Miltenberg Hbf

The route of the Ludwigs-West-Bahn initially bypassed Miltenberg. The site on the left bank of the Main was deliberately chosen so that an extension upstream toward Wertheim was impossible, and a continuation to Amorbach–Seckach would only work with a reversal of direction. Bavarian policy thus forfeited any wider regional significance for the station.

From the 1950s onward, through express trains made these operating conditions untenable. Deutsche Bundesbahn opted for the "large solution" – relocating all facilities to Miltenberg Nord on the right bank – rather than the "small solution," which would only have moved passenger stops and freight handling. In March 1972 it released 1.45 million DM for a first construction phase: Miltenberg Nord was expanded, and from the 1972 summer timetable some through services became possible. A second phase followed in 1975, bringing a new station building, new freight facilities, and new platforms with an underpass. For cost reasons, the new station received only an older-style electromechanical signal box instead of a modern Dr-type system. Total costs came to 5 million DM. The now-obsolete facilities for locomotive servicing and the turntable were dismantled; the engine shed still stands and, as of 2020, serves as storage and office space for a scrapyard.

From 1997, key customers – including a ceiling-tile manufacturer in Amorbach and a ceramics maker in Kleinheubach – shifted their transport to road haulage; DB withdrew its Köf III shunting locomotive, and the facilities were used only seasonally for timber loading. After the last regular freight train, the site was used at times to store maintenance trains, the entrance was closed off in 2005, and nature gradually reclaimed the grounds. In 2007 everything except the station building and freight office was demolished, and the site was converted into a commercial estate for shops and restaurants.