Weinheim (Bergstraße) Hauptbahnhof

Weinheim (Bergstraße) Hauptbahnhof is a station in the town of Weinheim in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is served by Intercity services on the Main-Neckar Railway between Frankfurt and Heidelberg/Mannheim. The Weschnitz Valley Railway (Weschnitztalbahn) to Furth in the Odenwald starts at Weinheim station. There is also a freight railway to Viernheim, the last remaining section of the former Weinheim–Worms railway.

Weinheim (Bergstraße) Weinheim (Bergstr)
Through station
Location	Weinheim, Baden-Württemberg Germany
Coordinates	49°33′12″N 8°39′55″E
Owned by	DB Netz
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Main-Neckar Railway (63.8 km) Weschnitz Valley Railway (0.0 km) Weinheim–Worms railway (30.8 km) (currently only freight)
Platforms	6
Other information
Station code	6622[1]
DS100 code	RWE[2]
IBNR	8000377
Category	3[1]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1846
Services
Preceding station   DB Fernverkehr   Following station Bensheim towards Hamburg-Altona ICE 26 Heidelberg towards Karlsruhe Bensheim towards Frankfurt IC/EC 62 Heidelberg towards Salzburg Preceding station   FlixTrain   Following station Heidelberg towards Stuttgart FLX 10 via Frankfurt (Main) - Erfurt Darmstadt towards Berlin Preceding station   DB Regio   Following station Hemsbach toward Frankfurt (Main) Hbf RE 60 Main-Neckar Railway Ladenburg toward Mannheim Hbf RB 68 Main-Neckar Railway Weinheim-Lützelsachsen toward Heidelberg Hbf Hemsbach toward Frankfurt (Main) Hbf RB 67 Main-Neckar Railway Weinheim-Lützelsachsen toward Mannheim Hbf Terminus RB 69 Weschnitz Valley Railway Birkenau toward Fürth (Odenw) Preceding station   Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn   Following station Weinheim-Lützelsachsen toward Mainz Hbf S 6 via Mannheim Hemsbach toward Bensheim
Location
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History

Track plan from 1870

The first Weinheim station was opened here with the opening of the Main-Neckar Railway from Frankfurt am Main to Heidelberg and Mannheim on 1 August 1846. With the opening of the Weinheim–Worms railway in 1905, the station received new signal systems.[3] In 1909, the station layout was extended, for which a construction division of the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway had been established on 1 June 1909.[4]

The station building was substantially renovated and the canopy of the "home" platform was refurbished as part of an economic stimulus program from 2008/09 to 2011.[5]

From 2015 to 2017, platforms A, B and C (tracks 1–4) were renewed and adapted for the disabled, increased to a height of 76 cm and each fitted with a passenger lift. In addition, an entrance was built from the west side.[6] This cost about €8.71 million.[6] The municipality and the district each provided €1.63 m of the costs, while the state of Baden-WÜrttemberg provided €1.88 m.[6] The renovation was also funded with €3.57 m under the federal Municipal Transport Financing Act (Gemeindeverkehrsfinanzierungsgesetz).[6]

The station was renamed from Weinheim (Bergstr) to Weinheim (Bergstr) Hbf in August 2018.[7]

Public transport

The station is connected by the Oberrheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (Upper Rhine Railway Company, OEG) with the rest of the Rhine-Neckar region. It runs from here to Viernheim, Mannheim and Heidelberg. The OEG stop at Weinheim station is called Luisenstraße, while the OEG's own Weinheim station is about 400 metres further south.

There is a bus connection to city and regional lines and a call taxi service.

Rail services

Long-distance services

Line	Route	Frequency
ICE 15	Binz – Pasewalk – Berlin – Halle – Erfurt – Frankfurt – Darmstadt – Weinheim  – Stuttgart	Individual services
ICE 26	Stralsund – Hamburg – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Gießen – Frankfurt – Darmstadt – Weinheim – Heidelberg – Karlsruhe	Every 2 hours
IC 62	Frankfurt – Darmstadt – Weinheim – Stuttgart – Munich – Salzburg	Every 2 hours
FLX 10	Berlin Hbf – Berlin Südkreuz – Halle (Saale) – Erfurt – Gotha – Eisenach – Fulda – Frankfurt South – Darmstadt – Weinheim – Heidelberg – Stuttgart	1–2 train pairs

Regional and S-Bahn services

Weschnitz Valley Railway class 623 diesel multiple unit in Weinheim station (2018)

Regionalbahn service RB 68 runs hourly to Frankfurt (Main) or Heidelberg. It combination with line S6 of the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn, there is an approximately half-hour cycle between Bensheim and Neu-Edingen/Friedrichsfeld during the day. Every two hours, there is a Regional-Express service to Frankfurt (Main) and Mannheim. Regionalbahn service RB 69 serves the Weschnitz Valley every half hour; services run hourly on the weekend.

Line	Route	Frequency
RE 60	Frankfurt (Main) – Darmstadt – Bensheim – Weinheim (Bergstr) – Mannheim	Every two hours
RB 67	Frankfurt (Main) – Darmstadt – Bensheim – Weinheim (Bergstr) – Neu-Edingen/Friedrichsfeld – Mannheim	Hourly (coupled with RB68 between Frankfurt (Main) and Neu-Edingen/Friedrichsfeld)
RB 68	Frankfurt (Main) – Darmstadt – Bensheim – Weinheim (Bergstr) – Neu-Edingen/Friedrichsfeld – Heidelberg (– Wiesloch-Walldorf)	Hourly (coupled with RB67 between Frankfurt (Main) and Neu-Edingen/Friedrichsfeld)
RB 69	(Ludwigshafen (Rhein) – Mannheim –) Weinheim (Bergstr) – Birkenau – Mörlenbach – Rimbach – Fürth (Odenw)	Every half hour (Sat/Sun hourly)
S 6	Bensheim – Weinheim (Bergstr) – Neu-Edingen/Friedrichsfeld – Mannheim – Ludwigshafen (Rhein) – Frankenthal Hbf – Worms Hbf – Mainz Hbf	Hourly

Platforms

Class 628 diesel multiple unit on the Weschnitz Valley Railway on track 6 in Weinheim station (2005)

Weinheim station has six platform tracks. Tracks 1, 5 and 6 are used for the Weschnitz Valley Railway and the other three tracks are used by passenger and freight trains on the Main-Neckar Railway. In the event of unscheduled overtaking moves by freight or long-distance trains, commuter trains to Frankfurt use track 1. The platforms are connected by two subways.

Freight

In earlier times, Weinheim station had a large and busy freight and marshalling yard. Its largest customer was the Freudenberg Group, which was based in Weinheim and transported its goods via rail over a dedicated connection. Today, most tracks have been removed, only the overgrown track area and the signal boxes are still preserved.

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.
3. "Announcement no. 372". Amtsblatt der Königlich Preußischen und Großherzoglich Hessischen Eisenbahndirektion in Mainz (in German). Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (34): 301. 8 July 1905.
4. "News". Amtsblatt der Königlich Preußischen und Großherzoglich Hessischen Eisenbahndirektion in Mainz (in German). Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (29): 298. 5 June 1909.
5. "Historisches Bahnhofsgebäude in Weinheim (Bergstr.) saniert" (Press release) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. 28 October 2010.
6. "Bahnhof in Weinheim nach barrierefreiem Ausbau offiziell eingeweiht" (Press release) (in German). VRN GmbH. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
7. "Weinheim hat jetzt einen Hauptbahnhof". Rhein-Neckar Zeitung (in German). 16 July 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

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