Bonn Central Station

Bonn Central Station (Bonn Hauptbahnhof)
Entrance of the station (2008)
Operations
Category	2
Type	Bf
DS100 code	KB
Station code	0767
Construction and location
Opened	22 April 1885
Style of architecture	Neo-Renaissance
Location	Bonn
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
Home page	www.bahnhof.de
Route information
Left Rhine line Voreifel Railway
List of railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia

Bonn Central Station (German: Bonn Hauptbahnhof) is a railway station located on the left bank of the Rhine along the Cologne–Mainz line. It is the principal station serving the city of Bonn. In addition to extensive rail service from Deutsche Bahn it acts as a hub for local bus, tram, and Stadtbahn services.

Contents 1 History 2 Stadtbahn 3 Services 3.1 Regional trains 3.2 Local trains 4 References 5 External links

History

The first station was constructed in 1844 by the Bonn-Cologne Railway Company, as part of the West Rhine Railway.^[1] The current building was erected between 1883 and 1884. From 1870 a train ferry connected Bonn station to the East Rhine Railway. With the opening of the Voreifel Railway to Euskirchen, the station became a rail junction.

In 1883 and 1884, a new station building was erected, which is now heritage listed.

The station sharply increased in importance in 1949, when Bonn became capital of the Federal Republic. Many politicians and federal employees travelled by train, as did guests of the state.

In 1969, Bonn grew considerably by incorporating towns which includes the stations of Bad Godesberg, Beuel, Duisdorf, Oberkassel and Mehlem and, in 1971, the station was renamed Bonn Hauptbahnhof.

Northwest of the station there used to be a small freight yard, which is now closed and partially demolished. The remaining tracks are used to allow freight trains to be overtaken and as a yard for assembling passenger trains and parking freight wagons. The Rhine Shore station (Rheinuferbahnhof) of the former Cologne-Bonn Railway (Köln-Bonner Eisenbahnen AG, KBE) was next to the station until 1985. As part of the construction of the Bonn Stadtbahn in the early 1970s, the existing buildings at the station were demolished and rebuilt. The design of the station forecourt was soon the subject of much controversy among the public of Bonn and there were several attempts to redesign it.

During the planning phase of the Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed line in the 1980s and early 1990s, a proposal to build a new line via Bonn station was controversial. This proposed a tunnel under the city, which would begin on the northern outskirts of Bonn and run through a deep level station 35 m below the main station. After crossing under the government district, the Rhine and the Siebengebirge hills to reach the line route that favoured by the Deutsche Bundesbahn to run via Limburg an der Lahn to Frankfurt. The additional cost of this option was estimated at about half a billion Euros.^[2] In addition, a route via Bonn-Beuel and Aegidienberg through a 14 km long tunnel was also considered.^[2] Today, Bonn Central Station is connected indirectly to the high-speed line, by tram line 66 of the Bonn Stadtbahn to Siegburg/Bonn station. Despite Intercity-Express services running through Siegburg/Bonn rather than Bonn, Bonn Central is still a major stop for long-distance traffic.

Stadtbahn

Located beneath the main platforms are two underground platforms served by the Bonn Stadtbahn. Bonn Central Station sits astride the north-south and east-west axes of the network and consequently sees daily about 50,000 passengers. The current facility opened in 1979.

Services

Preceding station		DB AG		Following station
Andernach toward Trier Hbf		ICE 10		Köln Hbf toward Berlin Ostbahnhof
Koblenz Hbf toward München Hbf		ICE 31		Köln Hbf toward Kiel Hbf
Koblenz Hbf toward Wien Westbf		ICE 91		Köln Hbf toward Dortmund Hbf
Koblenz Hbf toward Chur		IC/EC 30		Köln Hbf toward Ostseebad Binz or Seebad Heringshof
Koblenz Hbf toward Passau Hbf		IC/EC 31		Köln Hbf toward Hamburg-Altona/Kiel Hbf/Puttgarden
Remagen toward Innsbruck Hbf		IC/EC 32		Köln Hbf toward Berlin Südkreuz
Remagen toward Karlsruhe Hbf, Stuttgart Hbf, or Luxembourg		IC/EC 35		Köln Hbf toward Emden Außenhafen or Norddeich Mole
Bonn Hbf toward Köln Hbf		IC 55		Düsseldorf Hbf toward Leipzig Hbf

Regional trains

Preceding station		DB AG		Following station
Bonn-Bad Godesberg toward Koblenz Hbf		RE 5 Rhein-Express		Brühl toward Emmerich
Terminus		RB 23 Voreifel-Bahn		Bonn-Duisdorf toward Bad Münstereifel
Bonn-Bad Godesberg toward Ahrbrück		RB 30 Rhein-Ahr-Bahn		Terminus
Bonn-Bad Godesberg toward Bonn-Mehlem		RB 48 Rhein-Wupper-Bahn		Roisdorf toward Wuppertal Hbf
Preceding station		trans regio		Following station
Bonn-Bad Godesberg toward Koblenz Hbf		MRB 26 MittelrheinBahn		Roisdorf toward Köln Messe/Deutz

Local trains

Preceding station		SWB		Following station
Bonn West toward Niehl Sebastianstrasse		Line 16		Universität/Markt toward Bad Godesberg Stadthalle
Bonn West toward Thielenbruch		Line 18		Terminus
Poppelsdorfer Allee toward Dottendorf		Line 61		Thomas-Mann-Straße toward Kopenhagener Straße
		Line 62		Thomas-Mann-Straße toward Oberkassel Süd
Bonn West toward Tannenbusch Mitte		Line 63		Universität/Markt toward Bad Godesberg Stadthalle
Stadthaus toward Siegburg		Line 66 Telekom-Express		Universität/Markt toward Bad Honnef
		Line 67		Universität/Markt toward Bad Godesberg Stadthalle
Bonn West toward Bornheim		Line 68		Universität/Markt toward Ramersdorf

References

External links

• "Track plan of Bonn Hbf" (in German) (PDF, 199.72 kB). http://www.deutschebahn.com/site/bahn/de/geschaefte/infrastruktur__schiene/netz/netzzugang/dokumente/Bahnhof/SNB/K/KB__NBS.pdf. Retrieved 21 September 2011. 
• "Bonn Hbf" (in German). NRW rail archive. André Joost. http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/bf/8000044.htm. Retrieved 21 September 2011.