 It is currently being modernised and an underground tram station is being built under it.The first Augsburg station was opened in 1840 by the Munich-Augsburg Railway Company ("München-Augsburger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft") near the "Rotes Tor" (Red Gate).Its historic hall served in 1880 as a military riding school and since 1920 it has been part of the main workshop of the traffic branch of "Stadtwerke Augsburg" (Augsburg's municipal utility).