Wetzlar station

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	Wetzlar Location within Hesse Wetzlar Location within Germany Wetzlar Location within Europe

Wetzlar
Wetzlar
Through station
	Wetzlar station and forecourt
General information
Location	Willy-Brandt-Platz 1, Wetzlar, Hesse ; Germany
Coordinates	50°33′54″N08°30′13″E / 50.56500°N 8.50361°E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Dill (KBS 445); Lahntal (KBS 625);
Platforms	5
Construction
Architectural style	Modern
Other information
Station code	6730
DS100 code	FWR
IBNR	8000383
Category	4
Fare zone	: 5501
Website	www.bahnhof.de
Services
Location
Location
	Wetzlar Location within Hesse Wetzlar Location within Germany Wetzlar Location within Europe

Last updated October 28, 2024

Wetzlar station is a through railway station in the city of Wetzlar in the German state of Hesse. The station, which serves Deutsche Bahn's Dill and Lahntal lines, constitutes (together with the adjacent bus station) Wetzlar's most important public transport node.

History

The first Wetzlar station, built in 1862 in the district of Niedergirmes, was an "island station" (German : Inselbahnhof), with the main station building built between the tracks. This building still stands. The current station was originally completed in January 1917 in the Art Nouveau style, but it was demolished in 1981 and rebuilt in the Modern style.

Between 2011 and 2012 the station underwent a major reconstruction. Among other things, the platforms were replaced by new higher platforms and the platform canopies were restored. The bus station, formerly located 150 metres away, was moved to the front of the station building. The passenger tunnel under the station was extended to connect with the park-and-ride area on the north side of the station and the suburb of Niedergirmes.

Services

Regional services

The following services currently call at Wetzlar:

Line	Route	Frequency
RE 24	Weilburg – Wetzlar – Gießen	Every 2 Hours
RE 25	Koblenz Hbf – Niederlahnstein – Bad Ems – Limburg (Lahn) – Weilburg – Wetzlar – Gießen	Every 2 Hours
RB 40	Frankfurt – Friedberg (Hess) – Bad Nauheim – Butzbach – Gießen – Wetzlar – Herborn (Dillkr) – Dillenburg	40/80 min (Frankf.–Giessen) 60 min (Giessen–Dillenburg)
RB 45	Limburg – Weilburg – Albshausen – Wetzlar – Gießen	Hourly
RE 99	Siegen – Haiger – Dillenburg - Herborn – Wetzlar – Giessen – Friedberg – Frankfurt (Main) West	60 min (Siegen–Giessen) 120 min (Giessen–Frankfurt)

Long distance

Since the timetable change in December 2021, eight IC train pairs have been operating on the Frankfurt – Siegen – Dortmund/Unna – Münster (– Norddeich Mole) route.

Line	Route
IC 34	(Stuttgart – Ludwigsburg – Pforzheim – Karlsruhe – Bruchsal – Wiesloch-Walldorf – Heidelberg – Mannheim – Frankfurt Airport -) Frankfurt – Frankfurt West – Bad Nauheim – Wetzlar – Dillenburg – Siegen –
		Lennestadt-Altenhundem – Iserlohn-Letmathe – Schwerte – Unna – Hamm – Münster (– Rheine – Lingen – Meppen – Papenburg – Leer – Emden – Norden – Norddeich – Norddeich Mole)
		Siegen-Weidenau – Kreuztal – Lennestadt-Altenhundem – Lennestadt-Grevenbrück – Finnentrop – Plettenberg – Werdohl – Altena – Iserlohn-Letmathe – Witten – Dortmund

Former long-distance services

In the 1980s and before, there were many daily express services from Wetzlar station to remote destinations such as Oberstdorf. In the early 1990s there were regular fast train connections at two-hour intervals to Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof and Münster Hauptbahnhof. From 1993, these services were replaced by Interregio line 22, Frankfurt–Münster. Once a day there was a direct Interregio connection from Wetzlar to Norddeich Mole (Norderney). The inter-regional trains on the Dill line were, however, gradually thinned out from 2001. More recently, in December 2002, the Norderney service was abolished.

From December 2009 until December 2011, Wetzlar station was connected to the long-distance network for the first time in six years. In the morning there was a EuroCity service from Wetzlar via Frankfurt, Stuttgart, and Munich to Klagenfurt. A through carriage also gave a direct connection to Ljubljana and Zagreb. The return service from Croatia, Slovenia, and Austria reached Wetzlar in the evening and continued to Siegen. This service was discontinued in December 2011.

Platforms

Wetzlar station has five platform tracks, served by Regionalbahn, Regional-Express, and EuroCity trains.

Trains operate through the following platforms:

Platform	Destinations	Notes
3	RB 45 to Gießen/Fulda, RE 25 / RE 24 to Gießen
4	RB 45 to Limburg, RE 25 to Koblenz, RE 24 to Weilburg
5	Mittelhessen-Express RB 40 and RE 99 to Gießen/Frankfurt, IC 34 to Frankfurt
6	Mittelhessen-Express RB 40 to/from Frankfurt / RE 24 to/from Alsfeld (some trains on either line if Wetzlar is the terminus)	also siding and overtaking track (on weekdays, an RB 40 service is scheduled to be overtaken here by the IC and RE99 Sprinter.)
7	Mittelhessen-Express RB 40 to Dillenburg, RE 99 to Siegen, IC 34 to Dortmund/Münster

East of the passenger station in the district of Garbenheim is Wetzlar freight yard, which has been the most important facility of its kind in central Hesse since December 2006.

Connections

The adjoining bus station serves regional and local bus routes. In the station forecourt there is a taxi stand and short-term parking. There are also various parking facilities nearby.

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References

1 2 "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.
↑ "Tarifinformationen 2021" (PDF). Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. p. 156. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

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[categories-1] 1 2 "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) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.

[3] "Tarifinformationen 2021" (PDF). Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. p. 156. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

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