Aglasterhausen station

Aglasterhausen station is the terminus of the Meckesheim–Neckarelz railway in Aglasterhausen in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It has one platform and is located in the network administered by the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (VRN). It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 7 station.[1]

Aglasterhausen
Terminal station
Aglasterhausen station
Location	Bahnhofstraße 40, Aglasterhausen, Baden-Württemberg Germany
Coordinates	49°21′00″N 8°59′27″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Meckesheim–Neckarelz railway (km 38.9)
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	8168[1]
DS100 code	RAG[2]
IBNR	8007445
Category	7[1]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	23 October 1862
Services
Preceding station   S-Bahn RheinNeckar   Following station Helmstadt (Baden) toward Heidelberg Hbf S 51 via Neckargemünd Terminus
Location
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It was opened with the Odenwald Railway (Odenwaldbahn) from Heidelberg to Würzburg as a through station on 23 October 1862. The section from Aglasterhausen to Obrigheim was closed on 25 September 1971, turning Aglasterhausen station into a terminus. It has been the terminus of line S51 of the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn since June 2010.

History

The Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway, which operated railways in Baden from 1840 to 1920, when it was integrated into Deutsche Reichsbahn, commenced operations of the Baden Odenwald railway between Heidelberg, Meckenheim, Aglasterhausen and Mosbach on 23 October 1862. With the opening of the Neckar Valley Railway on the Neckargemünd–Neckarsteinach–Eberbach–Neckarelz–Mosbach route on 24 May 1879, the Meckenheim–Neckarelz route became more and more neglected. The Aglasterhausen–Obrigheim section was closed at the timetable change on 25 September 1971. Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft (SWEG) took over the line from Deutsche Bundesbahn under a fixed 20-year lease on 1 January 1982.

With the transfer of responsibility for the Elsenz Valley Railway and the Schwarzbach Valley Railway to the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn, the line was electrified, Aglasterhausen station was completely modernised and a raised platform was installed there. At the same time, the second track (formerly used for loading timber) was removed. The track now ends at a buffer stop.

The original station building still exists and it has been renovated.

Operations

The station is served by line S 51 of the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn every hour from 5am to midnight, Monday to Friday, with extra trains in the peaks. The extra trains run only between Aglasterhausen and Meckesheim. Class 425 EMUs are used.

Line	Route	Frequency
S 51	(Heidelberg Hbf – Neckargemünd –) Meckesheim – Waibstadt – Aglasterhausen	Hourly (+ an extra train during the peak hour)

References

1. "Stationspreisliste 2020" [Station price list 2020] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.

Sources

• Thomas Estler (1999). Eisenbahnreiseführer Baden-Württemberg (in German). 2, Nordschwarzwald, Hohenlohe, Schwäbischer Wald, Kraichgau. Stuttgart: Transpress. ISBN 3-613-71106-0.
• Hans-Wolfgang Scharf (2001). Eisenbahnen zwischen Neckar, Tauber und Main (in German). 1: Historische Entwicklung und Bahnbau. Freiburg (Breisgau): EK-Verlag. ISBN 3-88255-766-4.
• Hans-Wolfgang Scharf (2001). Eisenbahnen zwischen Neckar, Tauber und Main (in German). 2: Ausgestaltung, Betrieb und Maschinendienst. Freiburg (Breisgau): EK-Verlag. ISBN 3-88255-768-0.
• Gerd Wolff, Hans-Dieter Menges (1992). Deutsche Kleinbahnen und Privatbahnen (in German). 2: Baden. Freiburg (Breisgau): Verlag=EK-Verlag. ISBN 3-88255-6536.
• Peter-Michael Mihailescu, Matthias Michalke (1985). Vergessene Bahnen in Baden-Württemberg (in German). Stuttgart: Konrad Theiss Verlag. pp. 25–27. ISBN 3-8062-0413-6.