Grainau station
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| Location | Gumpenau 3 82491 Grainau Bavaria Germany | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°28′19″N 11°01′29″E / 47.47200°N 11.02470°E | |||||||||||||||
| System | Hp | |||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 side platform 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Connections |  9840 | |||||||||||||||
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| Parking | yes | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | no | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | yes | |||||||||||||||
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Grainau station (German: Zugspitzbahnhof Grainau) is a railway station on the Bavarian Zugspitze Railway (Bayerische Zugspitzbahn), situated in Grainau, southern Bavaria, Germany, at approximately 750 meters (2,460 feet) above sea level. Positioned between the Obergrainau and Untergrainau districts, near the parish church and Badersee lake, it was originally named Grainau-Badersee. The station serves as the operational hub of the line, marking the transition from the adhesion-based valley section from Garmisch-Partenkirchen to the rack railway section ascending toward the Zugspitze via Eibsee.
The station opened on December 19, 1929, as part of the second construction phase of the Bavarian Zugspitze Railway, connecting Garmisch-Partenkirchen to Grainau. The line was extended to the Zugspitze summit by July 8, 1930. Grainau station has since been a vital hub for tourists and locals accessing the Wetterstein Alps.[1][2]
