Oberwesel station

• Left Rhine line (km 132.1 ) ( KBS 471 )

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The Oberwesel station is located on the left bank route between Koblenz and Mainz in the UNESCO World Heritage Upper Middle Rhine Valley. The station of the category 5 in the southern part of the city of Oberwesel is served by regional trains of Deutsche Bahn AG and the trans regio German regional train GmbH.

History

With the enlargement of the left Rhine route from Koblenz to Bingen was ending 1859 Oberwesel station in operation. In 1896, followed by the construction of the port track. Already in 1907 /08, the station building was enlarged by additions to the site: A service room for the dispatcher, a station restaurant and a waiting room for the 3rd class were added. The renovation of the lobby and the construction of a separate building at the Mainzer Straße abortion took place from 1925 to 1927. 1956 pedestrian underpass was built under the tracks and built 1969/70, the relay building next to the station building. In 2004, it was finally torn down the toilet building again in the course of construction of the P R facility.

Infrastructure

The Oberwesel station has a reception building, which is currently only flats and the switchboard are located. In the access area to the traffic station Tickets can be purchased at two ticket machines.

The traffic station itself has three platform tracks. From the main platform to platform 1 has a height of 38 cm and a length of 283 m. From him it passed through a pedestrian underpass to the middle platform, which lies on the tracks 2 and 3. He also has the height of 38 cm and a length of 322 m. Usually the trains to Mainz travel from platform 1 and the moves towards Koblenz of track 2 from. Track 3 is only used by trains that begin here or end or be overtaken (scheduled or unscheduled).

In the station environment, a new P R facility was built in the course of renovation measures. In addition to about 100 parking spaces, it also includes taxi, moped and bicycle parking. For the link to the regional bus several bus stops are available.

Traffic

In Oberwesel station stop local trains following lines:

In rush hour the clock of both lines is compressed.

On Sundays and public holidays run from May to October, additional excursion trains. This RE- pairs of trains run from Koblenz to Wissembourg (Wine Road Express) as well as from Karlsruhe to Koblenz ( Rhine Valley Express).

Conservation

The reception building of Oberweseler station is a protected cultural monument after the Monument Protection Act ( DSchG ) and entered in the list of monuments of Rhineland- Palatinate.

Since 2002, the station building part of the UNESCO World Heritage Upper Middle Rhine Valley.