Die Reisekette endet am Zielbahnhof.

Because Reisekette is a feminine noun in German.

The easiest way to see why is to look at the second part of the compound:

• die Reise = journey, trip
• die Kette = chain

In German compound nouns, the last part determines the grammatical gender. Since Kette is feminine, Reisekette is also feminine:

• die Kette
• die Reisekette

So in the sentence, die Reisekette is the correct form.

Reisekette is a compound noun:

• Reise = trip, journey
• Kette = chain

So literally it means travel chain or journey chain.

In practice, it usually refers to the whole sequence of connected parts of a trip, for example:

• walking to the station
• taking a train
• changing to a bus
• arriving at the final station

It is a somewhat technical or transport-planning term, not the most casual everyday word.

Because the subject is die Reisekette, which is third person singular.

The infinitive is enden = to end.
In the present tense, it changes like this:

• ich ende
• du endest
• er/sie/es endet
• wir enden
• ihr endet
• sie/Sie enden

Since die Reisekette is grammatically like sie singular, the correct form is:

• Die Reisekette endet

am is the contraction of an dem:

• an dem → am

So:

• am Zielbahnhof = an dem Zielbahnhof

In English, this usually corresponds to at the destination station.

German often uses these contractions in normal speech and writing:

• am = an dem
• im = in dem
• zum = zu dem
• zur = zu der

Here the sentence describes the point where something ends, not movement into a place.

The preposition an is a two-way preposition, so it can take:

• dative for location
• accusative for direction/movement toward something

In this sentence, the journey chain ends at the destination station, so German treats that as a location/end point:

• am Zielbahnhof = an dem Zielbahnhof
• dem is dative

If the sentence were clearly about movement toward a place, you might expect accusative with some two-way prepositions, but here enden an + dative is the natural pattern.

It is in the dative singular.

Here is the structure:

• an dem Zielbahnhof
• contracted: am Zielbahnhof

Since Bahnhof is masculine (der Bahnhof), the dative singular article is dem:

• nominative: der Zielbahnhof
• dative: dem Zielbahnhof

That is why the sentence has am Zielbahnhof.

Zielbahnhof is another compound noun:

• Ziel = goal, destination
• Bahnhof = train station

So Zielbahnhof means destination station.

Again, the last part determines the gender:

• der Bahnhof
• therefore der Zielbahnhof

This is very typical German word-building. German often combines nouns into one larger noun instead of using a longer phrase.

Because they are nouns, and in German all nouns are capitalized.

So:

• die Reisekette
• das Ziel
• der Bahnhof
• der Zielbahnhof

This is one of the most noticeable differences from English, where only proper nouns are usually capitalized.

No, this is a very normal German main-clause word order.

The sentence is:

• Die Reisekette = subject
• endet = verb
• am Zielbahnhof = prepositional phrase

German main clauses usually put the finite verb in second position, and that is exactly what happens here:

• Die Reisekette endet am Zielbahnhof.

You could also move another element to the front for emphasis:

• Am Zielbahnhof endet die Reisekette.

That still works because endet remains in second position.

It sounds a bit technical or formal, especially because of Reisekette.

A native speaker would understand it, but in everyday conversation people might more often talk about:

• die Reise = the journey
• die Verbindung = the connection
• die Fahrt = the trip/ride

So the sentence feels like something from:

• transport planning
• travel systems
• logistics
• accessibility or mobility discussions

rather than casual conversation.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

dee RY-zeh-ket-uh EN-det am TSEEL-bahn-hohf

A few helpful points:

• ie in die sounds like long ee
• ei in Reise sounds like English eye
• z in Ziel sounds like ts
• bahn has a long a sound
• w is not present here, but remember German v and w often differ from English expectations

A rough stress pattern is:

• DIE Rei-se-ket-te EN-det am ZIEL-bahn-hof

The strongest stresses are usually on Rei-, EN-, and ZIEL-.