Rohrbach (Saar) station

Rohrbach (Saar) station
Rohrbach (Saar) station
	Through station
	Rohrbach station, looking north; train on platform 2
Location	Bahnhofstr. 96, Rohrbach (Saar), Sankt Ingbert, Saarland; Germany
Coordinates	49°16′37″N 7°09′25″E
Line(s)	Palatine Ludwig Railway (KBS 670); Pirmasens–Saarbrücken (KBS 674);
Platforms	3
Other information
Station code	5319[1]
DS100 code	SRO[2]
IBNR	8000319
Category	5[1]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	September 1895
Services

Rohrbach (Saar) station is a station in the district of Rohrbach of Sankt Ingbert in the German state of Saarland.

History

The station was opened on 1 September 1895 with the building of the line to bypass the Hasseler Tunnel. Its importance increased with the opening on 1 May 1904 of the Glan Valley Railway (German: Glantalbahn) strategic railway, linking Munster am Stein and Homburg, along with a new section of the Palatine Ludwig Railway between Homburg to Rohrbach, which was opened on 1 January 1904. Extensive modifications to the station building were made in 1958.[3] In preparation for the operation of the ICE 3 train service between Mannheim and Paris in 2008, the western exit curve was eased and the station platform was raised and moved about 50 metres further east. The station building was closed after a long period when no ticket had been sold there.

Until the closure of numerous factories along the railway line in Rohrbach, there was a freight yard and a number of factory sidings, the last of which was closed in 2008. In addition to the three passenger platform tracks, there are two platform tracks under construction.[4]

Infrastructure

In the area of the station there are no services apart from ticket machines. The railway line, which runs approximately east-west, has a pedestrian tunnel under it, but the connection to the platform is provided by a separate tunnel, which, however, connects only towards the centre of the town, which is to the north, so rail passengers exiting to the south must cross the tracks and climb steps twice.

Rail services

Rohrbach station is served by the following lines:

Line	Route	Frequency
RB 68	Saarbrücken Hbf – St. Ingbert – Rohrbach (Saar) – Zweibrücken Hbf – Pirmasens Hbf (once each morning running to Landau (Pfalz) Hbf)	Hourly
RB 71	Trier Hbf – Dillingen (Saar) – Saarlouis Hbf – Saarbrücken Hbf – St. Ingbert – Rohrbach (Saar) – Homburg (Saar) Hbf	Hourly

Notes

"Stationspreisliste 2020" [Station price list 2020] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
Friedrich Müller (1996). Die Eisenbahn in Rohrbach (in German). St. Ingbert: Wassermann Verlag.
"Rohrbach station track plan" (PDF) (in German). DB Netz AG. p. 7. Retrieved 8 June 2012.

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[categories-1] "Stationspreisliste 2020" [Station price list 2020] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.

[Eisenbahnatlas-2] Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.

[3] Friedrich Müller (1996). Die Eisenbahn in Rohrbach (in German). St. Ingbert: Wassermann Verlag.

[4] "Rohrbach station track plan" (PDF) (in German). DB Netz AG. p. 7. Retrieved 8 June 2012.