Reutlingen Hauptbahnhof

Reutlingen Hauptbahnhof
Reutlingen Hauptbahnhof
Through station
	Front of the station building
General information
Location	Bahnhofstr. 3, Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg; Germany
Coordinates	48°29′46″N 9°12′33″E / 48.49611°N 9.20917°E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz; DB Station&Service;
Line(s)	Neckar-Alb Railway (KBS 760); Gönningen Railway (closed); Swabian Jura Railway (closed to Reutlingen); Reutlingen–Eningen local railway (closed);
Platforms	3
Other information
Station code	5242
DS100 code	TRE
IBNR	8000314
Category	3
Fare zone	naldo: 220
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	20 September 1859
Services
Location
	Reutlingen Location in Baden-Württemberg Reutlingen Location in Germany Reutlingen Location in Europe

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 Neckar-Alb Railway. Reutlingen Süd (south) station (formerly called Eningen station^[3]) is no longer in operation.

History

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

Long distance transport

Since the timetable change in December 2009 Intercity trains have served Reutlingen. From Mondays to Thursdays they connect Tübingen via Stuttgart to Cologne, on Fridays they continue to Berlin: an intercity service runs to Stuttgart in the morning and returns in the evening.

Line	Route	Frequency
IC 32	(Berlin – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf –) Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Stuttgart – Nürtingen – Reutlingen – Tübingen	One pair

Regional transport

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.

Route		Frequency	Lines used	Operator
IRE	Stuttgart – Reutlingen – Tübingen – Hechingen – Albstadt – Sigmaringen – Aulendorf	120 minutes	Neckar-Alb-Bahn, Zollernalb Railway	DB RAB
RE	Tübingen – Reutlingen – Metzingen – Nürtingen – Plochingen – Esslingen – Stuttgart	60 minutes (30 minutes in peak hours)	Neckar-Alb railway	DB RAB
RB	Tübingen – Entringen – Herrenberg	30 minutes	Ammer Valley Railway	DB RAB
RB	Most Regionalbahn services from Herrenberg continue from Tübingen towards Plochingen or Bad Urach.
RB	(Tübingen – Reutlingen –) Metzingen – Bad Urach	60 minutes	Neckar-Alb-Bahn, Erms Valley Railway	DB RAB
RB	Tübingen – Reutlingen – Metzingen – Nürtingen – Wendlingen (– Plochingen)	60 minutes	Neckar-Alb railway	DB RAB

Local transport

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

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

References

^ "Stationspreisliste 2022" [Station price list 2022] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
^ "naldo-Tarifwabenplan" (PDF). Verkehrsverbund Neckar-Alb-Donau. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
^ "Reutlingen - Kleinengstingen (Ezachtalbahn)" (in German). vergessene-bahnen.de. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
^ "Romantik, Realismus, Revolution – Das 19. Jahrhundert" (in German). City of Reutlingen. Archived from the original on 9 December 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
^ 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).

External links

Media related to Reutlingen Hauptbahnhof at Wikimedia Commons

[catgories-1] "Stationspreisliste 2022" [Station price list 2022] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.

[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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