| Germersheim station | |
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| Former station building | |
| Operations | |
| Category | 5 [1] |
| Type | Through station |
| Platforms in use | 4 |
| DS100 code | RGE |
| Station code | 2092 |
| Construction and location | |
| Location | Germersheim |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| Country | Germany |
| Home page | www.bahnhof.de |
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| List of railway stations in Rhineland-Palatinate | |
Germersheim station is a junction station in the south of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station. It is the terminus of lines S3, S4 and S33 of the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn and the terminus of lines S51 and S52 of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn. The station lies on the Schifferstadt–Wörth line and the Bruhrain Railway to Graben-Neudorf and Bruchsal. Until 1984 it was the terminus of the Lower Queich Valley Railway from Landau. The station is part of the Germersheim tariff area of the Rhine-Neckar Transport Association, as well as the Karlsruhe Transport Association.
The following lines operate through Germersheim station (as of January 2011):
| Line | Route | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| RE 1 | Germersheim – Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Hbf – Mannheim Hbf – Heidelberg Hbf – Eberbach – Neckarsulm – Heilbronn Hbf | One train per day |
| RE 4 | Mainz Hbf – Worms Hbf – Frankenthal Hbf – Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Hbf – Schifferstadt – Speyer Hbf – Germersheim – Graben-Neudorf – Karlsruhe Hbf | Every 120 minutes |
| RB 49 | Ludwigshafen BASF – Speyer – Germersheim – Rheinzabern – Wörth (Rhein) | One train per day |
| S 3 | Karlsruhe Hbf – Bruchsal – Heidelberg Hbf – Mannheim Hbf – Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Hbf – Schifferstadt – Speyer Hbf – Germersheim | Every 60 minutes |
| S 33 | Germersheim – Philippsburg – Graben-Neudorf – Bruchsal | Every 60 minutes |
| S 4 | Bruchsal – Heidelberg Hbf – Mannheim Hbf – Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Hbf – Schifferstadt – Speyer Hbf – Germersheim | Every 60 minutes |
| S 51 | Karlsruhe Marktplatz – Karlsruhe Hbf – Karlsruhe Westbahnnhof – Maxau – Wörth am Rhein – Rheinzabern – Germersheim | Every 60 minutes |
| S 52 | Karlsruhe Hbf – Marktplatz – Europaplatz (Kaiserstraße) – Yorckstraße - Wörth am Rhein – Rheinzabern – Germersheim | Every 60 minutes |
Germersheim station has four platform tracks, an old and a new station building. The old station building currently houses a restaurant and several residential units. For several years the building has served no public transport role. The new station building, which had been closed for the last few years has been re-activated. The whole station was modernisation in 2006 and made fully accessible.
Outside the station building there are several bus stops, a taxi rank, a spacious park and ride parking area and a lockup for bicycles.
As Deutsche Bahn (DB) had for a long time not invested in the station, the town of Germersheim bought it from DB. The station is on the Wörth–Germersheim line of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn, which opened at the end of 2010. In December 2011, the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn extended it service from Germersheim to Bruchsal,[2] which is expected to lead to increased usage. DB remains as a tenant and a restaurant and kiosk will be reactivated.[3]