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Location | Bahnhofsplatz 43 Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 47°39′31.514″N9°10′38.323″E / 47.65875389°N 9.17731194°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | DB Netz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | DB Station&Service | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Architect | H. Leonhardt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Gothic and Renaissance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | 3363 [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DS100 code | RKO [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
IBNR | 8003400 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Category | 3 [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Konstanz station (German : Bahnhof Konstanz) is the largest passenger station in the German city of Konstanz (Constance). It is served by regional and long-distance services operated by Deutsche Bahn and Swiss Federal Railways. It is the end of the High Rhine Railway and the beginning of the Lake Line.
The station was opened to traffic 15 June 1863 with the opening of the last section of the Upper Rhine Railway between Waldshut and Konstanz by the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway. The link to Switzerland was opened in 1871, when the Swiss Northeastern Railway (German : Schweizerische Nordostbahn, NOB) opened the line between Romanshorn and Konstanz, now part of the Seelinie ("Lake line"). On 17 July 1875 this was followed by the building of the Etzwilen–Konstanz line, together with the Kreuzlingen–Kreuzlingen harbour connecting line, by the Swiss National Railway (Schweizerische Nationalbahn, SNB). [5] After the SNB went bankrupt in 1878, its tracks were taken over by the NOB. In 1902, the NOB was absorbed in the newly created SBB.
In 1911, the Mittelthurgau-Bahn (MThB) opened a line from Kreuzlingen via Berg and Weinfelden to Wil. From the beginning, services from Kreuzlingen ran on the former SBB line through Konstanz to connect with the German rail network. It was served by the S-Bahn-like Seehas (named after a mythical "lake hare") service developed by the MThB over the Upper Rhine Railway to Engen. In 2002, the MThB fell into financial difficulties and was subsequently liquidated. Since then, subsidiaries of SBB have operated its services: SBB GmbH between Konstanz and Engen and THURBO between Konstanz and Weinfelden/Wil.
The station is located on the shore. The station building was built in 1863 in Gothic and Renaissance styles, modelled on the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. North of the entrance building was the Fürstenbahnhof ("princes’ station building"), a pavilion, which now serves as a shopping centre.
The station has three tracks: a “home” platform (next to the entrance building) and a central island platform. To reach the central platform, tracks 2 and 1 must be crossed on the level. This crossing is protected by a barrier. At the northern end, there is also a tunnel that connects the platforms on one side to the city centre and on the other side to the port. In addition, there are two walkways and a shopping centre leading to the lake.
In the past, Konstanz had a reputation as a "grubby" station, as it was rundown and inefficient. [6] The last major work on the station had been the renovation of the bell tower carried out between 1975 and 1983. As part of the economic stimulus program the entrance building is being rehabilitated with energy-saving measures. The waiting area is also being made more attractive.
Konstanz has the function of a border station. Before November 2008, when Switzerland became a party to the Schengen Agreement, the central platform was separated by a chain-link fence. Long-distance trains to and from Switzerland stopped on platform 3. The station building also has two sections for the German and Swiss railways. The German part is still operated by Deutsche Bahn and the Swiss part by Thurbo (formerly Mittelthurgaubahn). Until 2008 travellers to the Swiss section of the station had to pass through a form of passport control to get to the platforms. The station remains a customs border and as such customs checks are still possible by the authorities of both countries.
Deutsche Bahn operates only a few long-distance trains from Konstanz. A daily InterCity train running to/from Hamburg, extended in the summer months to/from Stralsund, was discontinued in December 2014. Since then, there is only one InterCity runs from Emden via Cologne: Friday and Saturday to Constance, Saturday and Sunday in the opposite direction.
