Weinheim (Bergstraße) Hauptbahnhof

Weinheim (Bergstraße) Hauptbahnhof is a station in the town of Weinheim in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is served by Intercity services on the Main-Neckar Railway between Frankfurt and Heidelberg/Mannheim. The Weschnitz Valley Railway (Weschnitztalbahn) to Furth in the Odenwald starts at Weinheim station. There is also a freight railway to Viernheim, the last remaining section of the former Weinheim–Worms railway.

Weinheim (Bergstraße)

Weinheim (Bergstr)
Deutsche Bahn
Through station
General information
LocationWeinheim, Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Coordinates49°33′12″N 8°39′55″E / 49.55333°N 8.66528°E / 49.55333; 8.66528
Owned byDB Netz
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms6
Other information
Station code6622[1]
DS100 codeRWE[2]
IBNR8000377
Category3[1]
Fare zone
  • VRN: 65[3]
  • Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV): 4830 (VRN transitional tariff)[4]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1846
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Bensheim ICE 15 Heidelberg Hbf
Bensheim
towards Hamburg Hbf
ICE 26 Heidelberg Hbf
Bensheim ICE 62 Heidelberg Hbf
IC 87 Heidelberg Hbf
Preceding station DB Regio Mitte Following station
Hemsbach RE 60 Ladenburg
towards Mannheim Hbf
RB 67 Weinheim-Lützelsachsen
RB 68 Weinheim-Lützelsachsen
Terminus RB 69 Birkenau
Preceding station Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn Following station
Weinheim-Lützelsachsen
towards Mainz Hbf
S6 Hemsbach
towards Bensheim
Location
Weinheim is located in Baden-Württemberg
Weinheim
Weinheim
Location in Baden-Württemberg
Weinheim is located in Germany
Weinheim
Weinheim
Location in Germany
Weinheim is located in Europe
Weinheim
Weinheim
Location in Europe

History

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Track plan from 1870

The first Weinheim station was opened here with the opening of the Main-Neckar Railway from Frankfurt am Main to Heidelberg and Mannheim on 1 August 1846. With the opening of the Weinheim–Worms railway in 1905, the station received new signal systems.[5] In 1909, the station layout was extended, for which a construction division of the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway had been established on 1 June 1909.[6]

The station building was substantially renovated and the canopy of the "home" platform was refurbished as part of an economic stimulus program from 2008/09 to 2011.[7]

From 2015 to 2017, platforms A, B and C (tracks 1–4) were renewed and adapted for the disabled, increased to a height of 76 cm and each fitted with a passenger lift. In addition, an entrance was built from the west side.[8] This cost about €8.71 million.[8] The municipality and the district each provided €1.63 m of the costs, while the state of Baden-WÜrttemberg provided €1.88 m.[8] The renovation was also funded with €3.57 m under the federal Municipal Transport Financing Act (Gemeindeverkehrsfinanzierungsgesetz).[8]

The station was renamed from Weinheim (Bergstr) to Weinheim (Bergstr) Hbf in August 2018.[9]

Public transport

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The station is connected by the Oberrheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (Upper Rhine Railway Company, OEG) with the rest of the Rhine-Neckar region. It runs from here to Viernheim, Mannheim and Heidelberg. The OEG stop at Weinheim station is called Luisenstraße, while the OEG's own Weinheim station is about 400 metres further south.

There is a bus connection to city and regional lines and a call taxi service.

Rail services

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Long-distance services

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Line Route Frequency
ICE 15 Binz – Pasewalk – Berlin – Halle – Erfurt – Frankfurt – Darmstadt – Weinheim  – Stuttgart Individual services
ICE 26 HamburgKassel-WilhelmshöheGießen – Frankfurt – Darmstadt – Weinheim HeidelbergKarlsruhe Every 2 hours
ICE 62 Frankfurt – Darmstadt – Weinheim Stuttgart – Munich – Salzburg Every 2 hours
IC 87 FrankfurtHeidelbergStuttgartSingen Individual services

Regional and S-Bahn services

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Regionalbahn service RB 68 runs hourly to Frankfurt (Main) or Heidelberg. It combination with line S6 of the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn, there is an approximately half-hour cycle between Bensheim and Neu-Edingen/Friedrichsfeld during the day. Every two hours, there is a Regional-Express service to Frankfurt (Main) and Mannheim. Regionalbahn service RB 69 serves the Weschnitz Valley every half hour; services run hourly on the weekend.

Line Route Frequency
RE 60 Frankfurt (Main) – Darmstadt – Bensheim – Weinheim (Bergstr) – Mannheim Every two hours
RB 67 Frankfurt (Main) – Darmstadt – Bensheim – Weinheim (Bergstr) – Neu-Edingen/Friedrichsfeld – Mannheim Hourly (coupled with RB68 between Frankfurt (Main) and Neu-Edingen/Friedrichsfeld)
RB 68 Frankfurt (Main) – Darmstadt – Bensheim – Weinheim (Bergstr) – Neu-Edingen/Friedrichsfeld – Heidelberg (– Wiesloch-Walldorf) Hourly (coupled with RB67 between Frankfurt (Main) and Neu-Edingen/Friedrichsfeld)
RB 69 (Ludwigshafen (Rhein) – Mannheim –) Weinheim (Bergstr) – Birkenau – Mörlenbach – Rimbach – Fürth (Odenw) Every half hour

(Sat/Sun hourly)

S6 Bensheim – Weinheim (Bergstr) – Neu-Edingen/Friedrichsfeld – Mannheim – Ludwigshafen (Rhein) – Frankenthal Hbf – Worms Hbf – Mainz Hbf Hourly

Platforms

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Class 628 diesel multiple unit on the Weschnitz Valley Railway on track 6 in Weinheim station (2005)

Weinheim station has six platform tracks. Tracks 1, 5 and 6 are used for the Weschnitz Valley Railway and the other three tracks are used by passenger and freight trains on the Main-Neckar Railway. In the event of unscheduled overtaking moves by freight or long-distance trains, commuter trains to Frankfurt use track 1. The platforms are connected by two subways.

Freight

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In earlier times, Weinheim station had a large and busy freight and marshalling yard. Its largest customer was the Freudenberg Group, which was based in Weinheim and transported its goods via rail over a dedicated connection. Today, most tracks have been removed, only the overgrown track area and the signal boxes are still preserved.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. ^ "Wabenplan" (PDF). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar. February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Tarifinformationen 2021" (PDF). Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. p. 155. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Announcement no. 372". Amtsblatt der Königlich Preußischen und Großherzoglich Hessischen Eisenbahndirektion in Mainz (in German) (34). Eisenbahndirektion Mainz: 301. 8 July 1905.
  6. ^ "News". Amtsblatt der Königlich Preußischen und Großherzoglich Hessischen Eisenbahndirektion in Mainz (in German) (29). Eisenbahndirektion Mainz: 298. 5 June 1909.
  7. ^ "Historisches Bahnhofsgebäude in Weinheim (Bergstr.) saniert" (Press release) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. 28 October 2010.
  8. ^ a b c d "Bahnhof in Weinheim nach barrierefreiem Ausbau offiziell eingeweiht" (Press release) (in German). VRN GmbH. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Weinheim hat jetzt einen Hauptbahnhof". Rhein-Neckar Zeitung (in German). 16 July 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2019.