Rottweil station

Rottweil station is on the Plochingen–Immendingen railway in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and is the start of the Rottweil–Villingen railway. It lies on the northeastern edge of Rottweil at a height of 557 metres above sea level.

Rottweil
General information
Location	Bahnhofstr. 1, Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg Germany
Coordinates	48°9′53″N 8°38′30″E
Line(s)	Plochingen–Immendingen railway Rottweil–Villingen railway until 1971: Balingen–Rottweil railway
Platforms	5
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	5405[1]
DS100 code	TR[2]
IBNR	8000322
Category	3[1]
Fare zone	Move: 2/23[3][4] naldo: 620 (Move transitional zone)[5]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	23 July 1868
Services Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Tuttlingen towards Zürich HB IC 87 Horb towards Stuttgart Hbf Spaichingen towards Zürich HB Oberndorf (Neckar) towards Stuttgart Hbf Preceding station DB Regio Baden-Württemberg Following station Tuttlingen towards Singen (Hohentwiel) RE 4 Horb towards Stuttgart Hbf Terminus RE 14a Sulz (Neckar) towards Stuttgart Hbf Preceding station (Offenburg) Following station Deißlingen Mitte towards Bräunlingen RB 42 Terminus Aldingen (b Spaichingen) towards Blumberg-Zollhaus RB 43
Location

History

Rottweil station in 1900

Construction began in 1865. During the work, the remains of about 2,000 Russian soldiers were found. They had died about 50 years earlier in an epidemic. Their final resting place was in a mass grave on the grounds of the station. The station was opened on 23 July 1868.^[6]

Originally the station was 685 metres long and up to 162 metres wide. The complex included an administration building, a freight shed, two locomotive sheds and a repair shop.^[7]

On 11 August 1972, a freight train with 26 wagons derailed. Among other things, six tankers with caustic soda overturned, releasing 30,000 litres of caustic soda, but volunteer fire fighters prevented an oxyhydrogen explosion. No one was injured, and the damage amounted to about 750,000 Deutsche Mark.^[8]

Significance

Rottweil station is at the junction of Rottweil–Villingen railway and the Gäu Railway. Regionalbahn and Regional-Express operate on the latter, with Intercity trains stopping every two hours in Rottweil. They were in the past supplemented by Intercity-Express and Cisalpino trains (the latter on the Stuttgart–Milan route). Parts of both lines form part of the Ringzug network that is operated by the Hohenzollern Landesbahn. Until 1971 Rottweil was also the terminus of the Balingen–Rottweil railway. In addition, the station is an important stop for urban and regional bus services.

Rail services

The Stuttgart–Rottweil–Singen line IC 87 (RE 87) is served hourly. Part of the route can be used with regional tickets. Two pairs of train runs to/from Zürich.

Cisalpino in Rottweil station, 2003

Rottweil station 2018 and ThyssenKrupp Test Tower in the background

Line	Route	Frequency
IC 87 / RE 87	Stuttgart – Böblingen – Herrenberg – Eutingen im Gäu – Horb – Rottweil – Tuttlingen – Singen (– Konstanz)	60 min
RE 4a	Stuttgart – Böblingen – Herrenberg – Horb – Rottweil – Tuttlingen – Singen	1 train pair
RE 4	Stuttgart – Böblingen (– Herrenberg ) – Horb – Rottweil  – Tuttlingen – Radolfzell – Konstanz	2 train pairs
RE 14a	Stuttgart – Böblingen – Herrenberg – Eutingen – Horb – Rottweil	60 min
RB 42	Rottweil – Trossingen – Villingen – Donaueschingen – Bräunlingen	60 min
RB 43	Rottweil – Tuttlingen – Immendingen (– Blumberg-Zollhaus)	60 min

Platforms

Rottweil has 5 platform tracks for passengers as well as several other tracks for freight. The platform tracks can be reached via a lift. On the platforms are covered shelters. The entrance building has a waiting room with lockers, a separate non-smoking waiting room and a ticket counter.

Others uses

The station building houses a newspaper kiosk and a café. In addition, there is a model railway in the 3rd floor of the building. It is operated by the Rottweiler Eisenbahn- und Modellbaufreunden (“Rottweil railway and model-building friends”) and is open to visitors.