Bretten station
- Bruchsal- Bietigheim- Bissingen (km 14.9 ) ( KBS 710.9/770 )
- Karlsruhe- Epping -Heilbronn (km 17.2 ) ( 710.4 KBS )
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The Bretten station is the center of the railways the town of Bretten. In him cross the Württemberg Western Railway and the Kraichgaubahn.
History
The Bretten station was opened on 1 October 1853 at the course of the construction of the Württemberg Western Railway Stuttgart- Muehlacker -Bretten - Bruchsal. In the late 1870s the Kraichgaubahn Karlsruhe -Heilbronn was opened, he became a railway junction and at the same time from downtown (the old station building has been preserved ) to its current location west of the center of the district of the then independent municipality Rinklingen laid.
With the electrification of the Western Railway in the 1950s, the catenary also reached the Bretten Bahnhof. As the urban rail system was opened up to Bretten - Gölshausen on the Kraichgaubahn on 25 September 1992, the Kraichgaubahn was also electrified. This first dual-system Stadtbahn line was the line labeled " B". In May 1994, the city train S9 Bruchsal -Bretten was opened, which was extended to Muehlacker 1999. Also in 1994 was the "B" line renamed " S4".
In summer 2000, the station was modernized. Among other things, the platforms were raised, increasing the waiting areas as well as set up a toilet. From 2002 to 2004 there was with the opening of rail service on the Murgtalbahn continuous connections up to Freudenstadt, which were, however, set the end of 2004 due to the high susceptibility to delays. Furthermore, operate regional express trains from Heidelberg to Stuttgart, which hold in Bretten, as is the so-called " Kraichgau- Sprinter", the Heilbronn Karlsruhe connects twice a day with few intermediate stops.
At the station forecourt there is a bus station, to the keep the bus routes 141, 144, 146, 700 and 733 and open up Bretten and its immediate environment.