Trier Hauptbahnhof

Trier Hbf
Crossing station
Station building and forecourt.
General information
Location	Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate Germany
Coordinates	49°45′25″N 06°39′07″E
Line(s)	Saarbrücken–Trier (KBS 685) Koblenz–Trier (KBS 690) Köln–Trier (KBS 474) Trier–Perl (KBS 692) Trier–Luxembourg (KBS 693)
Platforms	4 (tracks 10-13, "North und "South")
Other information
Station code	STR
Category	3
Website	bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1878

Template:Hbf intro is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Trier, in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is a through station located about 500 metres (550 yd) east of the inner city and the Porta Nigra.

History

The station was opened in 1878 (1878) together with the rest of the Moselle Railway, which formed part of the Kanonenbahn (English: Cannons Railway) (Berlin–Metz).

Earlier, upon the opening of the Saar Railway in 1860, Trier had acquired a station on the left bank of the Moselle, the present day Trier-West station, which in 1871 had also been linked with Cologne via the Eifel Railway. However, in view of its convenient location close to Trier's city centre, the present day Hauptbahnhof soon became the city's most important station.

Traffic

At Trier Hbf, more than 170 trains stop daily. The trains calling at Trier include ICE, IC, RE and RB services.

One can arrive in Trier from:

• Köln–Gerolstein via the Eifel route (KBS 474);
• Koblenz–Wittlich via the Moselle route (KBS 690);
• Saarbrücken via the Saar route (KBS 685);
• Perl via the Upper Moselle route (KBS 692); and
• Luxembourg via the Mosel-Syre Valley route (KBS 693).

Both of these last two railways merge with the Saar Railway in Konz.

Trier area rail network, 1937

From Trier, IC trains operate every two hours via Koblenz, Andernach, Bonn, Köln, Düsseldorf, Oberhausen, Münster (Westf) and Rheine to Emden/Norddeich Mole, and every two hours from Emden/Norddeich-Mole on the same itinerary in reverse, then onwards to Luxembourg.

Since the timetable change for 2005, Trier has had an ICE connection with Berlin, by an ICE train that starts its journey at the Trier Hauptbahnhof. That ICE train operates via Koblenz, Andernach, Bonn (the Linke Rheinstrecke), Köln, Wuppertal, Hamm and Hannover.

Long distance traffic

Line	Train route	Frequency
ICE 10	Berlin Ostbf – Berlin – Hannover – Bielefeld – Hamm (Westf) – Hagen – Wuppertal – Köln – Bonn – Koblenz – Trier	One train pair daily
IC/EC 35	Norddeich Mole – Emden – Rheine – Münster (Westf) – Gelsenkirchen – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf  – Köln  – Bonn  – Koblenz  – Trier  – Luxembourg	Every two hours

Regional traffic

Line	Description	Train route	Frequency
RE 1	Mosel-Saar-Express	Koblenz  – Wittlich  – Trier  – Saarlouis  – Völklingen  – Saarbrücken	Every two hours
RE 7	Mosel-Pfalz-Express	Trier  – Saarlouis  – Völklingen  – Saarbrücken  – St. Ingbert – Homburg (Saar)  – Kaiserslautern  – Neustadt (Weinstr)  – Ludwigshafen (Rhein)  – Mannheim	Individual trains
RE 11	Saartal-Express	Trier  – Merzig (Saar)  – Saarlouis  – Völklingen  – Saarbrücken	Individual trains
RE 12	Eifel-Mosel-Express	Köln Messe/Deutz  – Köln Hbf  – Erftstadt  – Euskirchen  – Gerolstein  – Bitburg-Erdorf  – Trier	Every two hours
RE 14	DeLux-Express	Luxembourg  – Wasserbillig  – Trier  – (Schweich)	Approx hourly
RB 71	Saartal-Bahn	Trier – Konz – Merzig (Saar) – Saarlouis – Völklingen – Saarbrücken – St. Ingbert – Homburg (Saar)	Hourly
RB 81	Moseltal-Bahn	Koblenz – Cochem (Mosel) – Wittlich – Trier	Hourly
RB 82	Elbling-Express	Wittlich – Trier – Konz Mitte – Wellen (Mosel) – Perl	Hourly
RB 83	Eifel-Bahn	Gerolstein – Bitburg-Erdorf – Trier	Hourly

Gallery

• 
  Station lobby (foreground: Info Point).
• 
  Train on platform 12/13.
• 
  The DB travel centre.

External links

• Track plan of Trier Hbf on the Deutsche Bahn website (PDF; 224,0 KB).

This article is currently being translated from the German language version as at October 2010. Further paragraphs will be published soon.