Bensheim-Auerbach train station

Bensheim-Auerbach
The station building of Bensheim-Auerbach
Data
Location in the network	Intermediate station
Design	Through station
Platform tracks	3
abbreviation	FBAU
IBNR	8000877
Price range	5
opening	1850
Architectural data
architect	from the left: Georg Moller
location
City / municipality	Bensheim
Place / district	Auerbach
country	Hesse
Country	Germany
Coordinates	49 ° 42 '7 "  N , 8 ° 36' 48"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 42 '7 "  N , 8 ° 36' 48"  E
Railway lines
Main-Neckar Railway (km 47.2)
Railway stations in Hessen

The Bensheim-Auerbach railway station is under monument protection standing cultural monument in Bensheim district Auerbach . On the three tracks, of which only tracks 1 and 2 are regularly used for passenger traffic, only regional trains have scheduled traffic stops.

History

The platforms of the Bensheim-Auerbach train station before the renovation

The platforms of the Bensheim-Auerbach train station (2018)

The Bensheim-Auerbach railway station in 1850 for those from Frankfurt to Heidelberg leading Main-Neckar Railway built. The design for the station is said to come from Darmstadt's city architect Georg Moller .

Originally it was called Auerbach , later Auerbach (Hess) . On May 22, 1932 - at the beginning of the summer timetable - it was renamed Auerbach (Bergstrasse) .

present

Bensheim-Auerbach station is a category 5 stop. It has station number 489.

In December 2007, plans of the Deutsche Bahn AG were announced that they intended to sell the reception building. Shortly afterwards, the railway announced the sale to an investor.

As an increasingly important traffic junction in the region, the train station is part of the overall concept for Hessentag 2014 in Bensheim and of the S-Bahn concept in the Rhein-Neckar transport association . It has therefore been extensively renovated and rebuilt since April 2012.

In the early morning of October 27, 2014, a fire broke out in the vacant building on Otto-Beck-Strasse at the corner of Schillerstrasse. The resulting material damage was estimated at at least 50,000 euros. The police assume arson .

Rail connections

Regional train in Bensheim-Auerbacher Bahnhof on the way to Heidelberg main station

Bensheim-Auerbach has an hourly connection with the RB 67/68 to Frankfurt (Main) and Mannheim or Heidelberg , with trains being extended to Wiesloch-Walldorf during rush hour Monday to Friday .

line	route	Tact
RB 67	Frankfurt (Main) - Darmstadt - Bensheim-Auerbach - Bensheim - Weinheim (Bergstr) - Neu-Edingen / Friedrichsfeld - Mannheim	60 min
RB 68	Frankfurt (Main) - Darmstadt - Bensheim-Auerbach - Bensheim - Weinheim (Bergstr) - Neu-Edingen / Friedrichsfeld - Heidelberg (- Wiesloch-Walldorf)	60 min

(As of 2019)

←	Lines			→
Zwingenberg (Bergstrasse)		RB 67/68 Main-Neckar-Bahn		Bensheim

construction

The station is a two-story residential or administrative building. It is covered with a gable roof with a low pitch. There are small mezzanine windows below the eaves . The station is built on three axes with yellow sandstone . The southern gable is half-timbered. Towards the tracks, the roofing stands on cast-iron pillars, which presumably date from 1846. A small signal box was installed on the southwest side around 1920. There is architectural evidence that this extension was made by Heinrich Metzendorf .

Modernization of the train station

Track 2 in the direction of Wiesloch-Walldorf (new platform construction)

Elevator to platform 2 and 3

The modernization work at the Bensheim-Auerbach train station began at the beginning of 2016 with the renewal of tracks 1 and 2. These ended in mid-2016. The main platform on platform 1 and the central platform on platform 2 and 3 were renewed from the beginning of 2017 to the end of 2017. The platforms were raised from 35 to 76 centimeters (upper edge of the rails) and rebuilt over a length of 210 m. Both platforms received two elevators during the modernization.

Hike

This is where the new Camino Incluso pilgrimage route starts , which leads over the state park Fürstenlager through Bergstrasse , Vorderer Odenwald and Neckar Valley for 84 kilometers to Heidelberg .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Cultural monuments in Hesse: Auerbach train station , accessed on April 18, 2008
2. ↑ Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (ed.): Official Gazette of the Reichsbahndirektion Mainz of April 9, 1932, No. 15. Announcement No. 210, p. 82.
3. ↑ Station category overview 2012. (PDF; 240 kB) Deutsche Bahn AG, January 1, 2012, archived from the original on October 21, 2012 ; accessed on January 7, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Manfred Köhler: Bahn sells 50 stations in Hessen In: faz.net December 11, 2007. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 14, 2014 ; Retrieved May 4, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ The romance of the train station is probably over for good. In: Bergsträßer Anzeiger edition of December 13, 2007. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved May 4, 2013 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
6. ↑ press release Hesse: Bensheim: Even the Auerbacher station is converted S-Bahn justice ( Memento of the original April 5, 2013 Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 26, 2012 
7. ↑ Press release Hessen: Bensheim: First public e-filling station on the new P&R parking lot ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 26, 2012 
8. ^ POL-DA: Bensheim-Auerbach: Fire in the station building / police assume arson. , Press release Police Headquarters South Hesse from October 27, 2014
9. ↑ Bensheim-Auerbach station becomes barrier-free. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 20, 2018 ; accessed on March 19, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

Commons : Bahnhof Bensheim-Auerbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (Ed.): Auerbach train station In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hessen