Eppingen station

Eppingen
Junction station
A Stadtbahn set of the Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft on platform 2 in Eppingen station
Location	Eisenbahnstr. 40, 77855 Achern, Baden-Württemberg Germany
Coordinates	49°08′10″N 8°54′52″E / 49.136213°N 8.914491°ECoordinates: 49°08′10″N 8°54′52″E / 49.136213°N 8.914491°E
Line(s)	Kraichgau Railway (km 40.76) Steinsfurt–Eppingen (km 12.64)
Tracks	4
Construction
Architect	Ludwig Diemer
Architectural style	Renaissance revival
Other information
Station code	n/a
DS100 code	REP[1]
IBNR	8000373
History
Opened	1 June 1844

Eppingen station is the station of Eppingen in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is a junction station, where the so-called Kraichgau-Stromberg-Bahn ("Kraichgau-Stromberg railway", referring to two nearby regions),^[2] the Steinsfurt–Eppingen railway branches from the Kraichgau Railway (Kraichgaubahn, Heilbronn Eppingen–Karlsruhe railway). It is served by services on S4 line of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn and the Heilbronn Stadtbahn on the one hand and services on the line S5 of the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn on the other hand.

Entrance building

The entrance building was built in 1879 according to plans of the Karlsruhe architect Ludwig Diemer in the Italian Renaissance Revival style. The building has belonged since 1 January 2013 to the town of Eppingen and is under heritage protection. It is being restored faithfully for the 2021 State Garden Show (Landesgartenschau), which is to be held in Eppingen.^[3] The station has been substantially restored since September 2013.^[4]

Elevation of entrance building at its opening in 1879

Notes

1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
2. The timetable of Heilbronner Hohenloher Haller Nahverkehr GmbH, pp 472-475
3. "Der Bahnhof soll wieder zum Erlebnis werden". Heilbronner Stimme (in German). 17 January 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
4. "Erste Vorarbeiten am Bahnhof". Heilbronner Stimme (in German). 18 September 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2016.

References

• Hans-Wolfgang Scharf (2005). Die Eisenbahn im Kraichgau: Eisenbahngeschichte zwischen Rhein und Neckar (in German). 8. Freiburg im Breisgau: EK-Verlag. ISBN 3-88255-769-9.

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