Oberwesel station

Oberwesel station is on the West Rhine Railway (German: Linke Rheinstrecke) between Koblenz and Mainz in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[1] It is in the southern part of the town of Oberwesel and is served by Regional-Express services operated by Deutsche Bahn and Regionalbahn trains operated by trans regio Deutsche Regionalbahn.

Oberwesel station
Through station
Station building from the air
LocationOberwesel, Rhineland-Palatinate
Germany
Coordinates50°06′16″N 7°43′54″E
Line(s)
Platforms6
Other information
Station code4711
DS100 codeFOBW
Category5 [1]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened15 December 1859

History

Oberwesel station was opened with the extension of the West Rhine Railway from Koblenz to Bingen at the end of 1859. In 1896, a track was built to the port. In 1907/08, the station building was extended by additions on its sides: an office for the station master, a station restaurant, and a 3rd class waiting room were added. In 1925–1927, the lobby was renovated and a separate toilet block was constructed on Mainzer Strasse. In 1956, a pedestrian underpass was built under the tracks and in 1969/70 a building housing a relay interlocking was built next to the entrance building. In 2004, in the course of the construction of a park and ride facility, the toilet block was torn down.

Infrastructure

The station building at Oberwesel currently only accommodates residences and the interlocking. Tickets can be purchased at two ticket machines in the station entrance. The ticket office at the bus station acts as an agent of Deutsche Bahn and also sells rail tickets.

The station has three platform tracks. The “home” platform (platform 1) is connected by a pedestrian underpass to the central platform (tracks 2 and 3). In general, trains towards Mainz stop at platform 1 and trains towards Koblenz stop at track 2. Track 3 is used only by services that begin or end here or are overtaken (scheduled or unscheduled) here.

A new park and ride facility was built during the modernisation of the station. This includes approximately 100 parking spaces and parking for taxis, motor-scooters and bicycles. There are several bus bays for regional bus services.

Rail services

Oberwesel station is served by the following regional services:

Line Line name Route Frequency Days of operation
RE 2 Koblenz – Boppard – Oberwesel – Bingen (Rhein) – Mainz – Frankfurt Airport (regional) – Frankfurt (Main) Hbf120 minWorking days except Saturdays
RE 15 Koblenz – Boppard – Oberwesel – Bingen – Bad Kreuznach – Kaiserslautern 120 min daily
RB 26MittelrheinBahnKoblenz – Boppard – Oberwesel – Bingen (Rhein) – Ingelheim – Mainz60 minDaily
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station
toward Koblenz Hbf
RE 2
Left Rhine Railway
Preceding station   Vlexx   Following station
toward Koblenz Hbf
RE 15
Preceding station   trans regio   Following station
St. Goar
RB 26
MittelRheinBahn
Bacharach
toward Mainz Hbf

During peak hours there are extra services on both routes.

Extra excursion trains operate on Sundays and public holidays from May to October. A pair of Regional-Expresses run from Koblenz to Wissembourg (the Weinstraßen-Express) and from Karlsruhe to Koblenz (the Rheintal-Express).

References
  1. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
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