Zwingenberg (Bergstraße) station

Zwingenberg (Bergstr) station is a station on the Main-Neckar Railway in the town of Zwingenberg on the Mountain Road in the German state of Hesse. It has a heritage-listed entrance building. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn (DB) as a category 5 station.^[1]

Zwingenberg (Bergstraße) station
Through station
General information
Location	Bahnhofstr. 25, Zwingenberg, Hesse Germany
Coordinates	49°43′32″N 8°36′33″E
Line(s)	Main-Neckar Railway (44.5 km) (KBS 650)
Platforms	2
Construction
Architect	Georg Moller
Other information
Station code	7075[1]
DS100 code	FZW[2]
IBNR	08006687
Category	5[1]
Fare zone	VRN: 35[3] : 4510 (VRN transitional tariff)[4]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1846
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Mitte Following station Bickenbach towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf RE 60 Bensheim towards Mannheim Hbf Hähnlein-Alsbach towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf RB 67 Bensheim-Auerbach towards Mannheim Hbf or Hockenheim RB 68 Bensheim-Auerbach towards Wiesloch-Walldorf

History

The station was opened in 1845/46 along with the Main-Neckar Railway between Frankfurt and Heidelberg.

The plans for the entrance building were probably drawn up by the Darmstadt court architect Georg Moller. Originally the station was built as a two-storey building with a roof turret. Years later, an extra storey was added. Similarly, two smaller buildings were added. The main building is built in yellow sandstone and has three floors. The division between the floors is marked by red sandstone. The windows are also framed in red sandstone. North of the building is the old walled garden of the former station master.^[5]

Infrastructure

The platforms of Zwingenberg

The station is classified as a category 5 station.^[1] 44 Regionalbahn services stop in Zwingenberg each day.

In December 2007, Deutsche Bahn announced that it intended to sell the station building and shortly later that it had sold it to an investor.

A ticket machine is located only at the station building. Since the station is equipped with external platforms on the double-track line that are not directly connected by a pedestrian underpass, passengers heading south towards Bensheim or Heidelberg and who need to purchase a ticket must take into account the time needed to use the ticket machine and cross the tracks (about 8 minutes).

Operations

War locomotive of DRB Class 52 on the Main-Neckar Railway on its way to Frankfurt

The trains is served by the RB 68 Regionalbahn (stopping) service on the Heidelberg Hbf–Weinheim (Bergstr)–Zwingenberg–Bensheim–Darmstadt Hbf–Frankfurt (Main) Hbf route.

Notes

1. "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
3. "Wabenplan" (PDF). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar. February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
4. "Tarifinformationen 2021" (PDF). Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. p. 157. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
5. "Bahnhof Zwingenberg". Cultural monuments in Hesse (in German). Retrieved 24 December 2012.

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