Wörth (Rhine) railway station

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Wörth (Rhine)
Regional train to Neustadt in the station
Regional train to Neustadt in the station
Data
Location in the network Crossing station
Platform tracks 5
abbreviation RWRT
IBNR 8000254
Price range 4th
opening March 14, 1864
Architectural data
Architectural style Late Classicism /
Neo-Renaissance
location
City / municipality Woerth on the Rhine
country Rhineland-Palatinate
Country Germany
Coordinates 49 ° 2 '44 "  N , 8 ° 16' 24"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 2 '44 "  N , 8 ° 16' 24"  E
Railway lines
Railway stations in Rhineland-Palatinate
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The Wörth (Rhein) railway station - initially Wörth (Pfalz) - is the most important station of the Rhineland-Palatinate town of Wörth am Rhein . It belongs to station category 4 and has five platform tracks . The station is located in the network area of ​​the Karlsruhe Transport Association (KVV) and belongs to tariff zone 540. Since 2001, cards of the Rhine-Neckar Transport Association (VRN) have also been recognized as part of a transitional tariff . The address of the station is Bahnhofstrasse 44 .

It was opened on March 15, 1864 as a through station of the section that branches off the Maximiliansbahn in Winden and leads to Maximiliansau . A year later, the gap to Karlsruhe was closed . On May 15, 1876, the Schifferstadt – Germersheim railway line was extended, including its continuation to Strasbourg, as a crossing station . In 1997, a stretch of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn was added to the Dorschberg residential area. The reception building of the station is also under monument protection .

location

The Wörth (Rhein) train station is located in the east of the city center of Wörth on Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Straße (L 540), Wörth's main thoroughfare. There is a connection to federal highway 9 in the immediate vicinity . A large parking garage is attached to it , which is available for free use.

history

Emergence

In the period from 1847 to 1849, the Palatinate Ludwigsbahn, running in an east-west direction, from the Rheinschanze (from 1853: Ludwigshafen ) to Bexbach was built, which mainly served to transport coal. This was followed in 1855 by the Palatinate Maximiliansbahn Neustadt- Wissembourg , built as a transit route , by means of which coal from the Saar region and products from Palatinate agriculture were to be transported to France .

In the following years the Palatinate Maximiliansbahn-Gesellschaft developed plans to build a line branching off from the Maximiliansbahn in Winden to the Baden capital Karlsruhe. The reason for this was the optimism that coal would be better brought to the southern German states of Baden , Württemberg and the rest of Bavaria - which was geographically separated from the Rhine Palatinate . The Bavarian military Karl Krazeisen , who was troop commander in the Palatinate at the time, emphasized that such a route was also necessary for strategic reasons.

In 1859 she received a concession from the State Ministry of Trade and Public Works. However, resistance came from the city of Germersheim , which insisted that a railway line should be built over their area instead and from there to Bruchsal . In addition, in 1860 several representatives of the southern Palatinate communities came together to advocate a route via Offenbach , Herxheim , Leimersheim and Leopoldshafen instead of via Winden and Kandel .

Development into a railway junction (1864–1876)

The Wörther station was opened on March 14, 1864 together with the Winden - Maximiliansau section of the Palatinate Maximiliansbahn. A year later, on 8 May 1865 closing the gap between Maximiliansau and Karlsruhe to was Maxau leading maxau railway in the form of a bridge over the Rhine done. This enabled continuous connections from Neustadt an der Weinstrasse via Winden and Wörth to Karlsruhe.

Even before the construction of the Palatinate Ludwigshafen – Bexbach railway was decided, efforts had been made to force a route in the north-south direction within the Palatinate. As early as 1864, the branch line to Speyer to Germersheim , which was opened at the same time as the Ludwigshafen – Neustadt section in 1847, was tied through. In the same year, a committee met in Rülzheim that advocated an extension of the route to Wörth . In addition to representatives from Rülzheim, it included representatives from Germersheim, Bellheim , Rheinzabern , Wörth and Maxau. However, the Franco-Prussian War delayed the realization of the project.

However, it was not clear whether the planned route would run via Wörth. The neighboring municipality of Kandel , for example, requested a route over their area. The management of the Palatinate Railways rejected it on November 20, 1871, as such a route would require a detour that would have weakened the importance of this main line. Kandel did not give up at first, however, and had memoranda written according to her wishes. Nevertheless, the variant via Wörth prevailed. This was approved on March 15, 1874.

On July 25, 1876, the railway line from Schifferstadt to Wörth train station, which had ended in Germersheim since 1864, was put into operation and, at the same time, the Wörth – Strasbourg railway line as a direct extension. As a result, the station became a railway junction within the Palatinate and was the first to undergo major renovations.

