Andernach station

Andernach station is the transportation hub of the city of Andernach in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is a middle-sized stations with thousands of passengers each day. It is currently classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station. After completion of the renovation, it will be classified as a category 3 station. It has four passenger platforms (tracks 1, 2, 3 and 24), three with a length of more than 280 m,[3] and sidings and freight tracks.[4] It is on the Left Rhine line (German: Linke Rheinstrecke) and is the terminus of the Cross Eifel Railway (Eifelquerbahn). In addition to passenger operations, the station has container and freight operations to the east of the station, particularly serving the tin plate manufacturer, Rasselstein.

Andernach station
Through station
Station and forecourt
Location	Andernach, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	50°26′08″N 7°24′12″E
Line(s)	West Rhine Railway (KBS 470) Cross Eifel Railway (KBS 478)
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	144[1]
DS100 code	KAND[2]
IBNR	8000331
Category	3 [1]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	about 1858

In the station forecourt, there is a bus station, served by all city buses and regional bus services to Mayen, Neuwied and Ochtendung. The regional bus service to Maria Laach stops 50 metres from the bus station.

The station is currently being modernised. It is planned to increase the height of the central platform for its entire length to 76 centimetres, modernise the platform roof, provide barrier-free access using lifts, improve the environment, including the bus station, implement bike and ride and the park and ride facilities and provide new access to the main platform.[5]

History

Andernach received a rail extension of the Rhenish Railway Company’s Left Rhine line from Oberwinter to Weißenthurm on 15 August 1858. On 11 November 1858 the first train ran on the Left Rhine line to Koblenz. A year later, the line was extended to Bingerbrück.

The Eifelquer line from Andernach to Niedermendig was opened for freight on 1 April 1878 and for passengers on 15 May. This line was also owned by the Rhenish Railway Company. On 20 September 1879, the 2.33 km long freight line to Rheinwerft was opened.

All regional and some express trains stopped in Andernach, while most higher-quality passenger trains went by without stopping.

During the Second World War, Andernach station was completely destroyed. It was rebuilt after the war.

Services

Track 2 with old split-flap display

Track 2 with new LCD display

The only facility available at the station is a Deutsche Bahn (DB) ticket office, which has two counters. The restaurant, the bookshop, a former DB service point and a taxi call point are disused. The concourse has a departure monitor and touch-screen ticket machines of DB and trans-regio. There is also an ATM and seating.

Passenger operations

Trains stop on four platforms at Andernach station. Long-distance services stopping at the station consist of Intercity-Express, Intercity and EuroCity trains. Regional services consist of Regional-Express (RE) and Regionalbahn (RB) trains to cities within 200 kilometres, running towards Cologne/Emmerich, Koblenz, Mainz and Mayen/Kaisersesch.

Regional services

Line	KBS	Route	Operator	Rollingstock	Frequency
RE 5 Rhein-Express	415/420/470	Emmerich – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Remagen – Andernach – Koblenz-Stadtmitte – Koblenz Hbf	DB	Class 146 with double deck carriages	60 min
RB 26 MittelRheinBahn	415/420/470	Cologne – Bonn – Remagen – Andernach – Koblenz-Stadtmitte – Koblenz Hbf	trans regio	Siemens Desiro ML	60 min
RB 23 Lahn-Eifel-Bahn	478	Limburg (Lahn) – Bad Ems – Koblenz Hbf – Koblenz Stadtmitte – Andernach – Mendig – Mayen	DB	Class 640/648	60 min
RB 38 Lahn-Eifel-Bahn	478	Andernach – Mendig – Mayen – Kaisersesch	DB	Class 640/648	60 min

Preceding station		Deutsche Bahn		Following station
Bad Breisig toward Wesel		RE 5 Rhein-Express		Koblenz Stadtmitte toward Koblenz Hbf
Miesenheim toward Mayen Ost		RB 23 Lahn-Eifel-Bahn		Weißenthurm toward Limburg (Lahn)
Miesenheim toward Kaisersesch		RB 38 Lahn-Eifel-Bahn		Terminus
Preceding station		trans regio		Following station
Namedy toward Köln Messe/Deutz Hbf		RB 26 MittelRheinBahn		Weißenthurm toward Mainz Hbf

