Mannheim Hauptbahnhof
Mannheim Hauptbahnhof (
Layout
The station is located on the southern edge of central Mannheim. In November 2001, the station was comprehensively redeveloped with a modern shopping and service centre.
Travellers reach the platforms via escalators and lifts in the wings of the entrance hall, which lead to a northern and a southern subway under the tracks. The routes to the platforms have been upgraded to make them accessible for the disabled. Lifts, escalators and a direction system for the visually impaired enable all travellers to reach the trains without assistance. The lifts are to be found in the northern subway while the escalators are located in the southern subway.
There is a Deutsche Bahn lounge for first class passengers and frequent travellers.
Since 1897 the station has had a Bahnhofsmission (“station mission”, a charity established at some major German railway stations that is mainly staffed by volunteers) on platform 1, which among other things helps mobility-impaired tourists.
The station forecourt has stops for several tram and bus lines of
The entrance building continues the line of buildings on the bank of the Rhine southeast from Mannheim Palace. Its central axis faces the Kaiserring, the south-eastern inner-city ring road.
History
The original station of the Badische Hauptbahn (
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 (32 ft 10 in) closer to the street, doubling the area of the station. During this restructuring, there was debate on whether the facade should be restored to its original form. Ultimately, it was rebuilt in a simplified form. Due to the substantial destruction during World War II and the subsequent reconstruction of the facade it was simplified again and rebuilt without decorative elements, but reminiscent of its previous form.
In the summer 1939 timetable the station is shown as having 94 arriving and departing regular long-distance trains per day. Deutsche Reichsbahn ranked it as the 14th most congested node of its network.[6]
Between 1977 and 1982 a new relay interlocking system (class SpDrS60) was installed, replacing the electro-mechanical interlocking at the eastern end of the station and three push button interlockings in the rest of the station area. In the mid-1980s, the new signal box controlled 74 km (46 mi) of line with 721 appliances (including 250 sets of points and derails as well as 66 main signals).[7]
On 2 June 1985, the Western Entrance to the Riedbahn (Ried Railway) to Mannheim was opened. This avoided the need for trains running from Frankfurt via Mannheim to Stuttgart and Karlsruhe to reverse in Mannheim Hauptbahnhof.[8]
With a total of 269 arrivals and departures of scheduled long-distance trains each day in Mannheim Hauptbahnhof in the timetable for the summer of 1989, it was the tenth most important node in the Deutsche Bundesbahn network.[9] With 308 such arrivals and departures each day in the timetable for the summer of 1996, it had become the sixth most important node in the Deutsche Bahn network.[10]
In 1995, a parking garage was built under the station forecourt and the station building was comprehensively renovated and redesigned between 1999 and 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.
With 332 arrivals and departures in the 2004 timetable, the station had become the fifth most important node in the Deutsche Bahn network.[11]
On 18 July 2007, the new central bus station was officially opened adjacent to the station. The nine parking bays used by long-distance buses operated from the bus station are currently served by more than 30 bus routes, according to the operator, Mannheimer Parkhausbetriebe GmbH.[12]
Train collision in 2014
On 1 August 2014, a freight train passing through Mannheim Hauptbahnhof crashed into the side of long-distance passenger train
Planned developments
The station lies is at the junction of lines from
Extensive changes at the railway tracks of the main station are planned over a three-year construction period. Construction was supposed to have started in late 2007, but had not begun by early 2010. Among other things, a new platform is to be built for the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn for approximately €50 million.[16] In addition, regional and long-distance traffic are to be largely segregated, with regional trains being operated in the future on the four tracks closest to the station building and long-distance traffic operating on the more distant tracks.
As part of an urban development project called Mannheim 21 on land on the south side of the station, there are plans to convert the most southerly underpass under the platforms, now used as a baggage tunnel, into a third platform access route and extend it to the Lindenhof; it would not connect to the station building, but would instead connect to the bus station. The current southern underpass, which runs under the middle of the platforms, is frequently overloaded by pedestrian traffic.
Due to the increasing number of passengers using the station forecourt at the interchanges to public transport (currently around 52,000 daily) an upgrade of the Hauptbahnhof tram/light rail stop is proposed. Two versions are discussed: option 1, which includes four new platforms laid across the axis of the whole Kaiserring, is preferred by the city council. Option 2 would add one track and one platform to the existing stop. Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr (Rhine-Neckar Transport) favours option 2 because it would be more practicable, being less expensive and faster to build.[17][18]
Operational usage
Each day DB operates 238 long-distance trains, 265 regional trains and 155 S-Bahn trains through the station (as of 2009).[4]
Long distance trains
Due to its convenient position, many long-distance lines connect in Mannheim, with overlapping routes creating services at 60-minute intervals on several routes. Various high-speed routes bring major cities in Germany and in neighboring countries within a few hours away and thus provide an alternative to air travel.
