 The first station building was built between 1859 and 1864 at the southern end of Maximilianstraße to plans by architect , its great length, twin towers and five-arched portal reflecting the influence of the Italian renaissance.The building was torn down in 1888 and replaced by a new building in the contemporary style of the Gründerzeit.This second station building was destroyed in World War II; its successor was finished in 1955 and renovated in 2004.