Bad Kreuznach station

Bad Kreuznach station
Bad Kreuznach station
Through station
General information
Location	Europaplatz 25, Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate ; Germany
Coordinates	49°50′34″N7°51′58″E / 49.842736°N 7.86614°E
Line(s)	Nahe Valley Railway (16.2) (KBS 672/680); Gau Algesheim–Bad Kreuznach railway (19.9 km) (KBS 680);
Platforms	5
Other information
Station code	296
DS100 code	SBKN
IBNR	8000021
Category	3
Fare zone	RNN: 400; : 6901 (RNN transitional tariff);
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1905
Passengers
	5000
Services

Last updated August 14, 2024

Bad Kreuznach station is the largest station in the town of Bad Kreuznach in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station.^[1] It is regularly served by Regional-Express and Regionalbahn services on the Nahe Valley Railway (Nahetalbahn). The station is located south-east of the town centre.

History

The first station in Bad Kreuznach was opened in 1858 with the Nahe Valley Railway and was later used as a freight yard, which is now closed.^[5] Between 1896 and 1936, the Kreuznach Light Railways (Kreuznacher Kleinbahnen), a network of 750 mm gauge lines, also terminated at the station. On 1 June 1864 a second station opened in southern Bad Kreuznach called Kreuznach Bad to improve access to the southern part of the city. With the opening of the railway line to Gau-Algesheim in 1902, the present station was built at the junction of two lines between the two stations. The station went into operation in 1905 and the entrance building was built between 1905 and 1908. In due course the other two stations were closed.^[6]

Infrastructure

The station is a Keilbahnhof ("wedge-shaped station") with 5 platform tracks. Tracks 1 and 2 are used by trains towards Kaiserslautern and Bingen and tracks 3–5 are used by trains to Mainz / Frankfurt and Saarbrücken. Bad Kreuznach station has an entrance building with a bakery, a newsagent, and a Deutsche Bahn ticket office. The platforms are equipped with seating and food vending machines. From the summer of 2011 to September 2014, the station was thoroughly renovated after a dispute between the town council and Deutsche Bahn. The platforms were raised, barrier-free access for the disabled and a new platform canopy was built.^[7] The station was also given additional access on the south side to Bosenheimer Straße.

Passenger services

Bad Kreuznach station is served by the following regional rail services:

Line	Route	Frequency
RE 3	Rhein-Nahe-Express Saarbrücken – Neunkirchen – Ottweiler – Türkismühle – Idar-Oberstein – Bad Kreuznach – Mainz (– Frankfurt)	Hourly to Mainz, every 2 hours to Frankfurt
RE 17	Kaiserslautern – Winnweiler – Rockenhausen – Bad Kreuznach – Bingen – Koblenz	Every 2 hours
RE 15	Kaiserslautern – Rockenhausen – Bad Kreuznach – Mainz – Bodenheim	Mon to Fri: 1 train pair in the morning to Mainz, 1 train pair in the evening to Kaiserslautern
RB 33	Nahetalbahn Idar-Oberstein – Bad Kreuznach – Mainz	Hourly
RB 65	Alsenztalbahn Kaiserslautern – Winnweiler – Rockenhausen – Bad Kreuznach - Bingen (Rhein) Hauptbahnhof	Hourly

Notes

1 2 3 "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024](PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (10 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.
↑ "RNN Wabenplan 2021" (PDF). Rhein-Nahe-Nahverkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
↑ "Tarifinformationen 2021" (PDF). Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. p. 131. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
↑ "Bad Kreuznach Güterbahnhof" (in German). nahebahn.de. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
↑ "Transport history of the town of Bad Kreuznach" (in German). Institut für Geschichtliche Landeskunde an der Universität Mainz e.V. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
↑ "Richtung Zukunft - Modernisierungsarbeiten am Bahnhof Bad Kreuznach" (in German). Zwechverband ZSPNV Rheinland-Pfalz Süd. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.

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[categories-1] 1 2 3 "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024](PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.

[Eisenbahnatlas-2] Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (10 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.

[3] "RNN Wabenplan 2021" (PDF). Rhein-Nahe-Nahverkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

[4] "Tarifinformationen 2021" (PDF). Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. p. 131. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

[5] "Bad Kreuznach Güterbahnhof" (in German). nahebahn.de. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

[6] "Transport history of the town of Bad Kreuznach" (in German). Institut für Geschichtliche Landeskunde an der Universität Mainz e.V. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

[7] "Richtung Zukunft - Modernisierungsarbeiten am Bahnhof Bad Kreuznach" (in German). Zwechverband ZSPNV Rheinland-Pfalz Süd. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.

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