Line | Route | Frequency |
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ICE 4 | Stuttgart – Mannheim – Frankfurt Airport – Frankfurt – Hanover – Hamburg – Kiel | One train |
ICE 11 | Berlin – Leipzig – Erfurt – Frankfurt (Main) – Mannheim – Stuttgart – Ulm – Augsburg – Munich | 2 hour intervals |
ICE 12 | Berlin – Brunswick – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Frankfurt (Main) – Mannheim – Basel (– Zürich – Interlaken-Ost )
|
2 hour intervals |
ICE 15 | Berlin – Halle – Erfurt – Frankfurt – Darmstadt – Mannheim – Kaiserslautern – Saarbrücken | 1 train pair |
ICE 20 | (Kiel –) Hamburg – Hanover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Frankfurt (Main) – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel (– Zürich – Interlaken-Ost) | 2 hour intervals |
ICE 22 | (Kiel –) Hamburg – Hanover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Frankfurt (Main) – Frankfurt Airport – Mannheim – Stuttgart
|
2 hour intervals |
ICE 32 | Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Bingen – Mainz – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Stuttgart – Ulm – Friedrichshafen Stadt – Lindau – Bregenz – St. Anton – Innsbruck | 1 train pair |
IC 32 | Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Stuttgart – Kempten – Oberstdorf | 1 train pair |
IC 35 | Norddeich Mole – Münster – Duisburg – Cologne – Koblenz – Mannheim – Stuttgart or Karlsruhe – Konstanz | Some trains on the weekend |
ICE 42 | (Hamburg – Bremen –) Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Cologne – Siegburg/Bonn – Frankfurt Airport – Mannheim – Stuttgart – Ulm – Augsburg – München | 2 hour intervals |
ICE 43 | ( –) Cologne – Siegburg/Bonn – Frankfurt Airport – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel | 2 hour intervals |
EC 43/ | Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Bremen – Münster – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Baden-Baden – Freiburg – Basel – Zürich / Interlaken Ost | 2 train pairs daily |
ICE 45 | Cologne – Cologne/Bonn Airport – Montabaur – Limburg Süd – Wiesbaden – Mainz – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Stuttgart | Individual services |
ICE 47 | Dortmund – Duisburg – Köln Messe/Deutz – Frankfurt Airport – Mannheim – Stuttgart | 2 hour intervals |
ICE 50 | Dresden – Leipzig – Erfurt – Frankfurt – Darmstadt – Mannheim – Saarbrücken | 1 train pair |
IC 55 | Dresden – Leipzig – Halle – Magdeburg – Braunschweig – Hanover – Bielefeld – Dortmund – Hagen – Wuppertal – Solingen – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Bingen – Mainz – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Vaihingen – Stuttgart (– Plochingen – Reutlingen – Tübingen) | Every 2 hours |
EC/RJ 62 | Saarbrücken – Homburg (Saar) – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Stuttgart – Ulm – Augsburg – Munich – Rosenheim – Salzburg – Graz | 1 train pair |
ICE/TGV 82 | Frankfurt (Main) – Mannheim – Kaiserslautern – Saarbrücken – Paris Est
|
2 hour intervals |
ICE/TGV 84 | Strasbourg - Baden-Baden - Karlsruhe - Mannheim - Frankfurt |
1 train pair |
ECE 85 | Frankfurt – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel – Lucerne – Bellinzona – Monza – Milan | 1 train pair |
EN | Zürich – Basel – Freiburg (Breisgau) – Karlsruhe – Mannheim – Frankfurt Süd – Halle – Berlin – Hamburg | 1 train pair |
Regional services
Line | Route | Interval |
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RE 1 | Mannheim – | 2 hours |
RE 9 | Mannheim – Schwetzingen – Hockenheim – Waghäusel – Graben-Neudorf – Karlsruhe | Some trains in the peak |
RE 10a | Mannheim – Heidelberg – Eberbach – Mosbach-Neckarelz – Bad Friedrichshall – Heilbronn | 2 hours |
RE 10b | Mannheim – Heidelberg – Sinsheim – Bad Friedrichshall – Heilbronn | 2 hours |
RE 14 | Mannheim – Ludwigshafen Mitte – Worms – Mainz | 2 hours |
RE 40 | Mannheim – Heidelberg – Wiesloch-Walldorf – Bruchsal – Karlsruhe – Freudenstadt | 1 train pair |
RE 60 | Mannheim – – Frankfurt | 2 hours |
RB 67 | Mannheim – Neu-Edingen/Friedrichsfeld – Weinheim – Bensheim – Darmstadt – Frankfurt | Some trains |
RE 70 |
Mannheim – Frankfurt |
1 hour |
RE 73 | Mannheim – Heidelberg – Wiesloch-Walldorf – Bruchsal – Karlsruhe | Some trains |
Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn
The Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn is the backbone of transport in the Rhine-Neckar region. In December 2003, a 290 km (180 mi) S-Bahn network was put into operation. Further expansion of the S-Bahn network has been agreed on in 2008, but after several delays, the new lines are expected to start in 2020.[19][20]
Line | Route | Frequency |
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S1 | Homburg (Saar)–Osterburken |
60 minute intervals |
S2 | Kaiserslautern–Eberbach (–Mosbach Baden) Kaiserslautern – Neustadt (Weinstraße) – Schifferstadt – Ludwigshafen – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Neckargemünd – Eberbach (– Mosbach Baden) |
60 minute intervals |
