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Baden-Baden station

Coordinates: 48°47′26″N 8°11′27″E / 48.79056°N 8.19083°E / 48.79056; 8.19083
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Baden-Baden
Deutsche Bahn
Through station
General information
LocationBaden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Coordinates48°47′26″N 8°11′27″E / 48.79056°N 8.19083°E / 48.79056; 8.19083
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms5
Connections
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code371
DS100 codeRBB[1]
IBNR8000774
Category3 [2]
Fare zoneKVV: 480[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1844[4]
Previous names
  • Oos
  • Baden-Oos
  • Baden-Baden West
Passengers
6000[5]
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Offenburg
towards Interlaken Ost or Chur
ICE 12 Karlsruhe Hbf
Offenburg
towards Zürich HB
ICE 20 Karlsruhe Hbf
Offenburg
towards Basel Bad Bf
ICE 22 Karlsruhe Hbf
One-way operation
Karlsruhe Hbf IC 35 Freiburg Hbf
Karlsruhe Hbf ICE 43 Offenburg
towards Basel SBB
Karlsruhe Hbf
towards München Hbf
ICE 60 Offenburg
towards Basel Baden
Karlsruhe Hbf ICE/TGV 84 Strasbourg
towards Marseille
Preceding station DB Regio Baden-Württemberg Following station
Rastatt RE 2 Bühl (Baden)
towards Konstanz
RE 7 Bühl (Baden)
towards Basel Bad Bf
Location
Baden-Baden is located in Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden
Location within Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Baden is located in Germany
Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden
Location within Germany
Baden-Baden is located in Europe
Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden
Location within Europe

Baden-Baden station is the most important of the three railway stations in the city of Baden-Baden in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is regularly served by local and long distance trains operated by Deutsche Bahn. It is also the served by two lines of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn, operated by Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft ("Alb Valley Transport Company", AVG). The station is located at chainage 105.3 km on the Rhine Valley Railway (based on the original distance from Mannheim) in the Baden-Baden district of Oos. Until 1977, it was also the starting point of a branch line to the centre of Baden-Baden.

History

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On 6 May 1844, the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway (German: Großherzogliche Badische Staatsbahn) opened the station along with the Rhine Valley Railway from Rastatt. At that time the station was called Oos. Initially it had a small wooden station building. For a year passengers used horse buses to be transported to Baden-Baden until finally on 27 July 1845 a branch line was opened to Baden-Baden with a terminal station in the city centre.[4]

In 1904, the station received a new station building, which continues to serve as such.[5] In 1908, it was renamed Baden-Oos.

In 1928 the community of Oos was incorporated into Baden-Baden and the station was renamed Baden-Baden West. This change of name, however, was reversed in 1937 and the station was again called Baden-Oos. On 2 January 1945 the station was heavily damaged by bombs during an air raid.[6]

From 1926 to 1949 the station had a tram connection to Lichtental. In 1949 the trams were replaced by trolleybuses, which in 1971 were closed.

In the 1950s, the railway lines through the station were electrified. Therefore, it was served at the time mainly by electric multiple units.

On 24 September 1977, the last train operated on the branch line to Baden-Baden city, after which its station was closed down and its tracks removed. Baden-Oos station was finally renamed Baden-Baden.

In the course of the upgrading of the Rhine Valley Railway to four tracks as part of the Neu- und Ausbaustrecke (new and upgraded line) project between Karlsruhe and Basel there was a fundamental modernisation of the railway facilities and the entrance building between 1997 and 2005. All of the platforms were provided with lifts accessible to all. In addition, the facade was repainted and the interior was renovated. This renovation cost a total of about €14.9 million. The Architectural Association of Baden-Württemberg awarded the "Award for exemplary Building, 2008" to the city Baden-Baden for the modernisation of the station.[5]

The Alliance for the Rail Station Association awarded the title of "Station of the Year" in the category of small town station to the station in 2010.

Layout of the station

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The station has five platform tracks, all of which are through tracks. Track 1 is the main platform next to the entrance building. Tracks 2 and 3 are on an island platform. Tracks 4 and 7 are on two platforms with one side used by stopping trains. Between platforms 4 and 7 are two tracks used by non-stopping trains, including the majority of Intercity-Express services. All platforms are connected by two subways that are accessible by the disabled. The station building houses a DB ticket office, two cafes, a bookstore and a hotel.[5]

The bus station is located east of the station building and is connected directly by a covered walkway to platform 1. The bus station has connections, inter alia, to the Baden-Baden city centre. The buses are operated by the Baden-Baden-Linie company.

Operations

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143 trains a day stop at Baden-Baden station, 43 of which are long-distance trains.[5]

Long distance

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Line Route Frequency
ICE 12 BerlinBrunswickGöttingenKasselFuldaFrankfurt am MainMannheimKarlsruhe – (Baden-Baden –) OffenburgFreiburgBasel Some services
ICE 20 (Kiel –) HamburgHanover – Göttingen – Kassel – Frankfurt am Main – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Baden-Baden – Freiburg – Basel – Zürich Every two hours
IC 35 (Norddeich Mole –) Emden – Münster – Gelsenkirchen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Baden-Baden – Offenburg – SingenKonstanz Some services
ICE 43 Hamburg-AltonaHamburg - Bremen - Osnabrück - Münster - DortmundHagenWuppertalCologneFrankfurt Airport – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – (Baden-Baden –) Offenburg – Freiburg – Basel Some services
ICE 60 (Basel Bad – Freiburg – Offenburg – Baden-Baden –) Karlsruhe – StuttgartUlmAugsburgMunich-PasingMunich 1 train pair
ICE/TGV 84 Marseille - Aix TGV - Avignon TGV - Lyon-Part-Dieu - Mâcon-Ville - Besançon Franche-Comté - Belfort-Montbéliard - Mulhouse - Strasbourg - Baden-Baden - Karlsruhe Hbf - Mannheim Hbf - Frankfurt Hbf 1 train pair

Regional Transport

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Line Route Frequency
RE 2 KarlsruheRastattBaden-BadenAchernOffenburgVillingenSingenKonstanz (– Kreuzlingen) Hourly
RE 7 Karlsruhe – Rastatt – Baden-Baden – Offenburg – FreiburgMüllheimNeuenburg/Basel Bad – (Basel SBB) Hourly, with gaps

Karlsruhe Stadtbahn

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Line Route
S 7 Achern – Baden-Baden – Rastatt – Durmersheim – Karlsruhe Hbf – Karlsruhe Tullastraße/Verkehrsbetriebe
S 71 AchernBaden-BadenRastattMuggensturm – Karlsruhe Hbf

Notes

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  1. ^ "Abkürzungen der Betriebsstellen" (in German). Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Wabenplan" (PDF). Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund. 13 December 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Oos" (in German). Baden-Baden. Archived from the original on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Station of the year 2010" (PDF) (in German). Allianz pro Schiene. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  6. ^ Dieter Baeuerle et al. Stadtführer Baden-Baden, p. 14. Baden-Baden 1994
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