Bonn-Bad Godesberg station

Coordinates: 50°41′1.30″N 7°9′33.3″E / 50.6836944°N 7.159250°E / 50.6836944; 7.159250
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Bonn-Bad Godesberg station
DS100 code
KBBG[1]
IBNR8001082
Category4[2]
Fare zoneVRS: 2600[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened15 October 1855
Services
Preceding station
DB Regio NRW
Following station
Bonn-Mehlem
towards Ahrbrück
RB 30 Bonn UN Campus
towards Bonn Hbf
Preceding station National Express Germany Following station
Oberwinter
towards Koblenz Hbf
RE 5 (Rhein-Express) Bonn UN Campus
towards Wesel
Bonn-Mehlem
Terminus
RB 48 (Rhein-Wupper-Bahn) Bonn UN Campus
Preceding station
Trans Regio
Following station
Bonn-Mehlem
towards Mainz Hbf
RB 26 Bonn UN Campus
Preceding station Bonn Stadtbahn Following station
Plittersdorfer Straße Line 16 Bad Godesberg Stadthalle
Terminus
Plittersdorfer Straße Line 63
Plittersdorfer Straße Line 67
Location
Bonn-Bad Godesberg station is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Bonn-Bad Godesberg station
Bonn-Bad Godesberg station
Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

Bonn-Bad Godesberg station is on the

Left Rhine line (German: Linke Rheinstrecke) in the Bonn district of Bad Godesberg in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia
.

It is a four-track through station, which does not have a “home” platform attached to the station building. Instead, it has two through and overtaking tracks on two island platforms, with one platform numbered 1 and 4 and the other 2 and 3, which is unusual in Germany, but occurs several times on the Left Rhine line.

History

The station was inaugurated on 15 October 1855 as part of the extension of the Left Rhine line from Bonn to Rolandseck station. The need for Godesberg station, which was then in open fields, was said to stem from the fact that Godesberg was the location of the summer homes of many shareholders of the Bonn–Cologne Railway Company and the president of the Rhenish Railway Company. For years the shareholders had a table in the station buffet and insisted on almost all trains stopping in Godesberg.

From the turn of the century Godesberg grew rapidly and established itself as a resort and retirement home for retired Prussians, increasing the importance of the station. The old

Intercity-Express
trains on the Bonn–Berlin route started and ended in Bad Godesberg.

Operations

Platform track 1 is served by regular regional trains to the south (Koblenz and on to Mainz). Track 2 is used by regional trains to the north (Bonn and on to Cologne). Tracks 3 and 4 are only used as sidings and as passing tracks.

Train services

Today the station is served by Regional-Express and Regionalbahn services and is served by four routes each hour, so that to and from Bonn Hauptbahnhof there are services at approximately 15-minute intervals. The station is above a Deutsche Bahn ticket office and some small shops. The main station building is now occupied by the Klangstation, a concert, theatre and lecture hall.

The station is served by the following services:[4]

  • Regional services RE 5 Rhein-Express Emmerich - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Bonn - Andernach - Koblenz
  • Local services
    MittelrheinBahn
    Cologne - Bonn - Remagen - Andernach - Koblenz - Bingen - Mainz
  • Local services RB 30 Rhein-Ahr-Bahn Bonn - Remagen - Bad Neuenahr - Dernau - Ahrbrück
  • Local services RB 48 Rhein-Wupper-Bahn Wuppertal-Oberbarmen - Wuppertal - Solingen - Cologne - Bonn - Bonn-Mehlem

Stadtbahn services

Underground station

Since 1994, a station of the Bonn Stadtbahn has been located under the Bad Godesberg railway station:

Plans

Between 2014 and 2016, an extensive modernisation and renovation of the station is to be carried out, including the complete renovation of the pedestrian underpass and the installation of lifts on the platforms.[5]

Notes

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  2. ^ "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  3. ^ "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 198. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  4. ^ Timetables for Bonn-Bad Godesberg station
  5. ^ "Investition von 24 Millionen Euro in Bonner Bahnhöfe" (Press release) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.