Mannheim Hauptbahnhof

Mannheim Hbf
Operations
Category	2
Type	Bf
DS100 code	RM
Station code	3925
Construction and location
Location	Mannheim
State	Baden-Württemberg
Country	Germany
Willy-Brandt-Platz 17 68161 Mannheim
Route information
Mannheim-Stuttgart high-speed rail line Mannheim–Karlsruhe–Basle railway Palatine Ludwig Railway Riedbahn
List of railway stations in Baden-Württemberg

Mannheim Hauptbahnhof (usually translated from German as Mannheim Central Station, short form: Mannheim Hbf) is the central railway station of Mannheim in Germany. It is the second largest traffic hub in southwestern Germany after Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof, with 658 trains a day, including 238 long-distance trains. 100,000 passengers embark, disembark or transfer between trains at the station each day.^[1] The station was modernised in 2001.

History

The original station, about 1840

The original station of the Badische Hauptbahn (Baden mainline) from Heidelberg, opened in 1840, was a terminal station in the area of the Tattersall. Plans for a bridge over the Rhine to Ludwigshafen (now the Konrad Adenauer Bridge), however, soon made it necessary to move the station.

The station building, some of which still survives, was built between 1871 and 1876. From around 1900, consideration was given to extending or relocating the station. In 1915 it was decided to expand the existing station. In 1927, the front of the station was demolished and rebuilt 10 m closer to the street, doubling the area of the station. In World War II, it was badly damaged and it was rebuilt in a simpler style without decorative fixtures, but reminiscent of its previous forms. The station building was comprehensively reorganised from 1999 to 2001. The platform-side buildings were extended and had their symmetry restored, while the entrance hall received a glass dome. The blend of tradition and modernism is considered successful.

Planned developments

The station lies is at the junction of lines from Stuttgart, Basel, Saarbrücken and Frankfurt. The Mannheim-Stuttgart high-speed rail line was completed in 1991 and it is planned to build a high-speed line to Frankfurt. Deutsche Bahn had sought to establish a by-pass of the city through the Rheinauer Wald to the east of the city, including a complex junction in the Pfingstberg Tunnel. This would have substantially reduced the number of long-distance trains serving Mannheim, leading to significant opposition from the city and the region. As a result, Deutsche Bahn dropped this plan for the time being in 2006.

Extensive changes at the railway tracks of the main station are planned between late 2007 or early 2008 and 2010/2011. Among other things, a new platform is to be built for the S-Bahn RheinNeckar for approximately €50 million.^[2] In addition, regional and long-distance traffic are to be largely segregated, with regional trains being kept in the future to the four tracks closest to the station building and long-distance traffic on the further tracks.^[3]

Operational usage

Long distance trains

Preceding station		DB AG		Following station
Frankfurt (Main) Hbf toward Berlin Ostbahnhof		ICE 11		Stuttgart Hbf toward München Hbf
Frankfurt (Main) Hbf toward Berlin Ostbahnhof		ICE 12		Karlsruhe Hbf toward Zurich Hbf
Frankfurt Flughafen toward Hamburg-Altona		ICE 22		Stuttgart Hbf Terminus
Frankfurt Flughafen toward Hamburg-Altona		ICE 22		Heidelberg Hbf toward Stuttgart Hbf
Frankfurt (Main) Hbf toward Kiel Hbf		ICE 31		Heidelberg Hbf toward Basel SBB
Frankfurt (Main) Hbf toward Hamburg-Altona		ICE 20 train route splits here and rejoins in Frankfurt (Main) Hbf		Karlsruhe Hbf toward Basel SBB
Mainz Hbf toward Hamburg-Altona
Frankfurt Flughafen toward Hamburg-Altona		ICE 42		Stuttgart Hbf toward München Hbf
Frankfurt Flughafen toward HannoverHbf or Amsterdam Centraal		ICE 43		Karlsruhe Hbf toward Basel SBB
Wiesbaden Hbf toward Köln Hbf		ICE 45		Heidelberg Hbf toward Stuttgart Hbf
Neustadt toward Saarbrücken Hbf		ICE 50		Darmstadt Hbf toward Magdeburg Hbf or Dresden Hbf
Kaiserslautern Hbf toward Paris Est		ICE 82		Frankfurt (Main) Hbf Terminus
Mainz Hbf toward Ostseebad Binz or Greifswald		IC/EC 30		Heidelberg Hbf toward Stuttgart Hbf
				Karlsruhe Hbf toward Chur
Mainz Hbf toward Berlin Südkreuz		IC/EC 32		Heidelberg Hbf toward Innsbruck Hbf
Worms Hbf toward Emden Außenhafen or Norddeich Mole		IC/EC 35		Stuttgart Hbf Terminus
				Karlsruhe Hbf toward Konstanz Hbf
Neustadt toward Ostseebad Binz or Leipzig Hbf/Dresden Hbf		IC 50		Darmstadt Hbf toward Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbahnhof
Mainz Hbf toward Leipzig Hbf		IC 55		Heidelberg Hbf toward Köln Hbf
Neustadt toward Saarbrücken Hbf		IC/EC 62		Stuttgart Hbf toward Salzburg Hbf

References

1. ^ Service und Einkaufen am Südrand der Mannheimer City. Informations from bahnhof.de, acsess at 29. Juni 2009
2. ^ Erweiterung des Hauptbahnhofs für 50 Millionen Euro Article of 21 March 2007 in swr-online.de (German)
3. ^ Bahn investiert in den Hauptbahnhof in Wormser Zeitung of 23 March 2007 (German)

Coordinates: 49°28′47″N 8°28′11″E / 49.47972°N 8.46972°E / 49.47972; 8.46972