Bonn-Mehlem station
- Left Rhine line
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The station Bonn- Mehlem is a through station, which is located in the district of Bonn Lannesdorf. He has three platform tracks and is located on the left bank route south of Bonn Hauptbahnhof, further the station is connected to public transport and has parking spaces, in the immediate vicinity of shops for travel needs.
The station is operated by DB Station & Service, which classified him in the train station category 4.
History
On January 21, 1856 stretch across the river Rhine between Bonn and Rolandseck route was opened to traffic. During this time, the train station in the then independent space Mehlem was opened. Due to the incorporation of Bad Godesberg to Bonn Mehlem the 1971 train station in Bonn- Mehlem has been renamed. The place Mehlem since 1935 belonged to Bad Godesberg.
A somewhat Detachable track of the station was from 1949 duration location of the travel and entertainment features of the American High Commissioner John McCloy Jay and his successors, and from 1955 of the respective American ambassador. It is continually trains the VT 06 series have been held ready for the message. After 1963, the permanent stationing was terminated for reasons of cost, the station Bonn- Mehlem remained station of the American Embassy, but was approached at the request of trains VT 08-8 and VT series 33.8, whose home station Heidelberg was, at that time the most important of American troops based in Germany.
Once a year, more frequently if necessary, continued the special train of the U.S. ambassador about Helmstedt on the fixed transit route to Berlin light field Westbahnhof. The last journey undertaken by a train ambassador to Bonn - Mehlem found on 18-19. December 1990 relating to the tenure of Vernon A. Walters instead. The German reunification ended the role of the station Bonn- Mehlem train station as the U.S. Embassy.
As part of the economic program of the federal government were to Mehlemer station rehabilitation of the platform roof and be fitted with a passenger information system ( Dynamic font indicator, similar to a LED display font ) on the program. The measure, from April to October 2011 [ deprecated] was planned, should cost 245,000 euros.
Passenger
The station Bonn- Mehlem has three platform tracks each exceeding 200 meters in length. The edge of the platform to platform 1 is 76 cm high, the platform 2 and 3 only has a height of 38 cm. Scheduled long-distance transport is not, in rail transport the station of the following three rail lines will operate: