Schöna station

Schöna (German: Bahnhof Schöna) is a station^[1] located on the grounds of Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna municipality, Saxony, Germany. It is the closest German station to the national border between Germany and the Czech Republic on the Děčín–Dresden-Neustadt railway. It is not a border station, though. Those used to be Bad Schandau and Děčín hlavní nádraží. There are a couple of sidings south of the station where the S1 can prepare to return towards Dresden.

Schöna
Schöna railway station
General information
Location	Elbradweg,^[1] Schöna, Saxony,  Germany
Coordinates	50°52′29″N 14°14′03″E / 50.87472°N 14.23417°E / 50.87472; 14.23417Coordinates: 50°52′29″N 14°14′03″E / 50.87472°N 14.23417°E / 50.87472; 14.23417
Line(s)	Děčín–Dresden-Neustadt railway
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Südost Following station Bad Schandau towards Dresden Hbf RE 20 Dolní Žleb towards Litoměřice město Schmilka-Hirschmühle towards Rumburk U 28 Dolní Žleb towards Děčín main Preceding station Dresden S-Bahn Following station Schmilka-Hirschmühle towards Meißen Triebischtal S 1 Terminus
Location
Schöna Location within Saxony Show map of Saxony Schöna Location within Germany Show map of Germany Schöna Location within Europe Show map of Europe

There is hardly any access from the station to village of Schöna, which is outside the Elbe valley in southern direction. The station is more important to reach the village of Hřensko in the Czech Republic, which is just across the river and can be reached by ferry.

Train services

The following services currently call at the station:^[2]

• Regional services RE 20 Dresden – Pirna – Bad Schandau – Děčín – Ústí nad Labem – Litoměřice (operates summer weekends)
• Local services U28 Rumburk – Dolní Poustevna – Sebnitz – Bad Schandau – Děčín
• Dresden S-Bahn S1 Meißen Triebischtal – Dresden – Heidenau – Pirna – Bad Schandau – Schöna

References

1. Schöna station at the Deutsche Bahn website
2. Timetables for Schöna station (in German)

External links

•   Media related to Schöna railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Schöna station at www.verkehrsmittelvergleich.de (in German)