Further development (1876–1945)

In the period that followed, a second track was put into operation between Winden and Maximiliansau. From 1906, the lines to Schifferstadt and Strasbourg were also double-tracked. From then on, until the outbreak of World War I, all express trains coming from Ludwigshafen ran on them , which previously had to take the detour via the Palatinate Maximiliansbahn due to insufficient capacity.

After the war, from 1871 to became the German Reich belonging Alsace-Lorraine to France ceded, whereby the previously running on the railway line Wörth-Strasbourg distance traffic was settled permanently on the neighboring Baden.

In 1922 the station was incorporated into the newly established Ludwigshafen Reich Railway Directorate . In the course of its dissolution on May 1, 1936, he moved to the area of ​​responsibility of the Karlsruhe management.

In 1938 the line to Karlsruhe between Wörth and Maxau was re-routed in the course of the commissioning of a permanent bridge over the Rhine , which resulted in the closure of the previous Maximiliansau station ; In this context, its tracks were slammed into the Wörth station from then on. In addition, the latter received an additional, third platform and a corresponding underpass at the same time .

Development after the Second World War (1945–1993)

Traffic between Wörth and Neustadt was already possible again from the end of April 1945. Due to the blasting of the Rhine crossing, traffic to the east could only resume two years later. The section between Winden and Wörth was dismantled after the Second World War by the French occupying forces as part of reparations payments.

The German Federal Railways was divided the station after the Second World War in the Bundesbahndirektion Mainz one, they all railway lines within the newly created state of Rhineland-Palatinate allotted. In 1971, when the Mainz directorate was dissolved, the station came under the jurisdiction of its Karlsruhe counterpart. In 1974 the line from Karlsruhe to Wörth was electrified in order to avoid changing locomotives in Karlsruhe for freight trains from the east.

The part of the route to Strasbourg that remained in Germany continued to lose importance after the Second World War. The Ludwigshafen – Strasbourg pair of express trains ran for the last time on July 11, 1980. Since then, passenger traffic from Wörth has ended in Berg , the last stop within Germany. On June 1, 1984, passenger transport on the German side was discontinued.

Deutsche Bahn and integration into the Karlsruhe light rail network (since 1994)

Between 1994 and the opening of the Stadtbahn between Wörth and Karlsruhe city center in 1997, Deutsche Bahn carried out an hourly advance service between Karlsruhe main station and Wörth station. The trams carried the line designation "S8". On September 26, 1997, the S5 was linked to the Winden – Karlsruhe railway line via the previous terminus of the tram line to Knielingen by means of a connecting line with a system change. Branch off from the Wörth train station, a new line was created for the light rail system, which opens up the Dorschberg residential area that was created in the post-war period . At the same time, Wörth Ludwigstraße (from 1998: Wörth Alte Bahnmeisterei ) a new stopping point was built in the western area of ​​the station , which is only served by light rail vehicles. In connection with the opening of the tram, a three-story parking deck with 250 parking spaces was built to the east of the station building on the initiative of the Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft , the operator of the tram line.

In 2002, passenger traffic between Wörth and Lauterbourg was reactivated; For marketing reasons, this section of the route has since been referred to as the "Bienwaldbahn". Since 1999, cross-border excursion trains have been running without stopping between Wörth and Lauterbourg on Sundays.

At the 2010/2011 timetable change, the southern section of the Schifferstadt – Wörth line (Germersheim - Bellheim - Rheinzabern - Wörth) was added to the Karlsruhe light rail network. Since then, the newly created lines S51 and S52 have been running between Karlsruhe city center, Wörth and Germersheim without changing trains.

Since October 28, 2013, the Wörther train station has been modernized as part of the barrier-free access. The completion of the entire project was planned for October 2014.

Furnishing

In addition to the free parking garage , the Wörth (Rhein) train station has a number of bicycle parking spaces. The “Bahnhof-Treff” pub is located in the reception building . There are several bus stops on the station forecourt , which are served by regional bus routes 549 and 593.

Tracks

The numbering of the tracks begins on the northwest side of the station building.

  • Track 1 is a through track and is the main platform directly in front of the station building. This is where the R56 BASF trains begin and end.
  • Track 2 is a through track and shares an island platform with track 3 . The tram lines S51 and S52 in the direction of Germersheim and Karlsruhe stop here .
  • Track 3 is on the Inselbahnsteig next to track 2. The S5 trams in the direction of Wörth Badepark and the regional express (RE 6) and regional trains (RB 51) in the direction of Winden / Landau / Neustadt (Weinstrasse) stop here .
  • Track 4 shares the most southwestern island platform with track 5. This is where the regional trains and individual light rail trains run on the S51 in the direction of Karlsruhe Hbf . The trains of the Bienwaldbahn (RB 52) in the direction of Lauterbourg also start and end here .
  • Track 5 is also a through track and the last platform track. The S5 trams in the direction of Karlsruhe / Pforzheim / Mühlacker / Bietigheim-Bissingen leave here. On weekends, the S52 trams arrive here from the direction of Germersheim, which from here continue as the S5 in the direction of Karlsruhe.
  • The tracks 6 to 14 are for the passenger no meaning. They are mostly used as sidings for freight trains.

