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Wiesloch-Walldorf station

Coordinates: 49°17′27″N 8°39′51″E / 49.29083°N 8.66417°E / 49.29083; 8.66417
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Wiesloch-Walldorf station
Deutsche Bahn Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn
Through station
General information
LocationWiesloch, Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Coordinates49°17′27″N 8°39′51″E / 49.29083°N 8.66417°E / 49.29083; 8.66417
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms3 (1-3)
Other information
Station code6759[1]
DS100 codeRWS[2]
Category3[1]
Fare zoneVRN: 155 and 165[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1843
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Stuttgart Hbf
towards Zürich HB
IC 87 Heidelberg Hbf
Preceding station DB Regio Mitte Following station
Bad Schönborn-Kronau RE 73 Heidelberg Hbf
Terminus
St Ilgen-Sandhausen RB 68 Terminus
Preceding station Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn Following station
St Ilgen-Sandhausen
towards Germersheim
S3 Rot-Malsch
St Ilgen-Sandhausen S4 Rot-Malsch
Location
Wiesloch-Walldorf is located in Baden-Württemberg
Wiesloch-Walldorf
Wiesloch-Walldorf
Location in Baden-Württemberg
Wiesloch-Walldorf is located in Germany
Wiesloch-Walldorf
Wiesloch-Walldorf
Location in Germany
Wiesloch-Walldorf is located in Europe
Wiesloch-Walldorf
Wiesloch-Walldorf
Location in Europe

Wiesloch-Walldorf station is in the towns of Wiesloch and Walldorf in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station.[1] Leimbach Park and the Wiesloch Feldbahn and Industrial Museum are located to the north of the station, with the headquarters of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen and SAP SE on the south-western side.

History

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19th century

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The Karlsruhe—Heidelberg section of the Rhine Valley Railway was opened on 15 April 1843 as part of the construction of the Baden Mainline from Mannheim via Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, Baden-Baden and Freiburg to Basel, which was initially built to 1600 mm broad gauge. As a result, Walldorf and Wiesloch gained a connection to the rail network. A few years later the line was duplicated. Since the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway’s broad gauge was not compatible with the gauge of neighbouring countries, it now feared the loss of lucrative transit traffic. Therefore, in 1854, Baden began to regauge its lines to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge and this was completed in just four months from Mannheim to Bruchsal.

20th and 21st century

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Since the station is located about three kilometres from both Wiesloch and Walldorf, both towns only gained a limited benefit from the line. In 1901, a private branch line, the Wiesloch-Meckesheim/Waldangelloch railway, was opened connecting the centre of Wiesloch with Wiesloch-Walldorf station. This line continued to Meckesheim, providing a connection between the Rhine Valley Railway and the Neckargemünd–Bad Friedrichshall-Jagstfeld railway. The services of this line operated from a platform in the station forecourt, where there was a connecting track to the state line. Passenger services on this line closed in 1980 and freight traffic was discontinued in 1990.

A tramway was built 1902 to connect to the town of Walldorf from the station forecourt, but it was closed in 1954. The station building was demolished sometime before 1990.

On Sunday 18 January 1959 a North American F-100 Super Sabre crashed a couple of hundred metres from the station.[4][5]

In 2000, the Zweckverband Bahnhof Wiesloch-Walldorf (Administrative Association of Wiesloch-Walldorf station) was founded to promote the redevelopment of the station and the upgrading of the station's environment.

Tracks running parallel to the River Leimbach and Tonwaren Industrie Wiesloch factory, with a southbound steam train about to enter the station c.1925. The area would later contain the Landratsamt, Wiesloch Feldbahn and Industrial Museum and Leimbach Park.

Operations

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Today, 135 long-distance trains stop at the station each week. It is served by two trains every hour on Intercity line 26 as well as individual services of IC line 30 and an Intercity-Express service. Regional-Express services stop every two hours on the route between Heidelberg and Stuttgart. The station is also integrated in the S-Bahn network of the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn and is served by lines S 3 and S 4 at half-hourly intervals towards Heidelberg/Mannheim and Bruchsal/Karlsruhe.

Rail services

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Long distance

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Regional services

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Line Route Frequency
RE 17b Heidelberg – Wiesloch-WalldorfBruchsalBrettenMühlackerVaihingen (Enz)Bietigheim-Bissingen – Stuttgart 120 min
RE 73 Heidelberg – Wiesloch-Walldorf – Bruchsal – Karlsruhe 60 min
RB 68 Frankfurt – Darmstadt – Hähnlein-Alsbach – Bensheim – Heppenheim – Weinheim – Neu-Edingen/Friedrichsfeld – Heidelberg – Wiesloch-Walldorf 60 min (weekdays)

Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn services

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  • S3 Germersheim - SpeyerSchifferstadtLudwigshafen – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Wiesloch-Walldorf – Bruchsal – Karlsruhe
  • S4 Germersheim - Speyer – Schifferstadt – Ludwigshafen – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Wiesloch-Walldorf – Bruchsal

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. ^ "Wabenplan" (PDF). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar. February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  4. ^ "8 - Flugzeugabsturz beim Staatsbahnhof Wiesloch-Walldorf" [8 - Aeroplane crash at Wiesloch-Walldorf station]. Feuerwehr Wiesloch (in German). Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Düsenjäger bei Wiesloch-Walldorf abgestürzt" [Jet fighter crashed at Wiesloch-Walldorf]. Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung (in German). No. 14. 19 January 1959. p. 3. Archived from the original on 17 December 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2017 – via Feuerwehr Wiesloch.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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