Bad Honnef (Rhein) station

Bad Honnef (Rhein) is a station on the East Rhine Railway in Bad Honnef, a town in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Bad Honnef (Rhein)
Through station
Bad Honnef (Rhein) station
LocationAugust Lepper Str. 6, Bad Honnef, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates50°38′22″N 7°13′10″E
Line(s)East Rhine Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station code285[1]
DS100 codeKHBD[2]
IBNR8000713
Category5[1]
Fare zoneVRS: 2561[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened11 July 1870[4]
Services
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station
RE 8
Rhein-Erft-Express
toward Koblenz Hbf
RB 27
Rhein-Erft-Bahn

It was opened in 11 July 1870 during the extension of the East Rhine Railway from Neuwied to Oberkassel as a station with the name of Honnef (Rhein).[5] In the course of the commissioning of the electronic interlocking on the Right Rhine line, the station was converted into a halt (Haltepunkt) with an Anschlussstelle (siding that is normally locked out of use) in August 2014.

Location

The station is located on the western edge of Bad Honnef between Lohfelder Straße to the west and August-Lepper-Strasse and the parallel federal highway 42 to the east, near the Rhine bank in front of the island of Grafenwerth.

At its southern edge is a commercial area, to its north is a bridge structure called Honneferkreuz ("Honnef Cross"), which serves as an interchange with the B 42, which gives access for passengers to the station. There is a parking area at and below the bridge.

The station has an island platform, which is accessed by a subway with stairs from the entrance building. The entrance building is two-storeys, with a one-storey wing extending to the subway. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as Category 5.[1]

History

The original entrance building was built in a similar style to some of the neighbouring stations in neo-Classical forms and the entrance was bordered by a broad set of steps. During their visit to Bad Honnef, the Swedish king and queen, Oscar and Sophia, were received at the station in 1901.[6] Opposite the station was a station hotel, which was demolished at the latest after the Second World War. In 1957, the station was extensively modified in anticipation of the electrification of the railway line (1958) with the entrance building losing its neo-classical style and the signal box being moved to a smaller building south of the station.[7] After Honnef received the official prefix of Bad (spa) in 1960, the station was renamed Bad Honnef (Rhein) in 1964 or 1965.

In 1999, Deutsche Bahn closed its ticket office, which was initially taken over and operated by an agency, but was later closed.[8] Around 2000, 1500 passengers frequented the station daily.[9] For a number of years, the station building, which is no longer used for railway purposes, has served as the headquarters of a passenger transport company. In 2011, Deutsche Bahn sold it to the company. The new owner plans to demolish it and build a new railway station building in the long term.[10] The station forecourt was extended in 2011/12 in two construction phases with the removal of the cobblestone pavers and the construction of a barrier-free bus stop.[11][12] Recently, efforts have been made to upgrade the station and open a kiosk with ticket sales for regional transport and a postal agency.[13] In the long term, the city plans to abandon the existing station location in favour of a new station at the end of the Stadtbahn (Siebengebirgsbahn) (as of 2016).[14]

Services

The station is served by RE8 services hourly. On working days, it is also served by RB27 services, which together provide a service every half-hour to Cologne and Rommerskirchen and to Koblenz.[15]

Line Line name Route Frequency
RE 8 Rhein-Erft-Express Mönchengladbach – Rheydt-Odenkirchen – Grevenbroich – Rommerskirchen – Cologne – Porz (Rhein) – Bonn-Beuel – Rhöndorf – Bad Honnef (Rhein) – Linz (Rhein) – Neuwied – Koblenz Stadtmitte – Koblenz Hourly
RB 27 Rhein-Erft-Bahn Mönchengladbach – Rheydt-Odenkirchen – Grevenbroich – Rommerskirchen – Cologne – Cologne/Bonn Airport – Bonn-Beuel – Rhöndorf – Bad Honnef (Rhein) – Linz (Rhein) – Neuwied – Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein – Koblenz Hourly

References
  1. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 197. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  4. André Joost. "Bad Honnef (Rhein) station operations". NRWbahnarchiv-Bahnhofsinfo (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  5. Amtliches Bahnhofsverzeichnis 1944 der Deutschen Reichsbahn, der Böhmisch-Mährischen Bahnen, der Privatbahnen sowie der Kleinbahnen mit Güterverkehr und der Ostbahn (in German). Berlin: Deutsche Reichsbahn central office. 1944. p. 342. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  6. Karl Günter Werber (2004). Archivbilder Bad Honnef (in German). Erfurt: Sutton Verlag. p. 12. ISBN 3-89702-718-6.
  7. Karl Günter Werber (2004). Archivbilder Bad Honnef (in German). Erfurt: Sutton Verlag. pp. 82, 99.
  8. "Besserer Service durch Privatisierung". General-Anzeiger (in German). 11 September 1999. p. 6.
  9. "Arbeiter möbeln den Bahnhof Bad Honnef auf". General-Anzeiger (in German). 25 April 2001.
  10. "Langfristig Abriss des Bahnhofs geplant". Kölnische Rundschau (in German). 15 September 2011.
  11. "Bahnhofsvorplatz in Bad Honnef wird umgebaut". General-Anzeiger (in German). 12 March 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  12. "Bahnhofsvorplatz soll nächste Woche fertig sein". General-Anzeiger (in German). 14 August 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  13. "Stillstand am Bad Honnefer Bahnhof - Stadt und Bahn AG uneins". General-Anzeiger (in German). 9 January 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  14. "Alter Bahnhof Mitte weicht neuer Haltestelle nahe der Linie 66". Bonner Rundschau (in German). 29 August 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  15. André Joost. "Bad Honnef (Rhein) station". NRWbahnarchiv-Bahnhofsinfo (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
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