Reutlingen Hauptbahnhof

Reutlingen Hauptbahnhof
Deutsche Bahn
Through station

Front of the station building
Location Bahnhofstr. 3, Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Coordinates 48°29′46″N 9°12′33″E / 48.49611°N 9.20917°E / 48.49611; 9.20917
Line(s)
Platforms 3
Other information
Station code 5242
DS100 codeTRE
IBNR8000314
Category3 [1]
Website www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened 20 September 1859

Reutlingen Hauptbahnhof is the main station in Reutlingen in the German State of Baden-Württemberg. In addition the city has halts (Haltepunkte) at Reutlingen West and in the suburbs of Betzingen and Sondelfingen. They all lie on the Neckar-Alb Railway. Reutlingen Süd (south) station (formerly called Eningen station[2]) is no longer in operation.

History

Exterior of station with square in spring.

After the citizens of Reutlingen had actively participated in the Revolution of 1848-49, the Württemberg government deliberately delayed the construction of the railway from Plochingen to Reutlingen.[3] The station was finally opened on 20 September 1859. It had an administration building and a customs house, a freight shed, a locomotive depot and a repair workshop with a water supply point.[4]

Until 1994, the Swabian Jura Railway (Schwäbische Albbahn) branched in Reutlingen station. The section of the line from Reutlingen to Kleinengstingen is now closed and dismantled. Until 1985, the Gönningen Railway branched here connecting Reutlingen and Gönningen. In addition, from 1899 to 1974 the Lokalbahn Reutlingen–Eningen (a tramway) operated from the station to Eningen unter Achalm.

Services

Long distance transport

Since the timetable change in December 2009 Intercity trains serve Reutlingen. From Mondays to Thursdays they connect Tübingen via Stuttgart to Düsseldorf, on Fridays they continue to Berlin: an intercity service runs to Stuttgart in the morning and returns in the evening.

Line Route Frequency
IC 32 (Berlin Südkreuz – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg –) Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Stuttgart – Nürtingen – Reutlingen – Tübingen One pair

Regional transport

Regionalbahn services run from Reutlingen to Bad Urach, Herrenberg, Horb am Neckar and Plochingen and Regional-Express services run to Stuttgart and Tübingen. Interregio-Express services connect to Aulendorf, Rottenburg am Neckar and Stuttgart.

Route Frequency Lines used Operator
IRE Stuttgart – Reutlingen – Tübingen – Hechingen – Albstadt – Sigmaringen – Aulendorf 120 minutes Neckar-Alb-Bahn, Zollernalb Railway DB RAB
RE Tübingen – Reutlingen – Metzingen – Nürtingen – Plochingen – Esslingen – Stuttgart 60 minutes (30 minutes in peak hours) Neckar-Alb railway DB RAB
RB Tübingen – Entringen – Herrenberg 30 minutes Ammer Valley Railway DB RAB
Most Regionalbahn services from Herrenberg continue from Tübingen towards Plochingen or Bad Urach.
RB (Tübingen – Reutlingen –) Metzingen – Bad Urach 60 minutes Neckar-Alb-Bahn, Erms Valley Railway DB RAB
RB Tübingen – Reutlingen – Metzingen – Nürtingen – Wendlingen (– Plochingen) 60 minutes Neckar-Alb railway DB RAB

Local transport

The station from 1899 to 1974 was the focal point of the Reutlingen Tramway. Today it has this role for most of the bus lines of the city bus company, Reutlinger Stadtverkehrsgesellschaft (RSV).

Infrastructure

Reutlingen station has three main platform tracks. The sprawling freight yard has been closed for some years, but the tracks are intact.

References

  1. ↑ "Stationspreisliste 2017" [Station price list 2017] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Reutlingen - Kleinengstingen (Ezachtalbahn)" (in German). vergessene-bahnen.de. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Romantik, Realismus, Revolution – Das 19. Jahrhundert" (in German). City of Reutlingen. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  4. ↑ G. Kuttler: Die Schwäbische Eisenbahn - Topographisch, historisch und ästhetisch geschildert - ein Handbuch für gebildete Reisende. Mit einer Eisenbahnkarte, Heilbronn, 1859, p. 155 (Text at Google books).
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