enz) station [SEP] located in the administrative territorial entity
Vaihingen (Enz) station
Vaihingen (Enz) station is a long-distance and the regional station at an important railway junction in the town of Vaihingen an der Enz in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station.
It is one of a few passenger stations in German that are designed to allow Intercity-Express (ICE) trains to pass at 250 km/h. The ICE through tracks do not have platforms.
Location.
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the station was renamed "Vaihingen (Enz) Staatsbahnhof" ("state station"). This was renamed "Vaihingen (Enz) Reichsbahnhof" ("national station") in 1923 and "Vaihingen (Enz) Nordbahnhof" ("north station") in 1950. In 1905 a halt was built close to Sersheim.
Between 1890 and 1914 Bruchsal station had developed into a hub for rail transport and underwent extensive modifications. The narrow and steep curves (with grades of about 1.0%) between the station and