Bad Kreuznach station

Bad Kreuznach station is the largest station in the town of Bad Kreuznach in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station.[1] It is regularly served by Regional-Express and Regionalbahn services on the Nahe Valley Railway (Nahetalbahn). The station is located south-east of the town centre.

Bad Kreuznach station
Through station
Location	Europaplatz 25, Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate Germany
Coordinates	49°50′34″N 7°51′58″E
Line(s)	Nahe Valley Railway (16.2) (KBS 672/680) Gau Algesheim–Bad Kreuznach railway (19.9 km) (KBS 680)
Platforms	5
Other information
Station code	296[1]
DS100 code	SBKN[2]
IBNR	8000021
Category	3[1]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1905
Passengers
5000
Services
Preceding station   Vlexx   Following station Bad Münster am Stein toward Saarbrücken Hbf RE 3 Rhein-Nahe-Express Ingelheim toward Frankfurt (Main) Hbf Bad Münster am Stein toward Kaiserslautern Hbf RE 17 Bingen (Rhein) Hbf toward Koblenz Hbf Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station Bad Münster am Stein toward Idar-Oberstein RB 33 Nahetalbahn Gensingen-Horrweiler toward Mainz Hbf Bad Münster am Stein toward Kaiserslautern Hbf RB 65 Alsenztalbahn Bretzenheim (Nahe) toward Bingen (Rhein) Hbf

History

Former town station and later freight yard

The first station in Bad Kreuznach was opened in 1858 with the Nahe Valley Railway and was later used as a freight yard, which is now closed.[3] Between 1896 and 1936, the Kreuznach Light Railways (Kreuznacher Kleinbahnen), a network of 750 mm gauge lines, also terminated at the station. On 1 June 1864 a second station opened in southern Bad Kreuznach called Kreuznach Bad to improve access to the southern part of the city. With the opening of the railway line to Gau-Algesheim in 1902, the present station was built at the junction of two lines between the two stations. The station went into operation in 1905 and the entrance building was built between 1905 and 1908. In due course the other two stations were closed.[4]

Infrastructure

The station is a Keilbahnhof ("wedge-shaped station") with 5 platform tracks. Tracks 1 and 2 are used by trains towards Kaiserslautern and Bingen and tracks 3–5 are used by trains to Mainz / Frankfurt and Saarbrücken. Bad Kreuznach station has an entrance building with a bakery, a newsagent, and a Deutsche Bahn ticket office. The platforms are equipped with seating and food vending machines. Since the summer of 2011, the station has been undergoing a major overhaul after a dispute between the town council and Deutsche Bahn. The platforms are being raised, barrier-free access for the disabled is being built and a new platform canopy will be built.

Passenger services

Fork of the tracks

Bad Kreuznach station is served by the following regional rail services:

Line	Route	Frequency
RE 3	Rhein-Nahe-Express Saarbrücken – Neunkirchen – Ottweiler – Türkismühle – Idar-Oberstein – Bad Kreuznach – Mainz (– Frankfurt)	Hourly to Mainz, every 2 hours to Frankfurt
RE 17	Kaiserslautern – Winnweiler – Rockenhausen – Bad Kreuznach – Bingen – Koblenz	Every 2 hours
RB 33	Nahetalbahn Idar-Oberstein – Bad Kreuznach – Mainz	Hourly
RB 65	Alsenztalbahn Kaiserslautern – Winnweiler – Rockenhausen – Bad Kreuznach - Bingen (Rhein) Hauptbahnhof	Hourly

Notes

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) (10 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.
3. "Bad Kreuznach Güterbahnhof" (in German). nahebahn.de. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
4. "Transport history of the town of Bad Kreuznach" (in German). Institut für Geschichtliche Landeskunde an der Universität Mainz e.V. Retrieved 27 May 2012.