Schifferstadt station

Schifferstadt station is a separation station in the town of Schifferstadt in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, where the Speyer line branches off from the Mannheim–Saarbrücken railway.

Schifferstadt
Through station
General information
Location	Bahnhofstr. 87, Schifferstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate Germany
Coordinates	49°23′31″N 8°21′52″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Ludwigshafen-Saarbrücken (KBS 670) Schifferstadt–Wörth (KBS 677)
Platforms	3
Other information
Station code	5567
DS100 code	RSD
IBNR	8000254
Category	3
Fare zone	VRN: 123
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	11 June 1847
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Mitte Following station Böhl-Iggelheim towards Koblenz Hbf RE 1 RE 4126 only Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Mitte towards Mannheim Hbf Ludwigshafen Hbf towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf RE 4 Speyer Hbf towards Karlsruhe Hbf Preceding station Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn Following station Böhl-Iggelheim towards Homburg (Saar) Hbf S1 Limburgerhof towards Osterburken Böhl-Iggelheim towards Kaiserslautern Hbf S2 Limburgerhof towards Mosbach (Baden) Schifferstadt Süd towards Germersheim S3 Limburgerhof towards Karlsruhe Hbf Schifferstadt Süd towards Ludwigshafen (Rhein) BASF Nord S4 Limburgerhof towards Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Hbf
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History

The station is on the first section of the Palatine Ludwig Railway (Mannheim–Saarbrücken railway), inaugurated between Neustadt and Ludwigshafen in 1847. The line from Speyer and Germersheim was opened in the same year. Since 12 March 1964, electric trains have run through Schifferstadt.

With the opening of the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn, the station became a junction of the Rhine-Neckar network, with S-Bahn lines S1 and S2 (towards Kaiserslautern) and lines S3 and S4 (towards Germersheim) separating there. In the evenings Schifferstadt station is also a terminus of some S-Bahn trains.

Station facilities

The station building houses a signal box, a ticket office and a kiosk. In the station area there are also telephone booths, bicycle parking, and a park and ride parking area. In addition the riot police (Bereitschaftspolizei) of Rhineland-Palatinate are also established at the station. The station has an outside platform (platform 1) and a central platform (platform tracks 2 and 3).

Rail services

Schifferstadt station is served by only one regional transport service, the Regional-Express service (RE 4) from Karlsruhe to Mainz. The remaining local services are operated by the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn. It was formerly served each day by a pair of intercity train (IC) services operate from Karlsruhe to Frankfurt and back, but these now run through without stopping.

Regional services

Line	Route	Frequency
RE 1	Koblenz – Trier – Saarbrücken – Homburg (Saar) – Neustadt (Weinstr) – Schifferstadt – Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Mitte – Mannheim	One service
RE 4	Frankfurt – Hochheim – Mainz – Worms – Frankenthal – Ludwigshafen – Schifferstadt – Speyer – Germersheim – Graben-Neudorf – Karlsruhe	120 min

Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn

Line	Route	Frequency
S1	Homburg - Kaiserslautern – Neustadt – Schifferstadt – Ludwigshafen – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Mosbach – Osterburken	Hourly
S2	Kaiserslautern – Neustadt – Schifferstadt – Ludwigshafen – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Mosbach	Hourly
S3	Germersheim - Speyer – Schifferstadt – Ludwigshafen – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Bruchsal – Karlsruhe	Hourly
S4	Germersheim - Speyer – Schifferstadt – Ludwigshafen – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Bruchsal	Individual services

Further reading

• "Eiserne Zeitzeugen reisen ins Museum. Am Bahnhof hat die Demontage der historischen Teile begonnen". Die Rheinpfalz / Ludwigshafener Rundschau, Ausg. Schifferstadt (in German). 14 February 1989.
• Stefan Brechtel, Bernhard Kukatzki (1998). "Das goldene Zeitalter kam mit Verspätung. Schifferstadt und die Pfälzische Ludwigsbahn. 1838-1848". Schifferstadt. Geschichte und Geschichten (in German). Schifferstadt: City of Schifferstadt. pp. 421–444. ISBN 3-00-002473-5.
• "Wo Marlboro-Man sein Lasso schwingt". Sonntag aktuell. Die siebte Ausgabe Ihrer Zeitung (in German) (Palatinate ed.). 13 February 2005. p. 4.
• Linda Sohn (18 June 2010). "Willkommen an Gleis eins. Stadtleben [Episode 1]: Am frühen Nachmittag am Schifferstadter Hauptbahnhof. – Verspätung, Kaugummireste und ein "Gedeck"". Die Rheinpfalz / Ludwigshafener Rundschau, Ausg. Schifferstadt (in German). No. 138.
• Joachim Feldes (2011). "Bahnhof Schifferstadt, 7 August 1942". Edith Stein and Schifferstadt (in German) (2 ed.). Schifferstadt. pp. 57–75. ISBN 978-3-00-002724-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)