Bickenbach train station (Bergstr)

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Bickenbach (Bergstrasse)
Station building of the Bickenbach (Bergstr) station in 2012, before the platform renewal
Station building of the Bickenbach (Bergstr) station in 2012, before the platform renewal
Data
Location in the network Intermediate station
Design Through station
Platform tracks 2
abbreviation FBI
IBNR 8000948
Price range 5
opening 1848
Architectural data
architect Georg Moller
location
City / municipality Bickenbach
country Hesse
Country Germany
Coordinates 49 ° 45 '35 "  N , 8 ° 36' 12"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 45 '35 "  N , 8 ° 36' 12"  E
Railway lines
Railway stations in Hessen
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The Bickenbach (Bergstr) station (until 1932 Bickenbach (Hess) station ) is the only station in the municipality of Bickenbach in Hesse . It belongs to station category 5 and is located in the RMV tariff area .

history

The platform systems of the station (2012, before the platform renewal)

In 1846 the Main-Neckar Railway , which connects Frankfurt and Heidelberg central stations , was opened. Although only a few stops were planned at the beginning, a train station was built in 1848 for the town, which then had only about 950 inhabitants. The design of the station is said to come from Darmstadt's city architect Georg Moller .

In December 1894, the construction of a branch line from Bickenbach to the neighboring community of Seeheim-Jugenheim began. In July 1895 the Bickenbach – Seeheim railway was completed and opened on July 6, 1895.

On May 22nd, 1932 - at the beginning of the summer timetable - the station was renamed from Bickenbach (Hess) to Bickenbach (Bergstrasse) .

During the Second World War , the station was repeatedly targeted by air raids.

On December 31, 1955, passenger traffic on the Bickenbach – Seeheim line was discontinued. Freight traffic followed in July 1960. In March 1961, the line was finally dismantled.

The station building is no longer owned by Bahn AG or its subsidiaries.

During the modernization in 2016/2017, the central platform on tracks 2 and 3 was demolished and replaced by a new outer platform on track 3. This means that the middle of the three tracks is only used for through traffic. The house platform was also demolished and rebuilt a few meters further north. Today both platforms are 210 meters long and 76 centimeters high.

Infrastructure

Track systems

The station has been barrier-free since 2017 . It has two platform tracks, each with an outside platform. The platforms are connected to one another via a pedestrian underpass south of the station.

Track 1 is used for regional traffic in the direction of Frankfurt and as a through track for long-distance and freight traffic.

Today, track 2 no longer has a platform and serves as a through track for long-distance and freight traffic.

Track 3 is used for regional traffic in the direction of Mannheim / Heidelberg.

The continuous main tracks in the station area are largely passable at 150 km / h, a drop in speed compared to the 160 km / h permitted on both sides. Track 3 can be driven at 60 km / h.

Station forecourt

On the station forecourt there is a park + ride car park and a bus stop with connections to the surrounding towns.

traffic

Rail transport

In addition to the regional trains of the RMV lines RB 67 and RB 68, the regional express trains of the RE 60 line also stop at Bickenbacher Bahnhof. On weekdays, some additional journeys are offered during rush hour. The trains of the lines RB 67 and 68 run between Frankfurt and Neu-Edingen / Friedrichsfeld as a common train.

line Line course Tact
RE 60 Frankfurt (Main)  - Darmstadt  - Bickenbach (Bergstrasse)  - Bensheim  - Weinheim (Bergstrasse)  - Mannheim Every two hours
RB 67 Frankfurt (Main) - Darmstadt - Bickenbach (Bergstrasse)  - Bensheim - Weinheim (Bergstrasse) - Neu-Edingen / Friedrichsfeld  - Mannheim Hourly
RB 68 Frankfurt (Main) - Darmstadt - Bickenbach (Bergstrasse)  - Bensheim - Weinheim (Gründstrasse) - Neu-Edingen / Friedrichsfeld - Heidelberg (- Wiesloch-Walldorf ) Hourly

Bus transport

Since the timetable change on December 14, 2014, the Bickenbach train station has been served by two DADINA bus routes:

line Line course
BE1 Bickenbach station - Seeheim - Eberstadt waiting room
BE2 Bickenbach station - Alsbach - Hähnlein New School

future

As part of the 2020 Rhine-Neckar cycle, the medium-term aim is to extend the new RheinNeckar S-Bahn line to Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof, which is planned to reach Bensheim . However, the opening of the first section is not expected until 2018 at the earliest.

Others

Immediately to the north of the station is a railway system with two passing points and three sidings . The latter are part of the connection between the Bundeswehr depot in Pfungstadt and the Main-Neckar Railway.

At Bickenbach station, the slower regional trains are overtaken during the traffic times of InterCity lines 26 and 62, which have to use one of the passing points.

Web links

  • Location, course as well as some signals and permissible speeds on the OpenRailwayMap
Commons : Bahnhof Bickenbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Web presence of the community of Bickenbach ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bickenbach-bergstrasse.de
  2. ^ Bickenbach, Darmstadt-Dieburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  3. ↑ Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (ed.): Official Gazette of the Reichsbahndirektion Mainz of April 9, 1932, No. 15. Announcement No. 210, p. 82.
  4. ^ History of the Bickenbach – Seeheim railway line ( Memento from October 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ "Bickenbacher Bahnhof auctioned" ( Memento of the original from May 27, 2015 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. Echo online from September 24, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.echo-online.de
  6. ↑ Claudia Stehle: Stepless on the train. (No longer available online.) In: echo online . December 1, 2016, formerly in the original ; Retrieved on August 19, 2018 (can still be found on Google, publication forwards to local section).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.echo-online.de
  7. ↑ Dadina press release on the 2014/2015 timetable change from December 9, 2014. ( Memento of the original from May 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dadina.de
  8. ↑ Rhein-Neckar-Takt 22020 ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2014 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. Rhein-Neckar transport association (PDF; 2.3 MB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vrn.de
  9. ↑ Rhein-Neckar-Kreis: "Further delays in the 2nd stage of the Rhein-Neckar S-Bahn" ( Memento from May 29, 2015 in the web archive archive.today )