Oberwesel station

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Oberwesel station
Through station
Bahnhof-oberwesel.jpg
Station building from the air
General information
Location Oberwesel, Rhineland-Palatinate
Germany
Coordinates 50°06′16″N7°43′54″E / 50.104460°N 7.731542°E / 50.104460; 7.731542
Line(s)
Platforms6
Other information
Station code4711
DS100 code FOBW
Category 5 [1]
Fare zone VRM: 616 [2]
Website www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened15 December 1859
Services
Preceding station Deutsche Bahn AG-Logo.svg DB Regio Mitte Following station
Boppard Hbf RE 2
Südwest-Express
Bingen Hbf
towards Koblenz Hbf
Preceding station Trans Regio Following station
St. Goar RB 26 Bacharach
towards Mainz Hbf
Preceding station Vlexx Following station
Boppard Hbf
towards Koblenz Hbf
RE 17 Bingen Hbf

Oberwesel station is on the West Rhine Railway (German : Linke Rheinstrecke) between Koblenz and Mainz in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station. [1] It is in the southern part of the town of Oberwesel and is served by Regional-Express services operated by Deutsche Bahn and Regionalbahn trains operated by trans regio Deutsche Regionalbahn.

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History

Oberwesel station was opened with the extension of the West Rhine Railway from Koblenz to Bingen at the end of 1859. In 1896, a track was built to the port. In 1907/08, the station building was extended by additions on its sides: an office for the station master, a station restaurant, and a 3rd class waiting room were added. In 1925–1927, the lobby was renovated and a separate toilet block was constructed on Mainzer Straße. In 1956, a pedestrian underpass was built under the tracks and in 1969/70 a building housing a relay interlocking was built next to the entrance building. In 2004, in the course of the construction of a park and ride facility, the toilet block was torn down.

Infrastructure

The station building at Oberwesel currently only accommodates residences and the interlocking. Tickets can be purchased at two ticket machines in the station entrance. The ticket office at the bus station acts as an agent of Deutsche Bahn and also sells rail tickets.

The station has three platform tracks. The “home” platform (platform 1) is connected by a pedestrian underpass to the central platform (tracks 2 and 3). In general, trains towards Mainz stop at platform 1 and trains towards Koblenz stop at track 2. Track 3 is used only by services that begin or end here or are overtaken (scheduled or unscheduled) here.

A new park and ride facility was built during the modernisation of the station. This includes approximately 100 parking spaces and parking for taxis, motor-scooters and bicycles. There are several bus bays for regional bus services.

Rail services

Oberwesel station is served by the following regional services:

LineLine nameRouteFrequencyDays of operation
RE 2 Südwest-Express KoblenzBoppardOberweselBingen (Rhein)MainzFrankfurt Airport (regional)Frankfurt (Main) Hbf 120 minWorking days except Saturdays
RE 17 Koblenz – Boppard – Oberwesel – Bingen  Bad Kreuznach Kaiserslautern 120 mindaily
RB 26 MittelrheinBahn Koblenz – Boppard – Oberwesel – Bingen (Rhein) – Ingelheim – Mainz60 minDaily

Additional excursion trains run on Sundays and public holidays from May to October. These Regional-Express train pairs run from Koblenz to Wissembourg (the Weinstrassen-Express) and from Karlsruhe to Koblenz (the Rheintal-Express).

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References

  1. 1 2 "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024](PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. "Tarifwabenplan 2021" (PDF). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel. January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.