Waiblingen station

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Waiblingen
Deutsche Bahn S-Bahn
Junction station
Waiblingen Gleise Remsbahn.jpg
Looking at the Rems line to the west.
Behind the substation is to the left
and the signalbox to the right.
LocationNeuer Bahnhof, Waiblingen, Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Coordinates48°49′34″N 9°18′2″E / 48.82611°N 9.30056°E / 48.82611; 9.30056Coordinates: 48°49′34″N 9°18′2″E / 48.82611°N 9.30056°E / 48.82611; 9.30056
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
  • Rems Railway
  • Murr Railway
Platforms5
Other information
Station code6471[1]
DS100 codeTWN[2]
IBNR8000180
Category3[1]
Fare zoneVVS: 2[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened25 July 1861
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio Baden-Württemberg   Following station
RE
Murrbahn
Hohenlohebahn
toward Nuremberg Hbf
Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt
RB
Murrbahn
toward Gaildorf West
Preceding station   Go-Ahead Baden-Württemberg   Following station
Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt
RB 13
via Schwäbisch Gmünd - Aalen
Schorndorf
toward Crailsheim
Preceding station   S-Bahn Stuttgart   Following station
toward Filderstadt
S 2
Rommelshausen
toward Schorndorf
toward Filderstadt
S 3
Neustadt-Hohenacker
toward Backnang
  Future service as of 15 December 2019  
Preceding station   DB Regio Baden-Württemberg   Following station
RE 19
Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt
RB 19
toward Gaildorf West
Preceding station   Go-Ahead Baden-Württemberg   Following station
RE 90
via Crailsheim
toward Nürnberg Hbf
Location
Waiblingen is located in Baden-Württemberg
Waiblingen
Waiblingen
Location in Baden-Württemberg

Waiblingen station is a railway station in the city of Waiblingen in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The station is located at the junction of the Rems Railway (German: Remsbahn) and the Murr Railway (Murrbahn).

History[]

The first station building[]

The first station in Waiblingen was built in 1861 during the construction of the Rems Railway. This building still exists; it is about 200 m east of the present station and serves as a residence. Immediately east of it there was a level crossing of Mayenner Straße over the Rems Railway; this was replaced by an underpass at the end of the 1960s.

Second station building[]

Second station building, ca. 1900

With the construction of the Murr Railway in 1876, the station had to be completely rebuilt at the junction of the lines as a Keilbahnhof ("wedge station"). The station building was located slightly east of the current station. It was a two-story building, similar in style to Winnenden station. It was demolished in preparation for the extension of the Stuttgart S-Bahn in 1979.

Third station building[]

The current entrance building was opened in 1980 in preparation for the opening of S-Bahn lines S2 and S3 in 1981. This building no longer had direct access to the platforms; instead a busway with stops for city and regional bus services runs next to the platforms. Also, the station forecourt was reduced to provide a large park-and-ride space. Along with the entrance buildings at Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen (opened in 1982) and Ludwigsburg (opened in 1992), it is one of only a few new station buildings that replaced an old station building in Württemberg once the reconstruction of damaged stations after World War II had been completed.[4]

Its last major modernisation was carried out in early 2008, when the kiosk and restaurant facilities built in 1980 were replaced by a modern kiosk and a bakery. In 2009, the station was adapted for disabled access.

Station layout[]

Waiblingen station includes the following platform tracks:

  • track 1: Murr line to Stuttgart
  • track 2: for freight/through traffic (cambered track)
  • track 3: Murr line to Schwäbisch Hall,
  • track 4: a former terminating track for suburban services to Stuttgart, closed in 1980
  • track 5: Rems line to Stuttgart,
  • track 6: Rems line to Stuttgart or Aalen (reversible)
  • track 7: Rems line to Aalen and through traffic. The platform between track 6 and track 7 is designed as an island platform.

Operations[]

Waiblingen station is served by S-Bahn trains on lines S2 and S3 of the Stuttgart S-Bahn and Regional-Express trains on lines R2 and R3. Long-distance services generally do not stop in Waiblingen.

Regional services[]

RE R2 Stuttgart – Bad Cannstatt – Waiblingen – Schorndorf – Schwäbisch Gmünd – Aalen 60 minutes

(at peak hours: 30 minutes)

RE R3 Stuttgart – Bad Cannstatt – Waiblingen – Backnang – Schwäbisch Hall-Hessental – Crailsheim – Ansbach – Nuremberg 120 minutes (Mon–Fri between Stuttgart and Schwäb. Hall: 60 minutes and in peaks: 30 minutes; Sat and Sun: Stuttgart–Schwäbisch Hall requires a change in Backnang)

S-Bahn[]

Line Route
S 2 Schorndorf – Weinstadt – Waiblingen – Bad Cannstatt – Hauptbahnhof – Schwabstraße – Vaihingen – Rohr – Stuttgart Flughafen/Messe – Filderstadt
(extra trains in the peak between Schorndorf and Vaihingen.)
S 3 Backnang – Winnenden – Waiblingen – Bad Cannstatt – Hauptbahnhof – Vaihingen – Rohr – Flughafen/Messe
(extra trains in the peak between Backnang and Vaihingen).

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. ^ "Tarifzoneneinteilung" (PDF). Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. ^ Roland Feitenhansl (2003). Der Bahnhof Heilbronn – seine Empfangsgebäude von 1848, 1874 und 1958 (in German). Hövelhof: DGEG Medien. p. 54. ISBN 3-937189-01-7.
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