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Nuremberg Central

NürnbergHauptbahnhof/ Hbf is a huge railway station, and like many large train stations, they may initially be confusing for first time users.

The gleis/platform where the train arrives/departs is located on the upper level, and the station building is also multi-level. However, the upper level (gallery) of the station cannot enter the train.

The train passage is located on the street at the bottom of the station building. There are three channels below the track that provide access to the platform. The three passages are named (i) Eastern Tunnel, (ii) Mittel Tunnel and (iii) West Tunnel, but these names are not used for station signs. If you have luggage, etc., only the West Tunnel has lifts, and the trains entering and leaving the other passages are through the stairs. Arriving by train: When arriving by train, you do not have to use the stairs, but the elevator is located at the far end of the platform/canyon - in the F zone. The lift takes you to the west side channel, at the end you can turn to the right to enter the central part of the station, where the main exit is located. Once you are in the atrium of the station, you will find the lower level of the station building with the left baggage facility and U-Bahn access. There are two sets of escalators that can reach this lower level. The second group of esclators, the passage to the city centre (marked 'zugang') before the main street exit - use this passage to avoid having to cross the maze outside the station. From this channel you can reach the Nurnberg ZOB bus stop, which is the departure point for the IC bus to Praha / Prag (and other). Departure by train: When leaving by train, the central hall of the station leads to the middle passage, which is located under the main departure screen, but if you have luggage and want to use the lift, please do not take this road. The West Tunnel with the lift is located on the right side, at the other end of the Burger King in the main atrium, which runs through the length of the station building - next to the platform/canyon.

Nuremberg ( NEWR-əm-burg; German: Nürnberg [ˈnʏʁnbɛʁk] ; East Franconian: Närrnberch or Nämberch, locally Närmberch) is the second-largest city of the German federal state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 511,628 (2016) inhabitants make it the 14th largest city in Germany. On the Pegnitz River (from its confluence with the Rednitz in Fürth onwards: Regnitz, a tributary of the River Main) and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it lies in the Bavarian administrative region of Middle Franconia, and is the largest city and the unofficial capital of Franconia. Nuremberg forms a continuous conurbation with the neighbouring cities of Fürth, Erlangen and Schwabach with a total population of 787,976 (2016), while the larger Nuremberg Metropolitan Region has approximately 3.5 million inhabitants. The city lies about 170 kilometres (110 mi) north of Munich. It is the largest city in the East Franconian dialect area (colloquially: "Franconian"; German: Fränkisch). There are many institutions of higher education in the city, most notably the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg), with 39,780 students (2017) Bavaria's third and Germany's 11th largest university with campuses in Erlangen and Nuremberg and a university hospital in Erlangen (Universitätsklinikum Erlangen); Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm; and Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg. Nuremberg Airport (Flughafen Nürnberg “Albrecht Dürer“) is the second-busiest airport of Bavaria after Munich Airport, and the tenth-busiest airport of Germany. Staatstheater Nürnberg is one of the five Bavarian state theatres, showing operas, operettas, musicals, and ballets (main venue: Nuremberg Opera House), plays (main venue: Schauspielhaus Nürnberg), as well as concerts (main venue: Meistersingerhalle). Its orchestra, Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg, is Bavaria's second-largest opera orchestra after the Bavarian State Opera's Bavarian State Orchestra in Munich. Nuremberg is the birthplace of Albrecht Dürer and Johann Pachelbel. Nuremberg was the site of major Nazi rallies, and it provided the site for the Nuremberg trials, which held to account many major Nazi officials.