Aulendorf station

Aulendorf station is a junction station on the Württemberg Southern Railway (Südbahn) in the German state of Baden-Württemberg running between Ulm and Friedrichshafen. It was opened in 1847.

Aulendorf
Crossing station
2016
Location	Am Bahnhof 1 88326 Aulendorf Baden-Württemberg Germany
Coordinates	47°57′12″N 9°38′38″E
Elevation	547 m (1,795 ft)
Owned by	DB Netz
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Ulm–Friedrichshafen (KBS 751) Herbertingen–Aulendorf (KBS 766) Aulendorf–Hergatz (KBS 753)
Platforms	2 island platforms 1 side platform
Tracks	5
Train operators	Bodensee-Oberschwaben-Bahn DB Regio
Other information
Station code	226
DS100 code	TAU[1]
IBNR	8000014
Category	4[2]
Fare zone	bodo: 49[3] DING: 249 (bodo transitional tariff)[4] naldo: 805 (bodo transitional tariff)[5]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1849 (1849)
Traffic
Passengers	4100
Services
Preceding station   Bodensee-Oberschwaben-Bahn   Following station Terminus RB Südbahn Mochenwangen toward Friedrichshafen Hafen Preceding station   DB Regio   Following station Bad Schussenried toward Stuttgart Hbf RE Südbahn via Ulm Hbf Ravensburg toward Lindau Hbf Altshausen toward Stuttgart Hbf IRE Zollern-Alb-Bahn Terminus Bad Schussenried toward Ulm Hbf IRE Hochrheinbahn Südbahn Ravensburg toward Basel Badischer Bahnhof Altshausen toward Sigmaringen RB Zollern-Alb-Bahn Württemberg-Allgäu-Bahn Bad Waldsee toward Memmingen Terminus RB Württemberg-Allgäu-Bahn Bad Waldsee toward Lindau Hbf Terminus RB Roßbergbahn Moorbahn Bad Waldsee toward Bad Wurzach Altshausen toward Pfullendorf RB Räuberbahn Terminus
Location
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Aulendorf station from a postcard of 1900

Location

The station is located on the eastern edge of the centre of Aulendorf in the district of Ravensburg. On the western side of the station is the central bus station.

The railway station

The station consists of an entrance building and several outbuildings. It has five platform tracks, tracks 1–4 and track 1a (formerly platform 13) to the south of the station.

History

The Royal Württemberg State Railways opened the Friedrichshafen–Ravensburg section of the Württemberg Southern Railway in 1847 and extended it through Aulendorf to Biberach on 26 May 1849.

In 1869, the Württemberg Allgäu and the Herbertingen–Aulendorf lines were opened and Aulendorf station became the main railway junction in Upper Swabia.

The construction of the railways during a time of great distress in rural Aulendorf kept many people from starvation or emigration. The railway and the post office were the largest employer in Aulendorf at that time.

Rail services

The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.[2]

Long-distance

In the middle of the day a pair of Intercity services running between Dortmund and Innsbruck stop at Aulendorf station.

Line	Route	Frequency
IC 32	Münster – Dortmund – Essen – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Stuttgart – Ulm – Aulendorf – Lindau – Innsbruck	Individual services

Regional services

Aulendorf is the hub of hourly Regional-Express services from Ulm to Friedrichshafen and hourly services towards Sigmaringen and Tübingen. Services run every two hours on the Allgäu Railway towards Hergatz or Kißlegg. Aulendorf is also the starting point of Bodensee-Oberschwaben-Bahn (BOB) services towards Friedrichshafen on the line popularly known as the Geißbockbahn (billy goat railway).

Line	Route	Frequency
RE	Südbahn (Stuttgart – Plochingen –) Ulm – Aulendorf – Ravensburg – Friedrichshafen – Lindau	Hourly
IRE	Ulm – Aulendorf – Ravensburg – Friedrichshafen – Singen (Hohentwiel) – Schaffhausen – Basel Bad	Individual services
IRE	(Ulm –) Aulendorf – Herbertingen – Sigmaringen – Albstadt-Ebingen – Balingen – Tübingen – Stuttgart	Every 2 hours
RB	Ulm – Laupheim West – Biberach (Riß) – Aulendorf	Hourly in the peak hour
RB	(Ulm –) Aulendorf – Herbertingen – Sigmaringen (– Albstadt-Ebingen – Balingen – Tübingen)	Every 2 hours
RB	Aulendorf – Bad Waldsee – Kißlegg – Hergatz	Every 2 hours
RB	(Ulm –) Aulendorf – Bad Waldsee – Kißlegg – Leutkirch (– Aichstetten)	Individual services
RB	Aulendorf – Bad Waldsee – Bad Wurzach	Every 2 hours only on Sundays
BOB	Aulendorf – Ravensburg – Friedrichshafen – Friedrichshafen Hafen	Hourly

Freight

Aulendorf station is served regularly by freight trains.

Services in the station

The station building has a ticket office, a bakery and a kiosk, but no toilet.

Notes

1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
2. "Stationspreisliste 2020" [Station price list 2020] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
3. "Zonenplan" (PDF). Bodensee-Oberschwaben Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
4. "Der Wabenplan" (PDF). Donau-Iller-Nahverkehrsverbund. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
5. "naldo-Tarifwabenplan" (PDF). Verkehrsverbund Neckar-Alb-Donau. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.

External links

• "Track plan of Aulendorf station" (PDF, 201.60 kB) (in German). Retrieved 2 February 2012.