Baden-Baden station
- Rhine Valley Railway (km 105.3 ) ( KBS 702, 710.3 KBS, KBS 710.4 )
- To 1977: Railway Baden- Oos- Baden -Baden ( 0.0 miles )
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As Baden- Baden station the location on the Rhine Valley line train station of the city of Baden -Baden in Baden- Württemberg, is known since 1977. He is regularly served by regional and long distance trains of the Deutsche Bahn AG (DB). He is also the maintenance of two lines of the Stadtbahn Karlsruhe, by the Albtal traffic -Gesellschaft ( AVG) are operated. The station is located at kilometer 105.3 of the Rhine Valley line in Baden -Baden Oos district. In addition, this name designated the starting point of an existing spur track from 1845-1977, the head of the train station near the town center to 1977 bore the name of Baden -Baden.
History
On May 6, 1844, the Baden State Railway Oos opened at the Baden Mainline ( Rhine Valley line ) located in the west of Baden -Baden Oos community the station. He first had a small wooden station building. For a year, the passengers of Oos with horse buses to Baden -Baden had to be transported until finally a branch line of Oos in Baden -Baden was opened on July 27, 1845, the close to the center ended up at a head station, which was named Baden. This route led first to the north out of the station.
In 1904, the Oos station was moved about 500 m to the south; Since then runs along the former route of the route into the city center Ooser Bahnhofstrasse. Until her retirement, the branch line led from then in a southerly direction from the train station. The relocated station also received the current station building. 1908 Named one of the station on the Rhine Valley line in Baden- Oos. When the municipality Oos was incorporated in 1928 in Baden -Baden, the station was named Baden- Baden West. This change of name, however, was reversed in 1937 and the station was called again Baden- Oos.
From 1926 to 1949 consisted of the transit station is a tram connection after Lichtental. 1949 were replaced by trams trolley buses, which operate until 1971. After the electrification of the Rhine Valley line and the branch line on May 27, 1958 went to the transit station and the town's railway station provides electric railcars. On September 24, 1977 reversed on the branch line to the Baden- Baden town center, the last train; after which it was shut down along with the head station and removed the tracks. The former railway station Baden- Oos got by its present name Baden -Baden. The representative station building of the old rail station was preserved and integrated into the new building of the Festspielhaus Baden -Baden.
In the course of the four-tracked expansion of the Rhine Valley line under the project title of new and upgraded line Karlsruhe -Basel railway facilities and the reception building were modernized between 1997 and 2005. The platforms were thereby made accessible by lifts, the facade repainted and renovated the interior. This renovation cost a total of approximately 14.9 million euros. For the modernization of the city of Baden -Baden won the "Award for exemplary Build 2008" Chamber of Architects Baden- Württemberg.
The Club Pro-Rail Alliance gave the railway station in 2010 the title of " Station of the Year" in the category of small town station.
Plant
The station has five platform tracks. The track 1 is located on the main platform, the tracks 2 and 3 on a central platform. The tracks 4 and 7 on two side platforms. Between these two platform tracks are the two continuous and navigable 250 km / h Main tracks 5 and 6 of the high-speed line, which are used, among others, by moving ICE trains. All platforms are accessible through two underpasses. The station building houses a DB travel center, two cafes, a bookstore and a hotel.
The bus station is located east of the station building and is connected by a covered walkway directly to the platform 1. From there, among other things exist coach connections in the Baden-Baden city center. The bus routes are operated by the Baden -Baden line.
North of the station, at kilometer 101, ends the upgraded to four tracks section of the Rhine Valley line.
Train services
At Baden- Baden station daily hold 143 trains, 43 of which are long-distance trains.