Reception building

Entrance building of the Wörther train station

The station building is on the northwest side of the station. It is a building characterized by late classicism and neo - renaissance , which was built around 1870. On the side facing the street it also contains risalites . The building is a historical monument.

Signal boxes in the area of ​​the Wörther train station

There are two mechanical signal boxes on the premises of Wörth station .

business

passenger traffic

View of platform 1, part of the parking garage in the front right

Local rail passenger transport has direct connections with one regional express and three regional train lines to Karlsruhe, Winden (Pfalz), Landau (Pfalz) , Neustadt (Weinstrasse), Kaiserslautern , Germersheim, Speyer , Schifferstadt , Ludwigshafen am Rhein and Lauterbourg in Alsace .

With the S5 tram, there is a free connection from the Dorschberg residential area in Wörth via the Wörth train station to the city center of Karlsruhe and on via Pforzheim and Mühlacker to Bietigheim-Bissingen . It runs between the bathing park and the train station via a tram route. Between the Wörther train station and Maxau it runs as a train, between Knielingen and Durlach again on tram tracks, then again on train tracks to Bietigheim-Bissingen. Another direct connection to Karlsruhe city center is with the S51 and S52 trams, which run between Germersheim and Karlsruhe city center via Wörth station.

The Wörth (Rhein) train station is in the network area of ​​the Karlsruhe Transport Association (KVV). In the course of a transitional tariff agreed in 1996 between the Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund (KVV) and the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (VRN), its tickets are also recognized.

In long-distance traffic , the station was served by a pair of intercity trains from Karlsruhe to Frankfurt in the 2013/2014 timetable year from Monday to Friday .

Freight train in Wörth station

Freight transport

The Wörth train station has a total of nine platform-less tracks that are used for freight traffic. Just a few years after its opening, it received numerous sidings that served local industry and trade. In addition, due to its proximity to the French border, it developed into an important customs and transhipment point. Here it is mainly used for transporting gravel from the surrounding quarries and for loading new trucks. An industrial trunk line leads to the port of Wörth , where various logistics companies operate.

Planning

The Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (AVG) has long been calling for the cities of Landau and Bad Bergzabern to be connected to the Karlsruhe light rail network. However, this also requires electrification of the corresponding lines and the double-track expansion of the Winden - Wörth section of the Winden - Karlsruhe railway line, which has also been planned for some time . The Rhineland-Palatinate state government wants to support this project and incorporate the necessary measures into the federal transport infrastructure plan for 2015. However, these projects should not be examined until 2025 at the earliest.

