Homburg (Saar) Hauptbahnhof
Homburg (Saar) Hauptbahnhof Homburg (Saar), Saarland Germany | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 49°19′40″N 7°20′13″E / 49.32778°N 7.33694°E | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | DB Netz | ||||||||||||||
Operated by | DB Station&Service | ||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 7 | ||||||||||||||
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Station code | 2892 DS100 code SHO[2] | | |||||||||||||
IBNR | 8000176 | ||||||||||||||
Category | 3[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Website | www.bahnhof.de | ||||||||||||||
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6,500 per day[5] | |||||||||||||||
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Homburg (Saar) Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the town of
Location
The station divides the town into two halves, separating Homburg-Mitte and Homburg-Erbach. It is about 700 metres away from the town centre. In front of the station area is the central bus station (ZOB), from which both regional and local buses operate.
History
On 1 July 1848, the
Services
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Bahnhofshalle_homburg.jpg/220px-Bahnhofshalle_homburg.jpg)
Long distance
Two long-distance services stop at the station each day The ICE services on the Frankfurt–Paris route have not stopped here since December 2007.
Line | Route | Frequency |
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ICE 50 | Dresden – Leipzig – Erfurt – Frankfurt Mannheim – Kaiserslautern – Saarbrücken | 1 train pair |
ICE 62 | Saarbrücken – Homburg – Kaiserslautern – Mannheim – Stuttgart – Ulm – Augsburg – Munich (– Salzburg – Graz) | 2 train pairs |
Rapid transit and regional transportation
Line | Route | Frequency |
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RE 1 | Ludwigshafen (Rhein) – Mannheim
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Hourly |
RB 70 | Kaiserslautern – St. Ingbert – Saarbrücken – Dillingen (Saar) – Merzig (Saar)
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Hourly |
RB 71 | Homburg (Saar) – St. Ingbert – Saarbrücken – Saarlouis – Merzig – Saarburg – Trier | Hourly |
RB 74 | Illingen (Saar) – Neunkirchen – Homburg (Saar)
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Half-hourly |
RB 76 | Neunkirchen (Saar) – Homburg (Saar)
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4 train pairs |
S1 | Homburg (Saar) – Kaiserslautern – Neustadt (Weinstraße) – Ludwigshafen (Rhein) – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Eberbach – Mosbach (Baden) – (Osterburken) | Hourly |
S2 | Karlsruhe – Heidelberg – Mannheim – Ludwigshafen – Neustadt (Weinstr) – Kaiserslautern - Homburg (Saar) | An evening train on the weekend |
S3 | Homburg (Saar) - Kaiserslautern – Neustadt (Weinstr) – Ludwigshafen (Rhein) - Mannheim – Heidelberg – Karlsruhe | A morning train on working days. |
Freight
Besides passenger services, eight tracks are allocated for freight operations. Two of the town’s three industrial areas are connected by sidings. There is also a siding on the line to Bexbach connecting to the site of the former army depot in Homburg.
Facilities
The Deutsche Bahn travel centre is open daily. The station buildings have ticket machines, public telephones, lockers, toilets (including for the disabled), a bistro-cafe, a station bookshop, a restaurant and a photo booth.
Notes
- ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ^ "Wabenplan 2021" (PDF). Saarländischer Verkehrsverbund. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ^ "Wabenplan" (PDF). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar. February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Optimierte Energiebilanz und neues Farbkonzept für den Regionalknoten" (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
External links
- "Track plan of Homburg (Saar) Hbf" (PDF; 182,7 KB) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
- "Hauptbahnhof Homburg / Saar" (in German). Private. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2011.