Line | Route | Frequency |
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ICE 26 | Hamburg-Altona – Lüneburg – Hanover – Göttingen – Gießen – Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof – Offenburg – Villingen (Schwarzw) - Singen(Hohentwiel) – Radolfzell – Konstanz | Some trains on the weekend in the Summer |
IC 35 | Emden Hbf – Münster – Duisburg – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Offenburg – Konstanz | One train pair each weekend |
IC 87 | Stuttgart – Böblingen – Herrenberg – Horb – Rottweil – Tuttlingen – Singen – Radolfzell – Konstanz | Two train pairs |
Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) InterRegio trains run hourly from Lucerne to Konstanz: [7]
Konstanz is served hourly by Regional-Express (RE) trains on the Black Forest Railway. Until the timetable change in 2015, Interregio-Express and RE trains alternated from Kreuzlingen or Konstanz to Karlsruhe. This was changed with the timetable change, so that there is now a continuous RE hourly to Karlsruhe.
The Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) and its subsidiary SBB GmbH, which has its head office in Konstanz, serves Konstanz with the named train Seehas , a regional service operating every half hour. Its subsidiary THURBO connects Konstanz and Kreuzlingen every half hour with the St. Gallen S-Bahn S14 service, which calls at every station upon request, and the S44, which does not call at stations between Kreuzlingen and Weinfelden. [7] These regional services form part of a wider network around Lake Constance, marketed as the Bodensee S-Bahn, spreading over four countries (Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein). [8]
The RegioExpress (RE1) from Konstanz via St. Gallen to Herisau with stops in Kreuzlingen Hafen and Romanshorn was introduced in December 2015 after lengthy negotiations. At first there are five trains per day and direction. The project almost failed for lack of funding, although the Kreuzlingen/Konstanz-Romanshorn-St. Gallen railway line has been comprehensively refurbished in recent years for this express service. GTW sets of Stadler Rail operated by THURBO are used. The same trainsets are used for RE1 and the S14, meaning that passengers do not have to change trains in Konstanz.
The bus stop at the station is served by city bus lines 1, 2, 3, 6, 908, 9A/B, 12, 4/13, 13/4 and 14. The nearby Marktstätte bus stop is served by lines 5, 6 and 908 (towards Landschlacht). Regional bus services are operated by the express buses of the RAB to Ravensburg and Friedrichshafen. Some buses of the SBG operate to Allensbach and Radolfzell. Catamaran services also run every hour to Friedrichshafen from the port near the station.
THURBO is a railway company with S-Bahn-style services in Switzerland, southern Germany, and northeastern Vorarlberg, Austria, jointly owned by Swiss Federal Railways (90%) and the canton of Thurgau.
The Wil–Kreuzlingen railway is a largely single-track standard-gauge line in northeastern Switzerland. It was built by the Mittelthurgaubahn; MThB), which was a Swiss private railway based in Weinfelden. It was liquidated in 2003, including its subsidiary Lokoop, and its activities and the infrastructure it owned were mainly taken over by a Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) subsidiary, Thurbo, which was originally formed as a joint venture between the MThB and the SBB.
Oberwinterthur railway station is a railway station that serves Oberwinterthur, which is district number 2 in Winterthur, a city in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.
Romanshorn railway station is a railway station that serves the municipality of Romanshorn, in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland. Opened in 1855, the station is owned and operated by SBB-CFF-FFS. It forms the junction between the Winterthur–Romanshorn railway, the Schaffhausen–Rorschach railway and the Romanshorn–Nesslau Neu St. Johann railway.
Weinfelden railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Thurgau and the municipality of Weinfelden. The station is located on the Winterthur–Romanshorn railway line, at its junctions with the Mittelthurgau-Bahn lines to Wil and Konstanz.
St. Gallen railway station serves the town St. Gallen, the capital of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is located at the junction of the standard gauge St. Gallen–Winterthur, Rorschach–St. Gallen, and Romanshorn–Toggenburg lines of Swiss Federal Railways and the 1,000 mm gauge Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen line of Appenzell Railways.
