Today's Strasbourg train station is the city’s second train station. The first station, inaugurated on September 15, 1854, was a terminus station and was located at today's place des halles. It was partially destroyed in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 and rebuilt under German administration from a military point of view. In 1974 it was demolished, [1] today there is a shopping center on the site.
Strasbourg train station around 1905
The construction of today's station goes back to the construction activities of the German Empire. The station was built on the site of the Strasbourg Vauban fortifications. Construction work began in 1878 based on a design by the Berlin architect Johann Eduard Jacobsthal. The station was inaugurated on August 15, 1883 and replaced the old Strasbourg terminus. However, the construction work was not finally completed until 1898. The station originally served not only as a passenger, but also as a freight and shunting yard.
Between 1901 and 1906, a post office and a police building were added on either side of the reception building. The marshalling yard was moved to the outskirts of Strasbourg in 1906 (Hausbergen station, closed in 2006). The freight yard followed in the years 1912 to 1914. Three new platform tracks were added by 1936. Source: Wikepedia