Working German railway station with 49 rooms for sale
If you’ve always dreamed of rolling out of bed and onto a train platform, here’s your chance.
A 49-room railway station in Germany is being auctioned by Deutsche Bahn, the state-owned railway company.
But it could be noisy, as trains are still going to pick up and drop off passengers on the seven platforms
Furth Hauptbahnhof is one of the oldest stations in Germany and opened in 1863.
It’s the main station in the town of Furth, with a population of 120,000, in northern Bavaria.
Trains began operating out of the station in 1865 and currently regional services and several bus routes all pass through.
The price for the grand old building is listed at $0, meaning it’ll go to the highest bidder and most passionate train enthusiast.
But the building isn’t what it once was and the would-be owner would have to put in a fair bit of elbow grease to get it up to scratch, according to German English-language news site The Local.
The advertisement for the sale also says the building has “good rail access”.
It has a floorplate of 549 square metres including a large waiting room and “several staircases”.
There is also a large courtyard and carpark, though these are for commuters only.
The building was extended in 1901 and 1914 and given an asymmetrical facade, the advert states.