The Rhineland-Palatinate co-ordinated timetable of 2015 provides for the further development of RB 23 as a Stadt-Express line, a Regionalexpress service on the (Gießen–) Limburg–Koblenz–Andernach route (RE 25) and a Regionalbahn service on the Andernach–Mendig–Mayen–Kaisersesch–Ulmen route (RB 38), running hourly.[6]

Long distance

Type	Train number	Route	Line
	114/115 Wörthersee	Klagenfurt – Salzburg – Munich – Ulm – Stuttgart – Mannheim – Mainz – Andernach – Koblenz – Bonn – Cologne – Duisburg → Essen → Dortmund ← Oberhausen ← Münster	32/62
	118/119	Salzburg → Innsbruck – Feldkirch – Dornbirn – Bregenz – Lindau – Ulm – Stuttgart – Heidelberg – Mannheim – Mainz – Andernach – Koblenz – Bonn – Köln – Duisburg – Essen – Münster	32
	130/135/136/137/231	Norddeich Mole – Emden – Münster – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Cologne – Bonn – Andernach – Koblenz – Trier – Luxembourg	35
	131 Borkum
	132 Norderney
	133/134 Ostfriesland
	556/557	Berlin – Hanover – Bielefeld – Hamm – Hagen – Wuppertal – Cologne – Bonn – Andernach – Koblenz ← Trier	10
	855/856	Trier – Koblenz – Andernach – Bonn – Cologne – Wuppertal – Hagen – Hamm – Bielefeld – Hanover – Wolfsburg – Berlin	10
	1910/1911/1915/1916	Salzburg → Munich –/Tübingen – Stuttgart – Heidelberg – Mannheim – Mainz – Andernach – Koblenz – Bonn – Cologne – Duisburg – Essen – Dortmund – Hamm – Bielefeld – Herford – Hannover – Berlin	32
	2010/2011 Loreley
	2017/2338/2339
	1917	Konstanz – Singen – Villingen – Offenburg – Karlsruhe – Mannheim – Mainz – Andernach – Koblenz – Bonn – Cologne – Duisburg – Essen – Dortmund ← Hamm ← Bielefeld ← Herford ← Hannover ← Berlin	26/32
	2006/2007 Bodensee
	1920/1924	Frankfurt → Mainz → Andernach – Koblenz → Bonn → Cologne → Duisburg → Essen → Dortmund → Hamm → Bielefeld → Herford → Hannover → Berlin	31/32
	2004/2005 Bodensee	Konstanz – Singen – Villingen – Offenburg – Karlsruhe – Mannheim – Mainz – Andernach – Koblenz – Bonn – Cologne – Duisburg – Oberhausen – Münster – Emden	26/35
	2012/2013 Allgäu	Oberstdorf – Kempten – Ulm – Stuttgart – Heidelberg – Mannheim – Mainz – Andernach – Koblenz – Bonn – Köln – Duisburg – Essen – Dortmund – Hamm – Bielefeld – Hanover – Magdeburg – Leipzig	32/55
	2014/2015	Stuttgart – Mannheim – Mainz – Andernach – Koblenz – Bonn – Cologne – Duisburg – Oberhausen – Münster – Emden ← Norddeich	32/35
	2019 Norderney
	2020/2021	Frankfurt – Mainz – Koblenz – Andernach – Bonn – Cologne – Duisburg – Essen – Dortmund – Hamm – Münster – Bremen – Hamburg	31
	2212 Rügen	Koblenz – Andernach – Bonn – Cologne – Duisburg – Essen – Dortmund – Münster – Bremen – Hamburg → Rostock → Stralsund → Ostseebad Binz	30
	2307

Other stations in Andernach

The town of Andernach has other stations in two suburbs:

• Namedy on the Left Rhine line and served by MRB (Mittelrheinbahn) 26 trains
• Miesenheim on the Eifelquer Railway and served by RB 92 trains.

• 
  Andernach freight tracks.
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  Tracks 1 and 2
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  Tracks 2 and 3
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  Track 1 with RE5

Notes

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.
3. "Andernach station platform information" (PDF, 166 kB) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
4. "Track plan of Andernach station" (PDF, 166 kB) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
5. "Modernisation and enhancement of stations in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate – current state of planning" (PDF) (in German). SPNV-Nord. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-22. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
6. "Rheinland-Pfalz-Takt 2015 – Rahmenkonzept zur Weiterentwicklung der SPNV-Angebote in Rheinland-Pfalz und im Saarland" (PDF) (in German). SPNV-Nord. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 28 April 2011.