Rottweil station

Rottweil station
Through station
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Location	Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg Germany
Coordinates
Line(s)	Gäu Railway Rottweil–Villingen railway until 1971: Balingen–Rottweil railway
Platforms	5
Other information
Station code	5405
DS100 code	TR
Category	3
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	23 July 1868

Rottweil station is on the Gäu Railway (Gäubahn) in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and is the start of the Rottweil–Villingen railway. It lies on the northeastern edge of Rottweil at a height of 557 metres above sea level.

History

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Rottweil station in 1900

Construction began in 1865. During the work, the remains of about 2,000 Russian soldiers were found. They had died about 50 years earlier in an epidemic. Their final resting place was in a mass grave on the grounds of the station. The station was opened on 23 July 1868.

Originally the station was 685 metres long and up to 162 metres wide. The complex included an administration building, a freight shed, two locomotive sheds and a repair shop.

On 11 August 1972, a freight train with 26 wagons derailed. Among other things, six tankers with caustic soda overturned, releasing 30,000 litres of caustic soda, but volunteer fire fighters prevented an oxyhydrogen explosion. No one was injured, and the damage amounted to about 750,000 Deutsche Mark.

Significance

Rottweil station is at the junction of Rottweil–Villingen railway and the Gäu Railway. Regionalbahn and Regional-Express operate on the latter, with Intercity trains stopping every two hours in Rottweil. They were in the past supplemented by Intercity-Express and Cisalpino trains (the latter on the Stuttgart–Milan route). Parts of both lines form part of the Ringzug network that is operated by the Hohenzollern Landesbahn. Until 1971 Rottweil was also the terminus of the Balingen–Rottweil railway. In addition, the station is an important stop for urban and regional bus services.

Rail services

Long-distance

The Frankfurt–Stuttgart–Rottweil–Zürich route is served by Intercity trains every two hours.

Regional

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Cisalpino in Rottweil station, 2003

Line	Route
RE	Stuttgart – Böblingen – Herrenberg – Eutingen – Horb – Rottweil – Tuttlingen – Singen
RE	Stuttgart – Böblingen – Herrenberg – Eutingen – Horb – Rottweil
RE	Neustadt – Donaueschingen – Villingen – Rottweil
HZL	Rottweil – Tuttlingen - Immendingen - Blumberg-Zollhaus
HZL	Rottweil – Villingen - Donaueschingen - Bräunlingen

Platforms

Rottweil has 5 platform tracks for passengers as well as several other tracks for freight. The platform tracks can be reached via a lift. On the platforms are covered shelters. The entrance building has a waiting room with lockers, a separate non-smoking waiting room and a ticket counter.

Others uses

The station building houses a newspaper kiosk and a café. In addition, there is a model railway in the 3rd floor of the building. It is operated by the Rottweiler Eisenbahn- und Modellbaufreunden (“Rottweil railway and model-building friends”) and is open to visitors.