Offenburg station (German: Bahnhof Offenburg) is a railway station in Baden-Württemberg and has seven tracks on four platforms. Offenburg used to be a railway town and the station was of major economic importance to it. In recent years the maintenance facilities and much of the rail freight yards have been closed. The station is very centrally located within the city and is easily accessible by 18 different bus routes from the central bus station, 50 metres from the railway station.

Offenburg
Deutsche Bahn
Through station
Offenburg station, 2005
General information
LocationHauptstraße 1
77652 Offenburg
Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Coordinates48°28′34″N 7°56′45″E / 48.47611°N 7.94583°E / 48.47611; 7.94583
Elevation159 m (522 ft)
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms7
Other information
Station code4745
DS100 codeRO
IBNR8000290
Category2 [1]
Fare zoneTGO: 5[2]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1844
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Baden-Baden ICE 12 Freiburg Hbf
towards Interlaken Ost or Chur
Baden-Baden
One-way operation
ICE 20 Freiburg Hbf
towards Basel SBB
ICE 22 Freiburg Hbf
towards Basel Bad Bf
Baden-Baden ICE 43 Freiburg Hbf
towards Basel SBB
Baden-Baden
towards München Hbf
ICE 60 Freiburg Hbf
towards Basel Baden
Preceding station SNCF Following station
Strasbourg-Ville
towards Paris-Est
TGV inOui
Lahr (Schwarzw)
towards Freiburg Hbf
Preceding station ÖBB Following station
Bonn Hbf Nightjet Freiburg Hbf
towards Zürich HB
Karlsruhe Hbf
Baden-Baden
towards Berlin Hbf
Preceding station DB Regio Baden-Württemberg Following station
Appenweier RE 2 Gengenbach
towards Konstanz
RE 7 Lahr (Schwarzw)
towards Basel Bad Bf
Terminus RB 26 Friesenheim (Baden)
towards Freiburg Hbf
Preceding station Following station
Appenweier RB 20
Offenburg Kreisschulzentrum
Appenweier RB 25 Terminus
Map
Location
Offenburg is located in Baden-Württemberg
Offenburg
Offenburg
Location in Baden-Württemberg
Offenburg is located in Germany
Offenburg
Offenburg
Location in Germany
Offenburg is located in Europe
Offenburg
Offenburg
Location in Europe

Rail services

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InterCityExpress services operate through the station every two hours between Berlin, Frankfurt and Basel and less frequently between Cologne, Frankfurt Airport and Basel. InterCity trains operate from a variety of destinations in Germany and Switzerland. Regional-Express trains operate to and from Karlsruhe, Basel Bad and Konstanz. Regional rail services are operated as the Ortenau-S-Bahn, by Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft, a company owned by Baden-Württemberg.

History

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The station was designed by the architect, Friedrich Eisenlohr (1805–1855), as a smaller version of the old railway station in Karlsruhe, opened in 1843 and closed in 1913.[3] During World War I several attacks were carried out on the station. The most serious of these took place on 22 July 1918 with four direct hits leading to the collapse of the entire central part of the station entrance building.[4] During the Occupation of the Ruhr in February 1923, Offenburg and Appenweier were also occupied, disrupting the Rhine Valley Railway. Therefore, until 12 December 1923 trains on the Baden Mainline had to be diverted on the route through the Black Forest towns of Donaueschingen, Hausach, Freudenstadt, Hochdorf towards Pforzheim.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Tarifzonenplan des Tarifverbund Ortenau" (PDF). Tarifverbund Ortenau. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  3. ^ Pretsch, Peter. "Friedrich Eisenlohr - Architekt der badischen Eisenbahn(Friedrich Eisenlohr - Architect of the Baden railway)" (in German). Karlsruhe City. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
  4. ^ a b Kuntzemüller, Albert (1940). Die badischen Eisenbahnen 1840−1940 (The Baden mainline 1840−1940) (in German). Freiburg im Breisgau: Selbstverlag der Geographischen Institute der Universitäten Freiburg i. Br. und Heidelberg. p. 129 ff.