page_title: Bietigheim-Bissingen station
section_title: Reception building
hierarchical_section_title: Bietigheim-Bissingen station / Reception building
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Bahnhof Bietigheim (Württemberg), 1. Bahnhof von 1847.
context_page_description: Bietigheim-Bissingen station is a junction station in the town of Bietigheim-Bissingen in the German state of Baden-Württemberg where the Württemberg Western Railway separates from the Franconia Railway. With its eight station tracks it is the largest station in the district of Ludwigsburg. It is served by regional trains, line S 5 of the Stuttgart S-Bahn and line S 5 of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn.
context_section_description: The first station building of the Rundbogenstil ("round arch style"), which was common at the time, was probably designed by Michael Knoll. It had two stories and a tower with a clock and two bells. The eight vault construction was probably built of stone. On the 1st floor there was a cornice at the height of the window sills. It had a continuous gable roof and a clear horizontal division between the ground and first floor. In the centre there was a four vault central hall, accented by the bell tower. The station building of 1847 had on the ground floor two waiting rooms, an office for the stationmaster, a cash room, a luggage room and a staff room. On the 1st floor there were apartments for rail personnel.
  In 1887, the station was expanded with an additional administration building. It stood next to the first station building and had a waiting room and a restaurant.
  In 1958, construction began on the new reception building and it was inaugurated on 27 June 1961. Helmuth Conradi, who also designed the new Heidelberg Hauptbahnhof, planned it as a two-story building with a one-story annex. The station's roof extends to the right and left of the lobby and connected to a four-story tower with a clock, which appears to be part of the same building. The windows of the entrance building emphasise its concrete skeleton. In the tower and on the upper floor there are offices.  The previous buildings still remained at first and were later demolished.
caption: Original entrance building of 1847
exif: {}