Waiblingen station
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 Looking at the Rems line to the west. Behind the substation is to the left and the signalbox to the right. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Neuer Bahnhof, Waiblingen, Baden-Württemberg Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°49′34″N 9°18′2″E / 48.82611°N 9.30056°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Deutsche Bahn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 6471[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DS100 code | TWN[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IBNR | 8000180 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Category | 3[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone |  : 2[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.bahnhof.de | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 25 July 1861 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt–Nördlingen railway and the Waiblingen–Schwäbisch Hall railway.
History[edit]
The first station building[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
Waiblingen station is served by S-Bahn trains on lines S2 and S3 of the Stuttgart S-Bahn and regional services. Long-distance services generally do not stop in Waiblingen.
Regional services[edit]
| MEX 13 | Stuttgart – Waiblingen – Schorndorf – Schwäbisch Gmünd – Aalen (– Ellwangen – Crailsheim) | 30 mins (60 mins to Ellwangen,
120 mins to Crailsheim) |
| MEX 19 | Stuttgart – Waiblingen – Backnang – Gaildorf West (– Schwäbisch Hall-Hessental – Crailsheim) | 60 mins (Mon–Fri only, afternoons to Schwäbisch Hall, some trains to Crailsheim) |
| MEX 90 | Stuttgart – Waiblingen – Backnang – Gaildorf West – Schwäbisch Hall-Hessental (– Crailsheim) | 120 mins (in the peak to Crailsheim) |
| RE 90 | Stuttgart – Waiblingen – Backnang – Schwäbisch Hall-Hessental – Crailsheim – Ansbach – Nuremberg | 120 mins |
S-Bahn[edit]
| Line | Route |
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| 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[edit]
- ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ^ "Tarifzoneneinteilung" (PDF). Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ 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.
