Darmstadt Süd station

Darmstadt South station (German: Bahnhof Darmstadt Süd) is in the city of Darmstadt in the German state of Hesse on the Main-Neckar Railway. The station building is protected under the Hessian Monument Protection Act. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[2]

Darmstadt Süd
Through station
Entrance building from the street side
LocationDarmstadt, Hesse
Germany
Coordinates49°51′20″N 8°38′12″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms2
Construction
ArchitectFriedrich Mettegang
Other information
Station code1129
DS100 codeFDS[1]
IBNR8001377
Category5[2]
Fare zone
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1912 (1912)
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio Mitte   Following station
RB 68
Main-Neckar Railway
Preceding station   VIAS   Following station
Terminus
RB 66
Pfungstadt Railway
toward Pfungstadt
Location
Darmstadt Süd
Location in Hesse
Darmstadt Süd
Location in Germany
Darmstadt Süd
Location in Europe

History
Darmstädt South station (track side)

The first station was built on the old route of the Main-Neckar Railway, at the corner of Donnersbergring and Bessunger Straße on 15 October 1879 as Haltepunkt Bessungen (Bessungen halt); it was called Darmstadt Süd from 27 November 1902. It was served by passenger and freight services. With the construction of the Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof from 1909 to 1912, the Main-Neckar Railway was shifted to the west and lowered and a new Darmstädt South station was built.

The station building was acquired as part of a package with other station buildings by the British real estate investment company, Patron Capital on 1 January 2008.[3]

Architecture

The new South Station was designed in neoclassical and traditional styles by the architect of the Mainz railway division (Eisenbahndirektion), Friedrich Mettegang. The cubic building has a rendered facade and windows with horizontal bars and shutters. A balcony standing on five square pillars points to the street front. The upper building is topped by a hip roof, and on the east side it has a "bat" dormer (Fledermausgaube) with a central round clock. The dormer windows have wood paneling, decorated by tapes and diamond motifs and turned round columns.

Rail services

The station is served Regionalbahn service RB 66: Heidelberg–Weinheim–Bensheim–Darmstadt Hbf–Frankfurt. Since the timetable change of 2011/2012 on 11 December 2011, the station has been served by the Regionalbahn RB 66 (the Pfungstadtbahn) from Darmstadt to Pfungstadt. This runs in the peak hour, after stopping Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof, continuing to Groß-Umstadt Wiebelsbach /Erbach as RB 81 or RE 81.

Line Route Frequency
RB 66 Darmstadt – Darmstadt Süd – Darmstadt-Eberstadt – Pfungstadt (some continuing from Darmstadt as RB81/RE80 to Groß-Umstadt Wiebelsb./Erbach) 60 min
RB 67 Frankfurt – Darmstadt – Darmstadt Süd – Bensheim – Weinheim – Neu-Edingen/Friedrichsfeld – Mannheim One train pair (Mon–Fri)
RB 68 Frankfurt (Main) – Darmstadt – Darmstadt Süd – Bensheim – Weinheim – Neu-Edingen/Friedrichsfeld – Heidelberg – (Wiesloch-Walldorf) 60 min

The South station also has a stop on bus route H (between Darmstadt Anne-Frank-Straße and Darmstadt Alfred-Messel-Weg or Kranichstein Kesselhutweg) operated by HEAG mobilo, the Darmstadt municipal bus company.

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. Klaus Honold (16 February 2010). "Südbahnhof: Als Erstes wird das Dach repariert" (in German). Echo-Online. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
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References
  • Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen, ed. (1994). Stadt Darmstadt. Kulturdenkmäler in Hessen. Denkmaltopographie Bundesrepublik Deutschland (in German). Braunschweig: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsges. p. 450. ISBN 3-528-06249-5.
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