Koblenz Stadtmitte station

• Left Rhine line
• Railway Neuwied Koblenz

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The breakpoint Koblenz city center is taken into service on 14 April 2011 breakpoint on the left Rhine route in Koblenz. The main objective was to provide a direct access to the railway in the Koblenz city center. The breakpoint has played a major role in the transport plan of the Federal Garden Show 2011 in Koblenz.

Location

Koblenz city center is a breakpoint at the left Rhine route, 800 m north to Koblenz Central Station and about 1.2 km south of the railway station of Koblenz- Luetzel. These two stations are also connected to the left Rhine line.

The breakpoint Koblenz city center is located in the Old Town district on the border of the district Rauental directly behind the shopping center Löhr- Center, close to the pedestrian zone. Also in this shopping center, there is a bus station, can be reached from which almost every district of Koblenz via direct bus links. In contrast to the bus station at the main station there run every inner city main lines.

Near the breakpoint was in today Fischel road in the second half of the 19th century before a train station. He was called " Rhenish Railway Station " and was located on the left bank route that led from Cologne to Bingerbrück. In the early years of the 20th century, it was abandoned in favor of today's main railway station to link with the Mosel route along the Rhine.

History

Already in the 1930s there were proposals for a train stop near downtown. However, they were not pursued further. This subject came up in the late 1970s on new and was pursued planning. In 1983, the idea of ​​a train stopping point in the inner city was incorporated in the zoning plan. At that time there was an attempt to create a complete S-Bahn ring around Koblenz. In the following years the project was planning followed. After some controversy in Koblenz city council, with a change of majorities in 1999, the implementation was delayed, however, again and again. Only in 2005 it came to the decision to set the breakpoint. The orientation of the National Garden Show 2011 in Koblenz was a significant decisions to finally implement the plans. In January 2008, the first work began. Before could be started with the construction of the actual breakpoint, only had the westernmost of the three tracks are displaced over a length of approximately 300 meters by about five meters in a westerly direction, to make room for the construction of a center platform. Then began the construction of the central platform for track 2 and 3 and the construction of the outer platform to platform 1. During this time there was still discussion about whether the breakpoint should be connected directly to the mall Löhr- Center. In order not to reduce the purchasing power of Löhrstraße too much, no direct access to the Löhr- Center was created in the end of the breakpoint. On April 14, 2011, one day before the start of the Federal Horticultural Show in Koblenz, the breakpoint has been put into operation.

2005, the breakpoint was estimated at 9.1 million euros. However, a subsequent cost estimate of 2008 recorded a total of 11.7 million euros for the construction. According to this calculation, the budget was raised in the summer of 2008 and had to be increased in summer 2009 again. The reasons were supposed to be a non- viable and contaminated surfaces and obstacles such as foundations and cable from a previous building. In addition, the site was at this time due to an objection in granting a delay of 4.5 months. Thus had, so the breakpoint in time for the scheduled date, the timetable change in December 2010, could go into operation will be initiated and financed acceleration measures. The extra cost was also approximately 1.5 million euros. After heated discussions, the city council presented in June 2010 with a budget of 13.1 million euros ready. In December of the same year it was found that a further 5.4 million euros would be needed. The drainage of the soil was more complicated and expensive and also securing the construction site was more expensive than planned. In addition, one more time acceleration measures had to be financed so that the path breakpoint at all could go in time for the Federal Garden Show in operation. An opening in December 2010 it was no longer possible at that time. Since increased the cost of the construction project, also increased the fee claims of the designers. The funds to cover the additional costs were also provided in January of the following year. Thus, the total construction cost amounted to approximately 18.5 million euros and were twice as high as originally estimated. The state of Rhineland -Palatinate subsidized the construction project with 9.1 million euros. Currently examines the auditing department of the city of Koblenz, the extent to which planning and tendering error led to the increase in costs and whether billing mistakes were made.

In June 2011, so even during the Koblenz Federal Garden Show, a first passenger survey at the breakpoint city center was performed. On working days of the month were using on average 2700 people the breakpoint, it was the Friday with an average of 3000 passengers the highest demand day. On Sunday, it took 1500 passengers. In November of the same year a second passenger count was performed. At this time, took advantage of Monday to Friday average of 2000 people the breakpoint. The decline in passenger numbers was explained by the end of the Federal Garden Show and the low demand month of November.

Platforms

The breakpoint Koblenz city center has three platform tracks, consisting of an outer platform designed to track 1 and a central platform on the tracks 2 and 3 Platforms are for the maintenance of trains with a length of 180 meters. The central platform is accessible via a lift, the outer platform is accessible via a ramp. The platform edges have a height of 76 cm.; However, the breakpoint is hit by trains with an entry height of 55 cm and 76 cm.

Transport

At the train station for four railway lines of transport. On the one hand there holds the RE 5, which runs between Koblenz Hbf and Emmerich am Rhein, and the MRB 26, who commutes between Koblenz Hbf and Cologne -Deutz. These two lines use the tracks 1 and 2 on track 3 of the SE 10 runs in both directions between Neuwied and Frankfurt am Main. This line was extended at its new concept, which was implemented on the roadmap 2010/2011, 12 December 2010 to improve the accessibility of the breakpoint city center to Neuwied. Also on track 3 holds the RB 27 in both directions ( ie over Neuwied ) commutes right bank between Koblenz Hbf and Cologne Central Station. Some of these trains from Cologne to Monchengladbach Hbf further

Planning

By 2015, the utilization of today about 120 trains is expected to increase to approximately 150 trains per day. So the regional railway line RB 25 is extended between Limburg (Lahn ) and Koblenz Hbf on the left Rhine route to Andernach and from there via the Pellenz Eifel train to Mayen in the wake of the concept to the Rheinland -Pfalz- stroke 2015. This railway line is then also keep in Koblenz city center. In addition, a merger of the left-bank transport lines MRB 32 MRB Mainz -Koblenz and Cologne Koblenz- 26 is checked, which would result by a shorter stay of MittelrheinBahn in Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to a better accessibility of the holding point Koblenz city center from Mainz.