Bad Bellingen station

Bad Bellingen
General information
Location	Bahnhofstr. 20, Bad Bellingen, Baden-Württemberg Germany
Coordinates	47°43′51″N 7°33′27″E
Elevation	254 m (833 ft)
Line(s)	Mannheim–Karlsruhe–Basel railway (km 246.8) (KBS 703)
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	247
DS100 code	RBEL
IBNR	8000864
Category	6
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	30 July 1845
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Bad Bellingen station is, along with Rheinweiler station, one of two stations in the municipality of Bad Bellingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It lies on the Mannheim–Karlsruhe–Basel railway (Rhine Valley Railway). It has two platform tracks and DB designates it as a class 6 station.

Location

Bad Bellingen station is very centrally located in the municipality of Bad Bellingen. All important facilities and sights in the town can be reached quickly from it. The Gasthof Hirschen restaurant is located directly opposite the station on the west side. There is also a small P+R parking area, as well as covered parking facilities for bicycles and motorbikes, on the west side.

History

Bad Bellingen station was opened on 8 November 1848 as part of the Schliengen–Efringen section of the Mannheim–Karlsruhe–Basel railway (Rhine Valley Railway) from Mannheim via Karlsruhe and Freiburg to Basel. The ticket office was opened at the same time.

The entrance building, which is still standing today, was opened In 1865, almost 20 years after the opening of the line.

A freight hall with a loading platform was added to the entrance building in 1884. The loading of freight in Bad Bellingen was abandoned in 1965 and the freight hall was demolished in 1978.

The ticket office, the baggage claim area and the waiting room in the station building were closed on 1 September 1991. The station building has been empty since then.

The platforms have been raised slightly and extended to a length of 210 metres, with work finished in December 2013.

In the summer of 2014, the section of line between Schliengen and Haltingen via Bad Bellingen was completely renovated with full closure. The tracks, sleepers and tunnels were renewed.

The station building was auctioned on behalf of Deutsche Bahn by Auktionshaus Karhausen AG in Berlin on 9 October 2015.

Operations

Bad Bellingen is located in Regio Verkehrsverbund Lörrach (Lörrach Regional Transport Association, RVL), which administers local services and fares. Towards the south (Basel) is the border of the Tarifverbund Nordwestschweiz (Northwest Switzerland Fare Association, TNW).

Rail services

The city is connected to Basel and Freiburg and Offenburg by Regional-Express and Regionalbahn services. Both services run every hour, with additional connections during peak hours.

The closest Intercity Express stops are to the south at Basel Bad Bf and to the north at Freiburg (Breisgau) Hbf. The next stop for individual IC and TGV services is Müllheim (Baden).

Line	Route	Frequency
RE	Offenburg – Lahr (Schwarzw) – Emmendingen – Freiburg (Breisgau) – Schallstadt – Bad Krozingen – Müllheim (Baden) – Bad Bellingen – Weil am Rhein – Basel Bad Bf (– Basel SBB)	Hourly
RB	(Karlsruhe –) Offenburg – Lahr (Schwarzw) – Emmendingen – Freiburg (Breisgau) – Ebringen – Schallstadt – Bad Krozingen – Heitersheim – Müllheim (Baden) – Neuenburg (Baden) / Bad Bellingen – Weil am Rhein – Basel Bad Bf	Individual services in the peak

Bus services

The Hertinger Straße bus stop is on the east side of Bad Bellingen station. Interurban bus routes 4 and 15 of Stadtverkehrs Lörrach, which are operated by Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft (SWEG). These connect Bad Bellingen with Schliengen and Kandern (route 4) and Blansingen, Efringen-Kirchen and Binzen (route 15).

References

Sources

• Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas]. Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.