Donaueschingen station

Donaueschingen station
Separation station
Location Donaueschingen, Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Coordinates 47°56′52″N 8°29′56″E / 47.947786°N 8.498919°ECoordinates: 47°56′52″N 8°29′56″E / 47.947786°N 8.498919°E
Line(s)
Platforms 5
Other information
Station code n/a
DS100 codeRDO
Category4 [1]
History
Opened 15 June 1868

Donaueschingen station is a junction station in the south of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is the only official Bahnhof (station) in the city of Donaueschingen. The city also has the Haltepunkte (halts, which is defined in Germany as a station having no sets of points) of Donaueschingen Allmendshofen, Donaueschingen Mitte/Siedlung, Donaueschingen Aufen and Donaueschingen Grüningen. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn (DB) as a category 4 station and has five platform tracks. It is used daily by about 100 trains operated by DB long-distance, DB Regio and the Hohenzollerische Landesbahn.

History

The station was opened on 15 June 1868 with the completion of the Black Forest Railway from Donaueschingen to Immendingen. On 6 August 1869, this was followed by the commissioning of the line from Donaueschingen to Villingen. On 18 October 1892, a railway line was completed to Hüfingen but renovations were required for the tracks to be connected to the station. Therefore, the tracks were upgraded and a Bahnmeisterei (office of the director of track maintenance) was built. In 1884, the station received a crane to make the loading of freight easier. In 1893, three new electro-mechanical interlockings were also put into operation. A freight hall was created in 1899 to handle increasing freight volumes. Additionally the engine house was extended. In 1901, the station had to be rebuilt because of the extension of the Höllentalbahn (Hell Valley Railway). In 1902, the old station building was replaced by a new one and in the same year it gained a fourth signal box. The remaining renovations were completed in 1910 with the reconstruction of the platform canopies lasting until 1912. The station was substantially destroyed in the Second World War, so a new station was opened in 1959.[2]

Description

The station is located south of central Donaueschingen. The station area is bounded in the south by Friedrich-Erbert-Straße and Güterstraße and in the north by Bahnhofstrasse. In the west and in the east there are bridges that cross the station precinct, the Schellenberg and the Bahnhofstrasse bridges. The station building is located on the north side of the tracks and its address is Bahnhofstraße 1. The building houses a travel centre, among other things.

The station has three platforms, some of which have barrier-free access for the disabled. The station is connected by a bus route.

Platform information

Rail services

The station is served by individual long-distance services to Hamburg, Emden, Dortmund and Konstanz.

Line Route Frequency
IC 26 Schwarzwald:
Hamburg Hbf – Hannover Hbf – Karlsruhe Hbf – Offenburg – Donaueschingen – Konstanz		 One pair
IC 32 Bodensee:
(Emden Hbf – Münster (Westf) Hbf –) Dortmund Hbf – Essen Hbf – Cologne Hbf – Karlsruhe Hbf – Offenburg – Donaueschingen – Konstanz		 One pair
IRE Karlsruhe – Offenburg – Villingen (Schwarzw) – Donaueschingen – Konstanz – Kreuzlingen 120 min
IRE Neustadt (Schwarzw) – Donaueschingen – Tuttlingen – Sigmaringen – Ulm Hbf 120 min
RE Karlsruhe Hbf – Offenburg – Villingen (Schwarzw) – Donaueschingen – Konstanz 120 min
RE Rottweil – Donaueschingen – Neustadt (Schwarzw) 120 min
HzL 3er-Ringzug:
Bräunlingen – Donaueschingen – Villingen (Schwarzw) – Rottweil – Spaichingen – Tuttlingen		 60 min (Mon–Fri)
120 min (Sat+Sun)

Notes

  1. ↑ "Stationspreisliste 2015" [Station price list 2015] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Burkhard Thiel. "History of the station" (in German). zielbahnhof.de. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "Bahnsteiginformationen" (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 30 November 2012.