Wangen railway station
Station building of Wangen (Allgäu) located on the Kißlegg–Hergatz railway. After the Bavarian town of Hergatz was connected in 1853 and the Württemberg town of Kißlegg was connected in 1870, Wangen remained unconnected to the rail network. 1876, it was decided to build the 13.3 kilometre line to Kißlegg, which was opened on 31 July 1880. In 1887, a treaty was contracted between Württemberg and Bavaria for the construction of the 5.3 km line between Wangen and Hergatz along with a line from Leutkirch to Memmingen. The Wangen–Hergatz section went into operation on 15 July 1890. Since its completion the new link has allowed a shorter route from Munich to Lindau than the Bavarian Allgäu Railway via Kempten. It is planned to upgrade and electrify this line by 2020 as part of a transit route between Bavaria and Switzerland via the Buchloe–Memmingen, Leutkirch–Memmingen, Württemberg Allgäu, Kißlegg–Hergatz and Bavarian Allgäu railways. Photo taken Friday 4 July 2014. Photo: Steffen Mokosch (Steffen.Mokosch@web.de)