Gundelfingen (Breisgau) station

Gundelfingen station is a railway station in Gundelfingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It lies on the Mannheim–Karlsruhe–Basel railway (Rhine Valley Railway). The Freiburg bypass, which is reserved for freight traffic, branches off south of the station. It is served by Breisgau S-Bahn (BSB) and DB Regio trains and has two side platforms. DB designates it as a class 5 station.

Gundelfingen (Breisgau)
Deutsche Bahn
Hp
Breisgau S-Bahn service in Gundelfingen station
General information
LocationRosenstr. 18, Gundelfingen, Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Coordinates48°02′41″N 7°52′28″E / 48.04459°N 7.87439°E / 48.04459; 7.87439
Elevation241 m (791 ft)
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms2
Other information
Station code2412[1]
DS100 codeRGDN[2]
IBNR8002465
Category5[1]
Fare zoneRVF: A[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened30 July 1845
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Baden-Württemberg Following station
Denzlingen
towards Offenburg
RB 26 Freiburg Hbf
Terminus
Preceding station Breisgau S-Bahn Following station
Denzlingen
towards Elzach
S2 Freiburg-Zähringen
towards Freiburg Hbf
Map
Location
Gundelfingen is located in Baden-Württemberg
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Location in Baden-Württemberg
Gundelfingen is located in Germany
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Location in Germany
Gundelfingen is located in Europe
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Location in Europe

History

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Gundelfingen station was established on 30 July 1845 with the opening of the OffenburgFreiburg Hbf section of the Rhine Valley Railway from Mannheim to Basel via Karlsruhe.

The freight bypass branching off in Gundelfingen was inaugurated on 4 September 1905 to relieve traffic at Freiburg Hauptbahnhof.[4][5][6]

The entire route of the Rhine Valley Railway, including Gundelfingen station, was electrified In 1955.

Operations

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Junction with the Freiburg freight bypass railway (right) at Gundelfingen

Around 100 DB Regio and Breisgau S-Bahn trains stop in Gundelfingen every day. There are direct connections to Basel, Freiburg im Breisgau, Offenburg, Karlsruhe, Waldkirch and Elzach. The municipality belongs to Regio-Verkehrsverbund Freiburg (Freiburg Regional Transport Association, RVF), which administers local services and fares.

Long-distance services

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No long-distance services stop in Gundelfingen. The closest station served by long-distance traffic is Freiburg (Breisgau) Hauptbahnhof.

Local services

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Gundelfingen is almost exclusively served by Breisgau S-Bahn services from Freiburg via Gundelfingen, Denzlingen and Waldkirch to Elzach every 30 to 60 minutes.

Regional-Express services between Offenburg and Basel as well as Regionalbahn services between Basel or Neuenburg and Offenburg, sometimes extended to/from Karlsruhe, occasionally stop in Gundelfingen.

Train class Route Frequency
RE OffenburgLahr (Schwarzw)EmmendingenDenzlingenGundelfingen (Breisgau)Freiburg (Breisgau)SchallstadtBad KrozingenMüllheim (Baden)Basel Bad Bf (– Basel SBB) Individual services
RB (Karlsruhe –) Offenburg – Lahr (Schwarzw) – Emmendingen – Denzlingen – Gundelfingen (Breisgau) – Freiburg (Breisgau) – Ebringen – Schallstadt – Bad Krozingen – Heitersheim – Müllheim (Baden) – Neuenburg (Baden) / Basel Bad Bf Individual services
BSB ElzachWaldkirch – Denzlingen – Gundelfingen (Breisgau) – Freiburg (Breisgau) Every 30 minutes (to/from Waldkirch)
every 60 minutes (to/from Elzach)

Freight transport

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Gundelfingen junction is located directly south of the station. There, the sometimes dense north-south freight traffic is routed to the Freiburg freight bypass railway.

Bus services

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Bus routes 15, 16 (both Gundelfingen–Wildtal–Zähringen–Freiburg) and bus route 24 (Gundelfingen–Freiburg Industriegebiet Nord) run from Gundelfingen station. These are operated by Freiburger Verkehrs AG. Regional buses are operated by Südbadenbus over a wider area.

References

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Footnotes

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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. ^ Railway Atlas 2017, p. 206.
  3. ^ "Tarifzonenplan mit Übergangsbereichen" (PDF). Regio-Verkehrsverbund Freiburg. December 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  4. ^ Deutsche Reichsbahn 1935.
  5. ^ Greß 1997, p. 66.
  6. ^ 140 Years 1985.

Sources

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  • Greß, Gerhard (1997). Verkehrsknoten Freiburg und seine Umgebung in den fünfziger und sechziger Jahren (in German). Freiburg: EK-Verlag. ISBN 3-88255-263-8.
  • Deutsche Reichsbahn (1935). Die Deutschen Eisenbahnen in ihrer Entwicklung 1835 – 1935 [The development of the German railways 1835 – 1935] (in German). Berlin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas]. Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.
  • 140 Jahre Eisenbahn in Freiburg – Nebenstrecken [140 years of railways in Freiburg – branch lines] (brochure) (in German). Freiburg. 1985.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)