Old Landshut station In 1854, a terminal station was constructed near the Kleinen Isar (little
Isar) river. To protect the station against flooding, numerous earthworks had to be constructed. In 1857, construction started on the station building, which is now a listed building. It was built of brick and designed by the architect Simon Pausinger. A platform area was established only shortly before the opening of the station in April 1858, . The station opened on 3 November 1858 with the
Munich–Landshut line. On 12 December 1859, this was followed by the extension of this line via
Geiselhöring to
Regensburg. On 6 August 1873, the
Neufahrn–
Eggmühl–
Obertraubling short cut was opened between Landshut and Regensburg, making the detour via Geiselhöring unnecessary. But in the 1870s it was realised that the planned lines could not usefully serve Landshut station. In addition, the station was too small to be the starting point of the new lines.
New Landshut station It was eventually decided to build a new through station, which was built from 1876 to 1880. A siding from the old station was used to transport building materials for the new station. On 11 May 1880, station operations were transferred from the old station, which remains in place and is now a listed monument, and the tracks connecting to it were dismantled. With the opening of the station on 15 May 1880 of the railway line via
Pilsting to
Plattling was followed by the opening of the
Mühldorf–Landshut line on 4 October 1883. Duplication of the line from Munich to Landshut was completed on 28 September 1892. The branch line from Landshut to
Rottenburg an der Laaber was opened on 3 November 1900. On 30 June 1902, a horse tramway was opened from Landshut station to Dreifaltigkeitsplatz. On 15 January 1913, the Landshut tramway was electrified. On 3 October 1925 the Munich–Landshut line was electrified. This was followed by the electrification of the Landshut–Neufahrn section on 1 October 1926 and the electrification of the entire route from Munich to Regensburg was completed on 10 May 1927. In the Second World War the entire station area was destroyed by a bombing raid on 19 March 1945. The lines were rebuilt in the postwar years and the station had to be rebuilt due to the extensive damage. The building was opened on 19 March 1954. Also on 19 March 1945, the operation of the Landshut tramway was closed due to destruction of the tram depot in the air attacks. On 25 May 1976, the line from Landshut to Plattling was electrified. On 25 May 1974, passenger operations on the Landshut–Rottenburg line closed. On 27 September 1998, freight traffic ended on the line and the Neuhausen–Rottenburg section was dismantled. The remaining section has been used as a museum railway since 4 June 2011.
Infrastructure The station has seven tracks on four platforms. Track 1 is on the “home” platform next to station building and is served by the
Regionalbahn trains towards Mühldorf. Track 2 does not adjoin a platform and is used by through freight traffic. Track 3 is also used by Regionalbahn trains going towards Mühldorf. Tracks 4 and 5 are served by regional services towards Regensburg and Passau and track 6 is served by regional services to Munich. Track 7 is used in particular by Agilis services towards Regensburg and track 8 is used by Regionalbahn trains to Freising. Each platform is covered and has a digital destination display. All platforms are connected via a pedestrian underpass to the home platform. Only the first five tracks are accessible for the disabled as tracks 7 and 8 has no access for the disabled. Parking and bus connections are available at the station.
Platform data • Track 1: platform height: 76 cm, length of platform: 365 meters • Track 3: platform height: 76 cm, length of platform: 334 meters • Track 4: platform height: 76 cm, length of platform: 334 meters • Track 5: platform height: 76 cm, length of platform: 366 meters • Track 6: platform height: 76 cm, length of platform: 366 meters • Track 7: platform height: 30 cm, length of platform: 452 meters • Track 8: platform height: 30 cm, length of platform: 452 meters ==Rail services==