Stuttgart Central Station — Attraction in Stuttgart

Stuttgart’s main train station, Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof/Hbf is currently being transformed in a massive construction project, Stuttgart 21.

Stuttgart Hbf is currently a terminal station, but on completion the long distance ICE and IC trains to/from Stuttgart will use new underground platforms/gleis - meaning that long distance trains passing through the city will no longer have to reverse direction.

The new underground platforms/tracks will also be linked to the Stuttgart-Ulm high speed line that is currently also under construction.

Disruption to passengers using Stuttgart Hbf during the construction work is being minimised, but the tracks/gleis that the long distance trains depart from, have been moved back from the main concourse, so allow additional time to catch a train.

Due to the building work Stuttgart Hbf is currently a station of two parts.

(1) The main station building still houses the ticket hall, left luggage lockers and the access to the S-Bahn and U-Bahn trains and the Reisezentrum reservation desk.

(2) A temporary, secondary concourse has been constructed by the gleis/platforms/tracks, that the long distance and Regio trains depart from.

Allow a minimum of 5 mins to walk from the temporary concourse to the facilities in the main station building.

However, if you will be connecting between these trains, you can wait on the new temporary concourse.

If you want to use the left luggage lockers, don’t follow the signs pointing towards them on the main concourse.

Instead take the escalators one level down towards the U-Bahn station, the left luggage lockers will then be to the right. Follow the signs on the main concourse and you will have to carry your bag(s) down a...

I love this place. Well, it's going through a big change at the moment. Stuttgart Hbf is a really big place, lots of shops, kiosks, eating places, newsagent, travel agents, airport transfers, cafe's, restaurants, Bakeries, internet cafe, newspaper shops, mini markt's, and more, and yes, Macca's, and a hotel. A great food-hall with a great bar, where I go whenever I am in Stuttgart. There's a lot of regulars drink here and regular staff, it's a friendly place and a great place to have a few beers then get something to eat. Trains down the bottom, trains up the top, S-Bahn, U-Bahn, ICE, Regio, alles. You can get trains direct to Paris or even Austria, as well as trains to all over Germany. The automatic ticket machines which are in different languages allow you to buy a ticket to just about anywhere. If you can't, go to the Deutsche Bahn travel Office, it's easy. Stuttgart Hbf is also in a great spot, right in the middle of the city at the beginning of the Konig Stasse. Excellent if you're a tourist and need to go to places, or if you're visiting for a few weeks. The main platforms have changed while the construction is happening, you have to walk a little longer now, so allow yourself an extra...

I found the Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof building absolutely beautiful, especially because of the Mercedes Benz star symbol rotating around the top of the accompanying tower (you can get a pretty good view of the city from the top of the tower too, just take the lift). The building itself looks like a historic monument, which it probably is, being around 100 years old.

It is pretty easy to get to the U-Bahn station, which is directly connected to the Hauptbahnhof. Having said that, there's no denying that it can be a bit confusing to find your way inside the Bahnhof.

I was going to a tennis match at Weissenhof, and backpacks were not allowed there. So, I was glad to see that there are plenty of lockers at the station (3 or 5 euros per day, depending on size. They also have short-term lockers).

There are a lot of food stalls, and little restaurants, and there is a Müller store which was open on Sunday (the Müller in Freiburg is never open on Sunday!).

Finally, another thing I found interesting is that they have a number of posters of futuristic modes of transport in the passageway from the platforms to the area with the...