The Winterthur–Romanshorn railway, also known in German as the Thurtallinie, is a Swiss railway line and was built as part of the railway between Zürich and Lake Constance (Bodensee). It connects Winterthur with Romanshorn, where it formerly connected to train ferries over Lake Constance. It is the fourth oldest internal railway in Switzerland. Its construction was to be funded by the Zürich-Lake Constance Railway (Zürich-Bodenseebahn), but during the construction the company was merged with the Swiss Northern Railway to form the Swiss Northeastern Railway. The Winterthur–Romanshorn railway was opened on 16 May 1855 and the line from Winterthur to Oerlikon was opened on 27 December 1855. Zürich was reached on 26 June 1856 and the two existing NOB lines were connected.
Kreuzlingen railway station is a railway station in Kreuzlingen, in the Swiss canton of Thurgau. It sits at the junction of the standard gauge Lake line of Swiss Federal Railways and the Wil–Kreuzlingen line of THURBO. It is one of four stations within the municipality of Kreuzlingen.
Kehlhof railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Berg, in the Swiss canton of Thurgau. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Wil–Kreuzlingen line of THURBO, and is served as a request stop by local trains only.
Berg railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Berg, in the Swiss canton of Thurgau. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Wil–Kreuzlingen line of THURBO, and is served as a request stop by local trains only.
Siegershausen railway station is a railway station in the village of Siegershausen, within the municipality of Kemmental, in the Swiss canton of Thurgau. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Wil–Kreuzlingen line of THURBO, and is served as a request stop by local trains only.
Lengwil railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Lengwil, in the Swiss canton of Thurgau. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Wil–Kreuzlingen line of THURBO, and is served as a request stop by local trains only.
Kreuzlingen Bernrain railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Kreuzlingen, in the Swiss canton of Thurgau. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Wil–Kreuzlingen line of THURBO, and is served as a request stop by local trains only. It is one of four stations within the municipality of Kreuzlingen.
Tägerwilen Dorf railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Tägerwilen, in the Swiss canton of Thurgau. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Wil–Kreuzlingen line of THURBO, and is served as a request stop by local trains only. It is one of two stations within the municipality of Tägerwilen; the other, Tägerwilen-Gottlieben, is located 950 metres (3,120 ft) away on the Lake line.
SBB GmbH, also known as SBB Deutschland, is a railway company that operates services in Germany and the cantons of Basel-City and Schaffhausen in Switzerland. It is a subsidiary of Swiss Federal Railways, the state railway company of Switzerland. It operates various S-Bahn services in Baden-Württemberg near the border with Switzerland, some of which service stations in Switzerland.
The S1 is a railway service of the St. Gallen S-Bahn that provides half-hourly service between Schaffhausen and Wil, via St. Gallen, in the Swiss cantons of Zürich, Thurgau, Schaffhausen, and St. Gallen. THURBO, a joint venture of Swiss Federal Railways and the canton of Thurgau, operates the service.
The S7 is a railway service of the St. Gallen S-Bahn that provides half-hourly service between Romanshorn and Rorschach, with hourly service from Romanshorn to Weinfelden. Some trains continue from Rorschach to St. Margrethen, Bregenz and Lindau along the shores of Lake Constance.
The S10 is a railway service of the St. Gallen S-Bahn that provides half-hourly service between Wil and Romanshorn over the Wil–Kreuzlingen and Winterthur–Romanshorn lines. THURBO, a joint venture of Swiss Federal Railways and the canton of Thurgau, operates the service.
The S14 is a railway service of the St. Gallen S-Bahn that provides half-hourly service between Weinfelden, in the Swiss canton of Thurgau, and Konstanz in southern Germany. THURBO, a joint venture of Swiss Federal Railways and the canton of Thurgau, operates the service.
The S44 is a railway service of the St. Gallen S-Bahn that runs every two hours between Weinfelden, in the Swiss canton of Thurgau, and Konstanz in southern Germany. THURBO, a joint venture of Swiss Federal Railways and the canton of Thurgau, operates the service.