Aulendorf station
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Aulendorf station is a junction station on the Württemberg Southern Railway (Südbahn) in the German state of Baden-Württemberg running between Ulm and Friedrichshafen. It was opened in 1847.
Location
The station is located on the eastern edge of the centre of Aulendorf in the district of Ravensburg. On the western side of the station is the central bus station.
The railway station
The station consists of an entrance building and several outbuildings. It has five platform tracks, tracks 1–4 and track 1a (formerly platform 13) to the south of the station.
History
The Royal Württemberg State Railways opened the Friedrichshafen–Ravensburg section of the Württemberg Southern Railway in 1847 and extended it through Aulendorf to Biberach on 26 May 1849.
In 1869, the Württemberg Allgäu and the Herbertingen–Aulendorf lines were opened and Aulendorf station became the main railway junction in Upper Swabia.
The construction of the railways during a time of great distress in rural Aulendorf kept many people from starvation or emigration. The railway and the post office were the largest employer in Aulendorf at that time.
Rail services
The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.[2]
Long-distance
In the middle of the day a pair of Intercity services running between Dortmund and Innsbruck stop at Aulendorf station.
| Line | Route | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| IC 32 | Münster – Dortmund – Essen – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Stuttgart – Ulm – Aulendorf – Lindau – Innsbruck | Individual services |
Regional services
Aulendorf is the hub of hourly Regional-Express services from Ulm to Friedrichshafen and hourly services towards Sigmaringen and Tübingen. Services run every two hours on the Allgäu Railway towards Hergatz or Kißlegg. Aulendorf is also the starting point of Bodensee-Oberschwaben-Bahn (BOB) services towards Friedrichshafen on the line popularly known as the Geißbockbahn (billy goat railway).
| Line | Route | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| RE | Südbahn (Stuttgart – Plochingen –) Ulm – Aulendorf – Ravensburg – Friedrichshafen – Lindau |
Hourly |
| IRE | Ulm – Aulendorf – Ravensburg – Friedrichshafen – Singen (Hohentwiel) – Schaffhausen – Basel Bad | Individual services |
| IRE | (Ulm –) Aulendorf – Herbertingen – Sigmaringen – Albstadt-Ebingen – Balingen – Tübingen – Stuttgart | Every 2 hours |
| RB | Ulm – Laupheim West – Biberach (Riß) – Aulendorf | Hourly in the peak hour |
| RB | (Ulm –) Aulendorf – Herbertingen – Sigmaringen (– Albstadt-Ebingen – Balingen – Tübingen) | Every 2 hours |
| RB | Aulendorf – Bad Waldsee – Kißlegg – Hergatz | Every 2 hours |
| RB | (Ulm –) Aulendorf – Bad Waldsee – Kißlegg – Leutkirch (– Aichstetten) | Individual services |
| RB | Aulendorf – Bad Waldsee – Bad Wurzach | Every 2 hours only on Sundays |
| BOB | Aulendorf – Ravensburg – Friedrichshafen – Friedrichshafen Hafen | Hourly |
Freight
Aulendorf station is served regularly by freight trains.
Services in the station
The station building has a ticket office, a bakery and a kiosk, but no toilet.
Notes
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ "Zonenplan" (PDF). Bodensee-Oberschwaben Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "Der Wabenplan" (PDF). Donau-Iller-Nahverkehrsverbund. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "naldo-Tarifwabenplan" (PDF). Verkehrsverbund Neckar-Alb-Donau. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
External links
- "Track plan of Aulendorf station" (PDF, 201.60 kB) (in German). Retrieved 2 February 2012.