Bonn Hauptbahnhof
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Bonn Hauptbahnhof
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Entrance of the station (2008)
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| Location | BonnNorth Rhine-Westphalia Germany |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
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| Construction | |
| Architectural style | Neo-Renaissance |
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| Station code | 0767 |
| DS100 code | KB[1] |
| IBNR | 8000044 |
| Category | 2[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.
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History
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.[citation needed] 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
The station is served by the following services:[5]
- Intercity Express services (ICE 10) Koblenz - Cologne - Wuppertal - Hagen - Hamm - Hanover - Berlin
- Intercity Express services (ICE 31) Hamburg - Bremen - Münster - Dortmund - Essen - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Koblenz - Frankfurt - Nürnberg - Munich
- Intercity Express services (ICE 31) Hamburg - Bremen - Münster - Dortmund - Essen - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Koblenz - Frankfurt - Mannheim - Karlsruhe - Basel
- Intercity Express services (ICE 91) Hamburg - Bremen - Münster - Dortmund - Essen - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Koblenz - Frankfurt - Nürnberg - Passau - Linz - Vienna
- Eurocity services (EC 32) Münster - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Koblenz - Mainz - Mannheim - Stuttgart – München – Salzburg – Villach – Klagenfurt
- Eurocity services (EC 32) Münster - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Koblenz - Mainz - Mannheim - Stuttgart – Lindau - Innsbruck
- Intercity services (IC 32) (Berlin - Hanover -) Dortmund - Essen - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Koblenz - Mainz - Mannheim - Stuttgart - Munich
- Intercity services (IC 35) Norddeich - Emden - Rheine - Münster - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Koblenz - Mainz - Mannheim - Karlsruhe - Konstanz
- Intercity services (IC 35) Norddeich - Emden - Rheine - Münster - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Koblenz - Mainz - Mannheim - Stuttgart
- Intercity services (IC 55) Magdeburg - Hanover - Dortmund - Essen - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Koblenz - Mainz - Mannheim - Stuttgart - Obertsdorf
- Regional services RE 5 Rhein-Express Emmerich - Wesel - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Bonn - Koblenz
- Local services MRB 26 MittelrheinBahn Cologne - Bonn - Remagen - Andernach - Koblenz
- Local services RB 30 Rhein-Ahr-Bahn Bonn - Remagen - Bad Neuenahr - Dernau - Ahrbrück
- Local services RB 48 Rhein-Wupper-Bahn Bonn-Mehlem - Bonn - Cologne - Solingen - Wuppertal
- Rhein-Sieg S-Bahn services S 23 Bonn - Meckenheim - Rheinbach (- Euskirchen)
| Preceding station | Deutsche Bahn | Following station | ||
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Terminus
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ICE 10
select trains only
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towards Berlin Ost
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towards Munich Hbf
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ICE 31 |
towards Kiel Hbf
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towards Wien Hbf
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ICE 91 |
towards Dortmund Hbf
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towards Chur
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IC/EC 30 |
towards Ostseebad Binz or Seebad Heringshof
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towards Passau Hbf
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IC/EC 31 | |||
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towards Innsbruck Hbf
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IC/EC 32 |
towards Berlin Südkreuz
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| IC/EC 35 |
towards Emden Außenhafen or Norddeich Mole
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towards Cologne Hbf
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IC 55 |
towards Leipzig Hbf
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toward Koblenz Hbf
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RE 5 Rhein-Express |
toward Emmerich
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| Terminus | RB 23 Voreifel-Bahn |
toward Bad Münstereifel
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toward Ahrbrück
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RB 30 Rhein-Ahr-Bahn |
Terminus | ||
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toward Bonn-Mehlem
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RB 48 Rhein-Wupper-Bahn |
toward Wuppertal Hbf
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| Preceding station | trans regio | Following station | ||
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toward Koblenz Hbf
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MRB 26 MittelRheinBahn |
toward Köln Messe/Deutz
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Stadtbahn services
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toward Niehl Sebastianstraße
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Line 16 |
toward Bad Godesberg Stadthalle
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toward Thielenbruch
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Line 18 | Terminus | ||
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toward Dottendorf
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Line 61 |
toward Kopenhagener Straße
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| Line 62 |
toward Oberkassel Süd/Römlinghoven
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toward Tannenbusch Mitte
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Line 63 |
toward Bad Godesberg Stadthalle
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toward Siegburg Bahnhof
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Line 66 Telekom-Express |
toward Bad Honnef
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| Line 67 |
toward Bad Godesberg Stadthalle
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toward Bornheim
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Line 68 |
toward Ramersdorf
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References
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