Reutlingen Hauptbahnhof

Reutlingen Hauptbahnhof is the main station in Reutlingen in the German State of Baden-Württemberg. In addition the city has halts (Haltepunkte) at Reutlingen West and in the suburbs of Betzingen and Sondelfingen. They all lie on the Plochingen–Immendingen railway. Reutlingen Süd (south) station (formerly called Eningen station[3]) is no longer in operation.

Reutlingen Hauptbahnhof
Deutsche Bahn
Through station
Front of the station building
General information
LocationBahnhofstr. 3, Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Coordinates48°29′46″N 9°12′33″E / 48.49611°N 9.20917°E / 48.49611; 9.20917
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms3
Other information
Station code5242
DS100 codeTRE
IBNR8000314
Category3 [1]
Fare zonenaldo: 220[2]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened20 September 1859
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Metzingen (Württ)
towards Dresden Hbf
IC 55 Tübingen Hbf
Terminus
Preceding station DB Regio Baden-Württemberg Following station
Stuttgart Hbf
Terminus
IRE 6a Tübingen Hbf
towards Aulendorf
IRE 6b Tübingen Hbf
towards Rottenburg
Reutlingen-Sondelfingen
towards Metzingen
RB 63 Reutlingen West
towards Herrenberg
Preceding station Following station
Metzingen (Württ) IRE 6 Tübingen Hbf
Terminus
Metzingen (Württ)
towards Heilbronn
MEX 12
Metzingen (Württ)
towards Osterburken
MEX 18
Map
Location
Reutlingen is located in Baden-Württemberg
Reutlingen
Reutlingen
Location in Baden-Württemberg
Reutlingen is located in Germany
Reutlingen
Reutlingen
Location in Germany
Reutlingen is located in Europe
Reutlingen
Reutlingen
Location in Europe

History

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Exterior of station with square in spring.

After the citizens of Reutlingen had actively participated in the Revolution of 1848-49, the Württemberg government deliberately delayed the construction of the railway from Plochingen to Reutlingen.[4] The station was finally opened on 20 September 1859. It had an administration building and a customs house, a freight shed, a locomotive depot and a repair workshop with a water supply point.[5]

Until 1994, the Swabian Jura Railway (Schwäbische Albbahn) branched in Reutlingen station. The section of the line from Reutlingen to Kleinengstingen is now closed and dismantled. Until 1985, the Gönningen Railway branched here connecting Reutlingen and Gönningen. In addition, from 1899 to 1974 the Lokalbahn Reutlingen–Eningen (a tramway) operated from the station to Eningen unter Achalm.

Services

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Long distance transport

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Since the timetable change in December 2009 Intercity trains have served Reutlingen. Since December 2023, a pair of trains has run on line 55 to Dresden.

Line Route Frequency
IC 55 DresdenLeipzigHalleMagdeburgBraunschweigHanoverBielefeldDortmundHagenWuppertalCologneBonnKoblenzMainzMannheimHeidelbergStuttgartPlochingenReutlingenTübingen 1 train pair

Regional transport

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Regionalbahn services run from Reutlingen to Bad Urach, Herrenberg, Horb am Neckar and Plochingen and Regional-Express services run to Stuttgart and Tübingen. Interregio-Express services connect to Aulendorf, Rottenburg am Neckar and Stuttgart.

Line Route Frequency Operator
IRE 6a Aulendorf – Herbertingen – Sigmaringen – Albstadt-Ebingen – Balingen – Hechingen – Tübingen (train split/joined) – ReutlingenStuttgart Every two hours DB Regio Baden-Württemberg
IRE 6b Rottenburg –
IRE 6 Tübingen – ReutlingenMetzingen – Stuttgart SWEG Bahn Stuttgart
MEX 12 Tübingen – Reutlingen – Metzingen – Bempflingen – Nürtingen – Oberboihingen – WendlingenPlochingenEsslingen – Stuttgart – Heilbronn – (Mosbach-Neckarelz) Hourly
– Stuttgart Hbf Additional peak hour services
MEX 18 Tübingen – Reutlingen – Metzingen – Nürtingen – Wendlingen – Plochingen – Esslingen – Stuttgart – Heilbronn – Osterburken Hourly
RB 63 Herrenberg – Tübingen – Reutlingen – Metzingen (– Bad Urach) Herrenberg–Metzingen: every 30 minutes;

Metzingen–Bad Urach: hourly

DB Regio Baden-Württemberg

Local transport

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The station from 1899 to 1974 was the focal point of the Reutlingen Tramway. Today it has this role for most of the bus lines of the city bus company, Reutlinger Stadtverkehrsgesellschaft (RSV).

Infrastructure

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Reutlingen station has three main platform tracks. The sprawling freight yard has been closed for some years, but the tracks are intact.

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. ^ "naldo-Tarifwabenplan" (PDF). Verkehrsverbund Neckar-Alb-Donau. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Reutlingen - Kleinengstingen (Ezachtalbahn)" (in German). vergessene-bahnen.de. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Romantik, Realismus, Revolution – Das 19. Jahrhundert" (in German). City of Reutlingen. Archived from the original on 9 December 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  5. ^ G. Kuttler: Die Schwäbische Eisenbahn - Topographisch, historisch und ästhetisch geschildert - ein Handbuch für gebildete Reisende. Mit einer Eisenbahnkarte, Heilbronn, 1859, p. 155 (Text at Google books).
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