Andernach station

• Left Rhine line
• Eifelquerbahn

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The Andernach railway station is the transport hub of the city of Andernach. He has four passenger tracks ( tracks 1, 2, 3, 24 ), three of them with a length of more than 280 m, as well as sidings and freight tracks. It is located on the left bank route and is the terminus of Eifelquerbahn. In addition to the passenger, there are also container and freight transport, which is handled in the east behind the station goods yard. From there sidings leading to the Rhine harbor Andernach and the company rattle stone.

At the station forecourt there is a bus station, which is served by all city bus routes and the regional bus lines to Mayen, Neuwied and Ochtendung. Only the regional bus line to Khajuraho stops 50 meters from the bus station.

History

Andernach received on August 15, 1858 a railway connection to the route from top winter after Weissenthurm. The concession had the Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft. Then, the first train on the left Rhine route on 11 November 1858. A year later, the route to Bingerbrück was expanded.

On April 1, 1878, the route from Andernach to Niedermendig for freight and on May 15 was opened to passenger traffic. The client was the Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft. For freight transport, the 2.33 km long freight line was opened to Rheinwerft on September 20, 1879.

In Andernach all held Personen-/Nahverkehrszüge and fast passenger trains and some express trains, while most of the higher quality trains drove by without stopping.

During World War II the Andernacher station was down to the restaurant wing largely destroyed with residential floors. 1956 a new ticket hall was built, the facade of which was raised for town planning considerations to the extent that the rear old visually disappeared behind it.

For summer timetable 1979 held with the IC 564/565 Viscount Munich - Würzburg - Frankfurt - Mainz - Koblenz - Bonn - Cologne for the first time an intercity scheduled in Andernach, albeit in off-peak position ( 6:25 clock Munich, 23.30 clock Cologne ). As of the summer timetable 1980 Fridays circulating IC was followed in 1632 Seagull Hamburg - Dortmund - Food - Cologne - Koblenz. Collectively the trains between Cologne and Frankfurt respectively Bonn and Koblenz could be used with D- train tickets. With the start of the IC -85- system for the summer schedule in 1985 accounted for the IC trains.

With the start of the FD- train system to the summer timetable 1983 held every second remote Express in Andernach, with only the FD 712/713 Allgäu- Express stopped in both directions and the FD 210/211 Wörthersee- Express is the only FD- train in both directions without maintenance through her. Over time, thought less and less FD trains in Andernach, the winter timetable 1987/88 there were only two, from the summer timetable 1988 drove all FD trains without stopping by Andernach by.

From 1983 to 1988, the number of Fernzughalte fell 18-23 to 10 per day. There remained only the D- train pairs 2020/2021 and 2026/2027 Frankfurt- Dortmund 2124/2125 Munich Dortmund, 2700/2701 Freudenstadt- Dortmund and 2802/2803 Saarbrücken Dortmund. Later, the D- train pair Munich Dortmund was replaced by the IC train pair 640/641 Beethoven Dortmund -Koblenz and thus kept IC ​​trains back on track in Andernach.

A significant improvement was the new schedule in summer 1991. Precursors of inter-regional system Andernach of two trains running in a two -hour intervals D train lines ( north dike -Heidelberg, Münster-Saarbrücken/Luxemburg ) was approached, so that daily short before 7 until shortly before 22 clock hour an express train from Cologne and Koblenz drove (32 Fernzughalte / day). 1993 and 1994, the D- train lines in inter-regional lines were converted. In the north also Wilhelmshaven, Bremerhaven, Hamburg, Lübeck and Stralsund were now accomplished, in the south of Karlsruhe, Freudenstadt and Seebrugg. As of 1999, the DB the inter-regional network began to thin out, trains accounted for in daily outlying areas and in the north the trains ended again in Münster or north dike. As a replacement for the deleted inter -regional train 605 Claus Stortebecker Hamburg -Koblenz and IC held in off-peak location with EC 25 Franz Liszt Cologne -Budapest, IC 708 complaints Koblenz- Binz again Intercity and Euro City trains in Andernach.

The timetable change on 15 December 2002, the inter-regional lines were replaced by intercity lines. The number of long-distance traffic holding in Andernach fell 29-31 to 24 to 25 during the summer schedule 2006 held at ICE 1524 Frankfurt- Berlin for the first time an ICE planned in Andernach, but was replaced at the 2007 annual timetable by an IC Frankfurt- Hamburg. Since the year 2008 timetable hold individual ICE ICE line 10 Berlin -Koblenz, Andernach. The number of long-distance transport holding between 16 ( Saturdays in winter) and 26 (Fridays ).

In the years 2010 and 2011 the station was modernized Andernach. In order to achieve a greater accessibility of the station two lifts were installed, taking all platforms can be reached without stairs. In addition, the platform edge floor tiles were laid with a certain profile in the vicinity, the blind people to draw attention to the edge. The modernization cost 1 million euros that were paid from the federal stimulus program. In the medium term is planned to increase the head ends of the middle platform to facilitate entry into the trains.

Equipment

The trains in Andernach Bahnhof at four platforms. The destination displays were upgraded as part of the modernization of fall leaf displays on LCD displays.

At service facilities of the station via a DB travel center, which has two switches, and a DB - service store that is located in a part of the former railway station bookstore has. The former station restaurant and taxi company are currently vacant.

The concourse has a departure monitor, ticket machines with touch screen and the DB of " trans- regional ". Furthermore, there is an ATM and seating.

Main platform of Andernacher station with passenger lift

Central platform with LCD destination displays and passenger lift

Operation

Regional Transport

In regional transport trains the Regional Express operate (RE) and the regional train ( RB) cities within a radius of 200 kilometers.

( HVZ 30 min)

The Rhineland -Palatinate clock 2015 provides for an extension of the RB 92 of Kaisersesch by elms and Gerolstein and a new RB- line of Mayen Andernach and Koblenz to Limburg that will operate each hourly. In the original planning a city express line was still provided to Giessen.

Long-distance traffic

In the station of Andernach holds approximately every hour per direction, a train of long distance traffic. Below is a daily Intercity Express. The long-distance trains there on the following lines:

More breakpoints in Andernach

The town of Andernach in two districts more breakpoints:

• Namedy on the left Rhine line with the maintenance of MittelrheinBahn ( MRB 26)
• Miesenheim at the Eifelquerbahn with the maintenance of Pellenz -Bahn (RB 92)