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Waiblingen station

Coordinates: 48°49′34″N 9°18′2″E / 48.82611°N 9.30056°E / 48.82611; 9.30056
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Waiblingen
Deutsche Bahn S-Bahn
Junction station
Looking at the Rems line to the west.
Behind the substation is to the left
and the signalbox to the right.
General information
LocationNeuer Bahnhof, Waiblingen, Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Coordinates48°49′34″N 9°18′2″E / 48.82611°N 9.30056°E / 48.82611; 9.30056
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
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 Arverio Baden-Württemberg Following station
Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt RE 90 Winnenden
MEX 13 Schorndorf
towards Crailsheim
Preceding station DB Regio Baden-Württemberg Following station
Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt MEX 19 Winnenden
MEX 90 Winnenden
Preceding station Stuttgart S-Bahn Following station
Fellbach
towards Filderstadt
S 2 Rommelshausen
towards Schorndorf
Fellbach S 3 Neustadt-Hohenacker
towards Backnang
Location
Waiblingen is located in Baden-Württemberg
Waiblingen
Waiblingen
Location in Baden-Württemberg
Waiblingen is located in Germany
Waiblingen
Waiblingen
Location in Germany
Waiblingen is located in Europe
Waiblingen
Waiblingen
Location in Europe

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

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The first station building

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Line Route
S 2 Schorndorf – WeinstadtWaiblingen – Bad Cannstatt – HauptbahnhofSchwabstraßeVaihingenRohrStuttgart Flughafen/MesseFilderstadt
(extra trains in the peak between Schorndorf and Vaihingen.)
S 3 BacknangWinnendenWaiblingen – Bad Cannstatt – Hauptbahnhof – Vaihingen – Rohr – Flughafen/Messe
(extra trains in the peak between Backnang and Vaihingen).

References

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ "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.