Königswinter station

Königswinter station
Through station
Location	Königswinter, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	50°40′43″N 7°11′35″E / 50.67861°N 7.19306°ECoordinates: 50°40′43″N 7°11′35″E / 50.67861°N 7.19306°E
Line(s)	East Rhine Railway (KBS 465)
Platforms	3
Other information
Station code	3360
DS100 code	KWOW[1]
IBNR	8003386
Category	4[2]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1870
Services
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station Niederdollendorf toward Mönchengladbach Hbf RE 8 Rhein-Erft-Express Rhöndorf toward Koblenz Hbf Niederdollendorf toward Mönchengladbach Hbf RB 27 Rhein-Erft-Bahn Rhöndorf toward Koblenz Hbf

Königswinter station is a station on the East Rhine Railway (German: Rechte Rheinstrecke) in the city of Königswinter in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a protected as a monument. The station was opened on 11 July 1870 as part of the extension of the East Rhine Railway from Neuwied to Oberkassel.^[3]

At its core the entrance building, which was built in 1869/70, is a two and a half storey stucco building with neoclassical influences. It has an avant-corps with three portals, covered by a gable with an oeil-de-boeuf. The station is particularly notable for an iron and glass structure that provides covered access to the island platform. In the 1950s, a glass-enclosed porch and extensions were built on both sides the station building, which were designed as the station restaurant and for the handling of freight. At the same time the interior was also redesigned.^[4]

The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.^[2] The station building belonged to the city from 2004 and was sold at the end of 2012 to a real estate company. In 2013, it is to be adapted to be used for, among other things, a restaurant, including outdoor eating.^[5] The underpass connects the platform with Königswinter’s old town to the west and to the premises of the Hayes Lemmerz company to the east.

Line	Service	Route	Frequency
RE 8	Rhein-Erft-Express	Mönchengladbach – Rheydt – Cologne – Köln/Bonn Flughafen – Troisdorf – Königswinter – Linz (Rhein) - Neuwied - Koblenz	Hourly
RB 27	Rhein-Erft-Bahn	(Mönchengladbach – Rheydt –) Cologne – Troisdorf – Königswinter – Linz (Rhein) - Neuwied - Koblenz	Hourly

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  Platform access
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  Glazed porch
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  Overview

Notes

1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
2. "Stationspreisliste 2016" [Station price list 2017] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
3. André Joost. "Königswinter operations". NRW Railway Archive (in German). Arcor. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
4. Angelika Schyma (1992). "Stadt Königswinter". In Denkmaltopographie Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Denkmäler im Rheinland (in German). 23.5. Cologne: Rheinland-Verlag. p. 116. ISBN 3-7927-1200-8.
5. "Stadt Königswinter verkauft den Bahnhof". General-Anzeiger (in German). 12 January 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.