Oberwesel station

Oberwesel station
Through station
Station building from the air
General information
Location	Oberwesel, Rhineland-Palatinate Germany
Coordinates	50°06′16″N 7°43′54″E
Line(s)	Cologne-Mainz Bingen-Saarbrücken
Platforms	6
Other information
Station code	4711
DS100 code	FOBW
Category	5
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	15 December 1859

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. 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.

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 be 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	Mittelrhein-Main-Express	Koblenz – Boppard – Oberwesel – Bingen (Rhein) – Mainz – Frankfurt Airport (regional) – Frankfurt (Main) Hbf	120 min	Working days except Saturdays
RB 32	MittelrheinBahn	Koblenz – Boppard – Oberwesel – Bingen (Rhein) – Ingelheim – Mainz	60 min	Daily

Preceding station		Deutsche Bahn		Following station
Template:RE-RP stations toward Template:RE-RP stations		Template:RE-RP lines		Template:RE-RP stations toward Template:RE-RP stations
Preceding station		trans regio		Following station
Template:MRB-RP stations toward Template:MRB-RP stations		Template:MRB-RP lines		Template:MRB-RP stations toward Template:MRB-RP stations

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).

External links

• "Track plan of Oberwesel station" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 22 May 2012.