S3 | Germersheim–Karlsruhe Germersheim – Speyer – Schifferstadt – Ludwigshafen – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Wiesloch-Walldorf – Bruchsal – Karlsruhe |
60 minute intervals |
S4 | Germersheim–Bruchsal Germersheim – Speyer – Schifferstadt – Ludwigshafen – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Wiesloch-Walldorf – Bruchsal |
60 minute intervals |
S6 | (Bensheim –) Mannheim – Ludwigshafen – Frankenthal – Worms – Mainz | 30 minute intervals (60 minutes from/to Bensheim) |
S9 | Karlsruhe – Blankenloch – Graben-Neudorf – Waghäusel – Hockenheim – Schwetzingen – Mhm-Rheinau –
Mannheim Hbf – Mhm-Neckarstadt or Mhm-Neuostheim – Mhm-Waldhof – Ladenburg – Bürstadt – Biblis – Groß-Rohrheim |
60 minute intervals 30 minutes (Karlsruhe–Graben in peak) 30 min (Graben–Mannheim) |
S39 | Mannheim-Waldhof – Mannheim (– Heidelberg – Karlsruhe) | Individual services |
Interurban trams
In the station forecourt is the stop of the
Line | Route | Frequency |
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4 | Oggersheim/Bad Dürkheim (RHB ) |
10-minute intervals |
5 | OEG ) |
10-minute intervals |
Gallery
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The digital display in the lobby
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Variotramat the station forecourt of Mannheim Hauptbahnhof
References
- ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ Airport information for Mannheim Hauptbahnhof at Transport Search website.
- ^ "Wabenplan" (PDF). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar. February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ a b c "Service und Einkaufen am Südrand der Mannheimer City" (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ "Hauptbahnhof Mannheim, Empfangsgebäude" (in German). Rhein-Neckar-Industriekultur. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ Ralph Seidel (2005). Der Einfluss veränderter Raumbedingungen auf Netzgestalt und Frequenz im Schienenpersonenfernverkehr Deutschlands (in German). p. 27(Dissertation of the University of Leipzig)
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ Erich Fein (1984). "Die neuen Eisenbhanbauten im Raum Mannheim im Rahmen der Einführung der Westlichen Riedbahn und der Neubaustrecke Mannheim–Stuttgart". In DB-Bahnbauzentrale Frankfurt/M. (ed.). Eisenbahnbau für das 21. Jahrhundert: Streckenausbau bei der Deutschen Bundesbahn (in German). Frankfurt am Main. pp. 52–62.
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- ^ Ralph Seidel (2005). Der Einfluss veränderter Raumbedingungen auf Netzgestalt und Frequenz im Schienenpersonenfernverkehr Deutschlands (in German). p. 46(Dissertation of the University of Leipzig)
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ Ralph Seidel (2005). Der Einfluss veränderter Raumbedingungen auf Netzgestalt und Frequenz im Schienenpersonenfernverkehr Deutschlands (in German). p. 62(Dissertation of the University of Leipzig)
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ Ralph Seidel (2005). Der Einfluss veränderter Raumbedingungen auf Netzgestalt und Frequenz im Schienenpersonenfernverkehr Deutschlands (in German). p. 100(Dissertation of the University of Leipzig)
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ "Ziele in ganz Europa ab Mannheims neuem Busbahnhof (press release)" (in German). Mannheimer Parkhausbetribe GmbH. 13 February 2008. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- EUB official report. 23 September 2015. Archived from the original(PDF) on 10 October 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Lokführer zu Bewährungsstrafe verurteilt" [Train driver receives sentence on probation] (in German). Mannheimer Morgen (newspaper). 28 September 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Unfall-Lokführer bekommt Bewährungsstrafe" [Accident engineer receives sentence on probation] (in German). Südwestrundfunk. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ "Für den Hauptbahnhof haben wir lange gekämpft" (in German). Mannheimer Morgen. 22 March 2007. Archived from the original on 29 July 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ "Engpass im Liniennetz der RNV" (in German). Mannheimer Morgen. 3 April 2009. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ "AUT träumt von teurer Lösung" (in German). Mannheimer Morgen. 8 April 2009. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ "S-Bahn-Verspätung ärgert Bürger und Politiker" [S-Bahn delay annoys citizens and politicians] (in German). Mannheimer Morgen. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ "S-Bahn-Züge rollen mit einem weiteren Jahr Verspätung an" [S-Bahn trains rolling with a delay of another year] (in German). Mannheimer Morgen. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
External links
- "Deutsche Bahn portal to Mannheim Hauptbahnhof" (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- "Track plan of Mannheim Hbf" (PDF; 271,8 KB) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 8 December 2011.