literature

  • Klaus Bindewald: The Albtal Transport Company. Exemplary local transport system worldwide . Regional culture, Ubstadt-Weiher 2007, ISBN 978-3-89735-475-3 , p. 73 and 100-102 .
  • Michael Heilmann, Werner Schreiner: 150 years of Maximiliansbahn Neustadt-Strasbourg . pro MESSAGE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein 2005, ISBN 3-934845-27-4 .
  • Model and Railway Club Landau in der Pfalz e. V .: 125 years of Maximiliansbahn Neustadt / Weinstrasse-Landau / Pfalz . Landau in der Pfalz 1980, OCLC 312200129 .
  • Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways (= publications of the Palatinate Society for the Advancement of Science. Volume 53). New edition. pro MESSAGE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein 2005, ISBN 3-934845-26-6 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kbaystb.de: Railway stations and their pictures in Bavaria (left bank of the Rhine) - Railway station: Wörth i / Pfalz - Main railway lines: Winden - Rhine (Maximiliansau, then Pfortz) (opening 14.03.1864) - Germersheim - Lauterburg (border) (opening 25.07. 1876) . Retrieved November 6, 2013 .
  2. ↑ a b Heinz Sturm: History of the Maxbahn 1855-1945 . In: Model and Railway Club Landau in der Pfalz e. V. (Ed.): 125 years of Maximiliansbahn Neustadt / Weinstr. – Landau / Pfalz . 1980, p. 79 .
  3. ↑ kvv.de: mobil. 3rd unit: The KVV introduces itself . (PDF; 2.0 MB) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 15, 2016 ; Retrieved November 6, 2013 .
  4. ↑ hinundweg - Jubilee Issue 2009. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 29, 2012 ; accessed on February 21, 2014 .
  5. ^ Bahnhof.de: station profile > Wörth (Rhine) . Retrieved June 9, 2019 .
  6. ^ Heinz Sturm: History of the Maxbahn 1855-1945 . In: Model and Railway Club Landau in der Pfalz e. V. (Ed.): 125 years of Maximiliansbahn Neustadt / Weinstrasse-Landau / Pfalz . 1980, p. 34 ff .
  7. ↑ Michael Heilmann, Werner Schreiner: 150 years Maximiliansbahn Neustadt-Strasbourg . 2005, p. 12 .
  8. ↑ Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways . 2005, p. 159 .
  9. ^ Heinz Sturm: History of the Maxbahn 1855-1945 . In: Model and Railway Club Landau in der Pfalz e. V. (Ed.): 125 years of Maximiliansbahn Neustadt / Weinstr. – Landau / Pfalz . 1980, p. 49 .
  10. ↑ Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways . 2005, p. 159 ff .
  11. ^ Heinz Sturm: History of the Maxbahn 1855-1945 . In: Model and Railway Club Landau in der Pfalz e. V. (Ed.): 125 years of Maximiliansbahn Neustadt / Weinstr. – Landau / Pfalz . 1980, p. 49 f .
  12. ↑ Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways . 2005, p. 186 f .
  13. ↑ Wolfgang Fiegenbaum, Wolfgang Klee: Farewell to the rail. Disused railway lines from 1980–1990 . 1997, p. 216 ff .
  14. ^ A b Wolfgang Fiegenbaum, Wolfgang Klee: Farewell to the rail. Disused railway lines from 1980–1990 . 1997, p. 219 .
  15. ↑ Fritz Engbarth: From the Ludwig Railway to the Integral Timed Timetable - 160 Years of the Railway in the Palatinate . 2007, p. 13 .
  16. ^ Heinz Sturm: History of the Maxbahn 1855-1945 . In: Model and Railway Club Landau in der Pfalz e. V. (Ed.): 125 years of Maximiliansbahn Neustadt / Weinstr. – Landau / Pfalz . 1980, p. 81 .
  17. ↑ woerth.de: Official Journal Wörth am Rhein ° ° 39th week woerth.de 50 ° Thursday, December 15, 2011 ° . (PDF) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 29, 2014 ; Retrieved November 7, 2013 .
  18. ↑ Michael Heilmann, Werner Schreiner: 150 years Maximiliansbahn Neustadt – Strasbourg . 2005, p. 70 .
  19. ^ Heinz Sturm: History of the Maxbahn 1855-1945 . In: Model and Railway Club Landau in der Pfalz e. V. (Ed.): 125 years of Maximiliansbahn Neustadt / Weinstr. – Landau / Pfalz . 1980, p. 66 .
  20. ↑ Fritz Engbarth: From the Ludwig Railway to the Integral Timed Timetable - 160 Years of the Railway in the Palatinate . 2007, p. 28 .
  21. ^ Klaus Bindewald: The Albtal traffic company. Exemplary local transport system worldwide . 2007, p. 73 .
  22. ^ Klaus Bindewald: The Albtal traffic company. Exemplary local transport system worldwide . 2007, p. 100 ff .
  23. ↑ Wolfgang Fiegenbaum, Wolfgang Klee: Return to Rail - Reactivated and New Lines in Passenger Traffic 1980-2001 . 2001, p. 142 .
  24. ↑ 10 years of the Rhineland-Palatinate cycle between Wörth am Rhein and Lauterbourg ( memento from November 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) , press release ZSPNV Süd, accessed on November 7, 2013.
  25. ↑ Baden's latest news from November 2, 2013, page 31
  26. ↑ Martin Wenz: Type stations of the Palatinate Railways on the Southern Wine Route . In: Landkreis Südliche Weinstrasse (Ed.): Fascination Railway. Homeland yearbook . 2008, p. 11 .
  27. ^ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - district of Germersheim. Mainz 2020, p. 38 (PDF; 6.5 MB).
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  29. ↑ Press release: Timetable changes from December 15, 2013: More connections and more stops in long-distance traffic ( Memento from January 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), section "Early train from the Palatinate to Frankfurt (Main) about an hour later"
  30. ^ Heinz Sturm: History of the Maxbahn 1855-1945 . In: Model and Railway Club Landau in der Pfalz e. V. (Ed.): 125 years of Maximiliansbahn Neustadt / Weinstr. – Landau / Pfalz . 1980, p. 79 f .
  31. ↑ zspnv-sued.de: 34th association meeting on June 18, 2008 . (PDF; 1.2 MB) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 30, 2016 ; Retrieved July 11, 2013 .
  32. ↑ isim.rlp.de: Project on federal railways . (PDF; 10 kB) (No longer available online.) Ministry of the Interior, for Sport and Infrastructure of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate, May 2, 2013, archived from the original on November 26, 2013 ; Retrieved May 2, 2013 .