Babenhausen railway station (Hessen)

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Babenhausen (Hess)
Reception building
Data
Location in the network Crossing station
Platform tracks 4th
abbreviation FBA
IBNR 8000015
Price range 4th
opening December 25, 1858
Profile on Bahnhof.de Babenhausen__Hess_
location
City / municipality Babenhausen
country Hesse
Country Germany
Coordinates 49 ° 57 '29 "  N , 8 ° 57' 25"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 57 '29 "  N , 8 ° 57' 25"  E
Railway lines
Railway stations in Hessen

The Babenhausen (Hessen) station (official: Babenhausen (Hess) ) is a crossing station at the intersection of the Rhein-Main-Bahn and the Odenwaldbahn in Babenhausen .

history

Investments

The station was built for the Rhein-Main-Bahn and put into operation on December 25, 1858. In 1870 the southern branch of the Odenwaldbahn was added, first to Groß-Umstadt , later in the same year to Wiebelsbach-Heubach (today: Groß-Umstadt Wiebelsbach station ). The branch to Hanau Ost (today: Hanau Hauptbahnhof ) was connected in 1882.

Even before the start of the First World War , major renovations began due to increasing traffic at the station. They were initially managed by the "Darmstadt Construction Department", whose main task was the construction of the new Darmstadt Central Station . After this was dissolved on March 31, 1914, the task was taken by the Railway Operations Office 1 in Darmstadt. The tracks were raised about 5 m, the level crossings on Aschaffenburger and Darmstädter Strasse were closed, and an underpass to today's B 26 was set up next to the reception building . The work could be completed in 1928/1929. In 1944 the railway systems were damaged several times by air raids . In 1960 electrical operation began on the Rhein-Main-Bahn , in 1968 the central signal box south of the tracks was opened. In 2013, the station received new , barrier-free platforms that can now be reached by elevators .

Reception building

The station building dates back to the early days of 1858. It is made of light sandstone in the arched style and is very similar to the station building in Dieburg . The middle section is gable-free, three-story and three-axis, with the three axes on the upper floor dissolving into five smaller windows. To the left and right of the middle section there is a single-storey, also three-axis but eaves side wing. The reception building is a cultural monument according to the Hessian Monument Protection Act . Due to the railroad embankment, which was raised in 1915, the station building appears to be "sunken" on the track side. The opportunity was used, however, to equip the platforms with a pedestrian tunnel, which ends on the street side at ground level, previously in the reception building.

In 2003 the ticket office was closed, shortly afterwards the restaurant and kiosk . The station building was sold in 2004 and then changed hands several times. In 2009 the former ticket office was converted into a kiosk. Here are magazines , drinks and snacks available. A shisha lounge was opened in the former restaurant in 2016.

designation

The station was opened under the name Babenhausen . In 1904 it was renamed Babenhausen (Hessen) .

Infrastructure

Track apron before the renovation
Platforms since the renovation (left the Odenwaldbahn, right the Rhein-Main-Bahn)

The tracks of the lines run in the station in line operation, the tracks of the Rhein-Main-Bahn are north of the Odenwald line. On the single-track Odenwaldbahn, the station is used as planned for train encounters. The platforms are each in an island position between the tracks, access to the tracks is only possible through the underpass. At the eastern head of the station, the track of the Odenwaldbahn to Hanau is raised over the Rhein-Main-Bahn. In the direction of Dieburg there are additional overtaking tracks that are used to overtake freight trains.

The formerly extensive freight yard is located in the north-eastern part of the station . It used to be of considerable importance for the US Army units stationed here , but is only used to a limited extent today, e.g. B. for loading wood. The track that led from Hanau into the freight yard was shut down in 2007.

Traffic importance

Rail transport

The Rhine-Main Railway and the Odenwald Railway cross in Babenhausen . The following lines operate here:

line route
RE 85 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf - Hanau Hbf - Babenhausen (Hess) - Groß-Umstadt Wiebelsbach (- Erbach (Odenw) )
RB 86 Hanau Hbf - Seligenstadt (Hess) - Babenhausen (Hess) - Groß-Umstadt Wiebelsbach
RB 75 Wiesbaden Hbf - Mainz Hbf - Groß Gerau - Darmstadt Hbf - Dieburg - Babenhausen (Hess) - Aschaffenburg Hbf

As a rule, there are good transfer options between the individual trains of the RB lines on the hour, but this does not apply to the trains of the RE line on the Odenwaldbahn.

Bus transport

Babenhausen is also an important hub for regional bus transport:

expansion

In addition to the Park + Ride facility north of the tracks, another was built on the B 26 to the south , for this purpose a breakthrough was made from the pedestrian underpass. The forecourt no longer has permanent parking spaces; instead, a new parking lot was built on Hermann-Stotz-Straße.

literature

Heinz Schomann: Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany . Cultural monuments in Hessen. Railway in Hessen . Volume 2: Railway Buildings and Lines 1839–1939 . Ed .: State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse . Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2005. ISBN 3-8062-1917-6 , pp. 248f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schomann, p. 436.
  2. ^ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (ed.): Official Gazette of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of March 28, 1914, No. 16. Nachrichten, p. 108.
  3. ↑ Schomann, p. 249.
  4. ↑ Schomann, p. 249f.
  5. ↑ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (ed.): Official Journal of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of February 27, 1904, No. 10. Announcement No. 96, p. 131f (132).