Mannheim-Waldhof train station

Mannheim-Waldhof
Data
Location in the network	Junction station
Design	Through station
Platform tracks	5
abbreviation	RMW
IBNR	8003848
Price range	4th
opening	1879
location
City / municipality	Mannheim
country	Baden-Württemberg
Country	Germany
Coordinates	49 ° 31 '32 " N , 8 ° 28' 57" E Coordinates: 49 ° 31 '32 " N , 8 ° 28' 57" E
Railway lines
	Riedbahn: Mannheim – Frankfurt am Main; Western introduction of the Riedbahn; ; Mannheim-Waldhof-Mannheim-Sandhofen;
Railway stations in Baden-Württemberg

BW

The Mannheim-Waldhof train station consists of the

Mannheim-Waldhof passenger station ( abbreviation : RMW) and the

Güterbahnhof Mannheim-Waldhof Gbf (abbreviation: RMW G)

on the Mannheim – Frankfurt am Main railway line ("Riedbahn").

Geographical location

In the Mannheim-Waldhof passenger station , the western introduction of the Riedbahn (route kilometers 6.4) and the Mannheim east bypass (route kilometers 9.4) come together. At the northern end of the station, the kilometering continues according to the older counting of the eastern bypass. The freight station is 10.9 kilometers long . At the same time, the station was km 0 for the Waldhof – Sandhofen railway line . The station is named after the Mannheim district of the same name .

history

With the opening of the southern branch of the Riedbahn in 1879 between Biblis and Mannheim-Neckarstadt , the Waldhof station also went into operation. The station was of great importance for worker traffic to the Bopp & Reuther valve, machine and pump factory to the northeast . The station gained further importance because over time it became a separation station for various routes:

From 1880 the east bypass branched off from Mannheim, with which trains from Waldhof could enter Mannheim main station from the south .
From 1900 the route to Sandhofen began here .
From 1985 the western introduction of the Riedbahn followed, with which trains of the Riedbahn can enter Mannheim Central Station from the north. This western introduction of the Riedbahn used south of the Mannheim-Waldhof station, beyond the Mannheim-Luzenberg stop, the historic route to Mannheim-Neckarstadt station, which was abandoned in 1971.

In 1904 the station was renamed Mannheim-Waldhof .

From 1900 to 1936 Mannheim-Waldhof was an island train station : the Riedbahn tracks ran east of the reception building . There were two island platforms with four platform edges. The westernmost of these tracks served the trains to and from Mannheim-Neckarstadt station. The house platform, on the other hand, was not used for boarding and alighting and was secured against the tracks with a fence. The tracks west of the reception building were used for freight traffic and the route to Sandhofen. In 1936 the facility was completely rebuilt. The western bundle of tracks was tied to the south by the main line, and now ended bluntly in the northern section of the station. And a new station building was built.

The Waldhof freight yard went into operation in 1904.

Reception building

First station building

The original station building from 1879 was a two-story half - timbered building with brick infill on an almost square floor plan with a gable roof . It was traufständig to the tracks. On the platform side there was a porch for the dispatcher . Attached to the main building was the single-storey goods handling facility , also with a gable roof and located on the eaves facing the tracks .

Second reception building

The new station building was part of the station renovation in 1936. It was built very modern in expressionist forms as a cubic clinker building. Its glass tower , which illuminated the central entrance hall, was striking . The structure survived the Second World War largely unscathed. In 1982 it was demolished in preparation for the construction of the western introduction of the Riedbahn. Open platform roofs took its place.

business

The line's Regional Express trains stop at Mannheim-Waldhof stationRE 70that connect Mannheim with Frankfurt . The regional train line also stops in WaldhofRB 2which goes from Mannheim (partly already from Karlsruhe ) to Biblis . This train stops everywhere along the route. On weekdays, an amplifier train drives over the eastern Riedbahn instead of the western Riedbahn and stops there in Mannheim-Käfertal . Are used on theRE 70new vehicles of the 446 series and on theRB 2which is 425 series used. Since the 2018/2019 timetable change in December 2018, there have been three pairs of trains on weekdays that operate asP 39Drive from Mannheim Hbf to Mannheim-Waldhof. These trains only stop in Mannheim-Luzenberg and are attached or detached to the S 3 ( Germersheim - Karlsruhe) in Mannheim Hbf . Modernized vehicles from the 425 series are used on this line.

line	route	Clock frequency	operator product
RE 70	Mannheim Hbf - Mannheim-Waldhof - Lampertheim - Bürstadt - Biblis - Riedstadt-Goddelau - Groß Gerau-Dornberg - Frankfurt (Main) Hbf	Hourly	DB regional center: Main-Neckar-Ried-Express
RB 2	( Karlsruhe main station - Graben-Neudorf - Hockenheim -) Mannheim main station - Mannheim-Luzenberg / Mannheim-Käfertal - Mannheim-Waldhof - Lampertheim - Bürstadt - Bobstadt - Biblis	Hourly	DB regional center
P 39	(Karlsruhe Hbf - Bruchsal - Heidelberg Hbf -) Mannheim Hbf - Mannheim-Luzenberg - Mannheim-Waldhof	3 pairs of trains (Mon-Fri)	DB regional center: Rhein-Neckar S-Bahn

In addition, trams and city buses run in front of the train station , operated by Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH (rnv) .

line	route	Cycle Mon-Fri	Clock Sa	Clock so
1	Rheinau train station - Neckarau train station - Mannheim central station - Paradeplatz - Luzenberg train station - Waldhof train station - Schönau	10 mins	10 mins	20 minutes
45	Rheinau Karlsplatz - Käfertal - Waldhof train station	20 minutes
50	Neckarau West - Käfertal - Waldhof train station - Schönau	20 minutes	20 minutes	20 minutes
55	Käfertaler Wald - Waldfriedhof - Waldhof train station	30 minutes	30 minutes	30 minutes

future

In December 2020, the Riedbahn between Mannheim and Groß-Rohrheim will be integrated into the network of the RheinNeckar S-Bahn as the new S 9 line . At the same time, the Mannheim-Waldhof train station will be made barrier-free.

literature

Wolfgang Löckel: Mannheim, here Mannheim. Highlights from the history of rail transport in the city of squares . Ludwigshafen 2008. ISBN 978-3-934845-40-4

Individual evidence

↑ Railway Atlas Germany . 10th edition. Schweers + Wall, Cologne 2017, ISBN 3-921679-13-3 .
↑ Löckel, p. 91
↑ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of October 29, 1904, No. 56. Announcement No. 556, p. 623.
↑ Löckel, p. 186
↑ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Ed.): Official Journal of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of August 13, 1904, No. 42. Announcement No. 438, p. 530.
↑ Löckel, p. 184
↑ Löckel, p. 183
↑ S-Bahn goes to Groß-Rohrheim. In: Echo online. June 20, 2012, archived from the original on December 5, 2013 ; Retrieved July 4, 2013 .

[1] Railway Atlas Germany . 10th edition. Schweers + Wall, Cologne 2017, ISBN 3-921679-13-3 .

[2] Löckel, p. 91

[3] Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of October 29, 1904, No. 56. Announcement No. 556, p. 623.

[4] Löckel, p. 186

[5] Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Ed.): Official Journal of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of August 13, 1904, No. 42. Announcement No. 438, p. 530.

[6] Löckel, p. 184

[7] Löckel, p. 183

[8] S-Bahn goes to Groß-Rohrheim. In: Echo online. June 20, 2012, archived from the original on December 5, 2013 ; Retrieved July 4, 2013 .