Königswinter station

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Königswinter station
Operations
Category 5 [1]
Type Through station
Platforms in use 3
DS100 code KWOW[2]
Station code 3360
Construction and location
Opened 1870
Location Königswinter
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
Home page www.bahnhof.de
50°40′43″N 7°11′35″E / 50.67861°N 7.19306°E / 50.67861; 7.19306Coordinates: 50°40′43″N 7°11′35″E / 50.67861°N 7.19306°E / 50.67861; 7.19306
Route information
List of railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia

Königswinter station is a station on the East Rhine Railway (German: Rechte Rheinstrecke) in the city of Königswinter in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a protected as a monument. The station was opened on 11 July 1870 as part of the extension of the East Rhine Railway from Neuwied to Oberkassel.[3]

At its core the entrance building, which was built in 1869/70, is a two and a half storey stucco building with neoclassical influences. It has an avant-corps with three portals, covered by a gable with an oeil-de-boeuf. The station is particularly notable for an iron and glass structure that provides covered access to the island platform. In the 1950s, a glass-enclosed porch and extensions were built on both sides the station building, which were designed as the station restaurant and for the handling of freight. At the same time the interior was also redesigned.[4]

The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[1] The station building belonged to the city from 2004 and was sold at the end of 2012 to a real estate company. In 2013, it is to be adapted to be used for, among other things, a restaurant, including outdoor eating.[5] The underpass connects the platform with Königswinter’s old town to the west and to the premises of the Hayes Lemmerz company to the east.

Line Service Route Frequency
RE 8 Rhein-Erft-Express Mönchengladbach – Rheydt – Cologne – Köln/Bonn Flughafen – Troisdorf – Königswinter – Linz (Rhein) - Neuwied - Koblenz Hourly
RB 27 Rhein-Erft-Bahn (Mönchengladbach – Rheydt –) Cologne – Troisdorf – Königswinter – Linz (Rhein) - Neuwied - Koblenz Hourly
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station
RE 8
Rhein-Erft-Express
Rhöndorf
toward Koblenz Hbf
RB 27
Rhein-Erft-Bahn
Rhöndorf
toward Koblenz Hbf

  • Platform access

  • Glazed porch

  • Overview

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Stationspreisliste 2014" [Station price list 2014] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014. 
  2. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0. 
  3. ↑ André Joost. "Königswinter operations". NRW Railway Archive (in German). Arcor. Retrieved 30 April 2013. 
  4. ↑ Angelika Schyma (1992). "Stadt Königswinter". In Denkmaltopographie Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Denkmäler im Rheinland (in German). 23.5. Cologne: Rheinland-Verlag. p. 116. ISBN 3-7927-1200-8. 
  5. ↑ "Stadt Königswinter verkauft den Bahnhof". General-Anzeiger (in German). 12 January 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013. 
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