Bonn Hauptbahnhof

Bonn Hauptbahnhof

Entrance of the station (2008)
Location BonnNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates 50°43′55″N 7°5′49″E / 50.73194°N 7.09694°E / 50.73194; 7.09694Coordinates: 50°43′55″N 7°5′49″E / 50.73194°N 7.09694°E / 50.73194; 7.09694
Line(s)
Construction
Architectural style Neo-Renaissance
Other information
Station code 0767
DS100 codeKB[1]
IBNR8000044
Category2[2]
History
Opening 22 April 1885

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.

History

Bonn station in 1900

The first station was constructed in 1844 by the Bonn-Cologne Railway Company, as part of the West Rhine Railway.[3] 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.[4] In addition, a route via Bonn-Beuel and Aegidienberg through a 14 km long tunnel was also considered.[4] Today, Bonn Hauptbahnhof 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 Hauptbahnhof 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 Hauptbahnhof 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.

Train services

platforms and tracks

The station is served by the following services:[5]

Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station
Terminus
ICE 10
select trains only
towards Berlin Ost
towards Munich Hbf
ICE 31
towards Kiel Hbf
towards Wien Hbf
ICE 91
towards Dortmund Hbf
towards Chur
IC/EC 30
towards Ostseebad Binz or Seebad Heringshof
towards Passau Hbf
IC/EC 31
towards Innsbruck Hbf
IC/EC 32
IC/EC 35
towards Emden Außenhafen or Norddeich Mole
towards Cologne Hbf
IC 55
towards Leipzig Hbf
toward Koblenz Hbf
RE 5
Rhein-Express
toward Emmerich
TerminusRB 23
Voreifel-Bahn
Bonn-Endenich Nord
toward Bad Münstereifel
toward Ahrbrück
RB 30
Rhein-Ahr-Bahn		Terminus
toward Bonn-Mehlem
RB 48
Rhein-Wupper-Bahn
Preceding station   trans regio   Following station
toward Koblenz Hbf
MRB 26
MittelRheinBahn

Stadtbahn services

U-Bahn station
Preceding station   SWB   Following station
Bonn West
Line 16
Bonn West
toward Thielenbruch
Line 18Terminus
Poppelsdorfer Allee
toward Dottendorf
Line 61
toward Kopenhagener Straße
Line 62
Bonn West
toward Tannenbusch Mitte
Line 63
Stadthaus
toward Siegburg Bahnhof
Line 66
Telekom-Express
toward Bad Honnef
Line 67
Bonn West
toward Bornheim
Line 68
toward Ramersdorf

References

  1. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. ↑ "Stationspreisliste 2016" [Station price list 2016] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Bonn Hbf (KB) operations". NRW rail archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Planungsstadium". Eisenbahn Journal (in German) (Special issue 3: Tempo 300 − Die Neubaustrecke Köln–Frankfurt): 12–17. 2002. ISBN 3-89610-095-5.
  5. ↑ Timetables for Bonn Hbf station

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