Siegburg/Bonn station
Siegburg/Bonn station, in the town of Siegburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, is on the Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed rail line and the Sieg Railway. It was rebuilt for the high-speed line and is connected to Bonn by the Siegburg line of the Bonn Stadtbahn. It is in the network area of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (Rhine-Sieg Transport Association).
History
The original Siegburg station opened in 1859 on the
In 1989, the federal government decided that the new Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed line would run on the eastern side of the Rhine. Intermediate stations would be provided in—along with Cologne/Bonn Airport, the Limburg area, Mainz, Wiesbaden and Frankfurt Airport—Bonn-Vilich or Siegburg.[6]
On 13 May 1997, the ceremonial beginning of the construction of the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed line in North Rhine-Westphalia was celebrated in Siegburg: the North Rhine-Westphalian Economics Minister,
Reconstruction as an ICE station
At the turn of 1996/1997, a contract was awarded for section 23 of the new line, which covered a 3.3 km (2.1 mi)-long section, which was mainly located in the area of the town of Siegburg. At a cost of about Deutsche Mark (DM) 40 million, two through high-speed tracks would be built, platforms would be built or modified and bridges would be built or rebuilt.[8]
As part of the construction of the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed line, the old station was demolished in 2000 and replaced by a new building, which was opened in late September 2004.[9] There was also urban redevelopment around the station. In particular, the old station building had to be demolished for the new line. Deutsche Bahn and the town of Siegburg advertised a design competition for the new building.[10]
On 25 June 2001, representatives of Deutsche Bahn and the town of Siegburg signed a framework agreement for the renovation of the station. Four days later, the construction contract was awarded. The opening was planned for the third quarter of 2002.[11] From 1,200 to 3,000 square metres of floor area was provided for trading and other services. In addition, two new tracks were laid so that ICE services could stop or run through non-stop.[12] The through tracks can be run at 200 km/h and the entry and exit tracks to the two ICE platform tracks can be run at 100 km/h.
On 26 July 2002, a day after the opening run, Siegburg was a stopover of an
With the full opening of the new line on 15 December 2002, the station was renamed as "Siegburg/Bonn". The new name is intended to indicate that this station serves as the high-speed line connection for Bonn, as the majority of long-distance trains between the
The Siegburg line of the Stadtbahn that previously ended in the station forecourt was rebuilt on a ramp that runs directly into the basement of the new station. The underground station has two high-level platforms. From there, the platforms used by long-distance and regional services can be reached via stairs and lifts. The departure times of the Stadtbahn services are displayed on the notice boards at the entrance of the station.
The station now has six tracks: two through tracks on the high-speed line and four platform edges (an island platform and two outer platforms).[14] The 400-metre (1,312 ft)-long ICE platforms[15] are covered for 300 m (984 ft) of their length. The island platform is served by both ICE trains to Cologne and regional and S-Bahn trains towards Hennef (Sieg). The platform served by regional and S-Bahn services from Cologne is 210 m (689 ft) long.[15][16]
Two class 226 locomotives were stationed at Siegburg/Bonn from 2003 station for towing broken down trains on the high-speed line.[17] These locomotives were later withdrawn.
Before the opening of the rebuilt station, 100 parking spaces were needed.[18] At the opening of the station there were about 500 parking spaces. The number of parking spaces at the station was recently increased from around 1,000 to around 1,500 by the construction of a parking garage.[4]
Rail services
Long-distance services
The following ICE services stop at Siegburg/Bonn:
Line | Route | Frequency |
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ICE 42 | ( Munich
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Every 2 hours |
ICE 43 | ( Basel SBB
|
Every 2 hours |
ICE 45 | Köln – Cologne/Bonn Airport – Siegburg/Bonn – Montabaur – Limburg Süd – Wiesbaden – Mainz – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Vaihingen – Stuttgart | Individual services |
ICE 49 | Frankfurt (M) Hbf
|
Individual services |
ICE 79 | Brussels-South – Brussels-North – Liège-Guillemins – Aachen – Cologne Hbf – (Cologne/Bonn Airport) – Siegburg/Bonn – (Limburg Süd) – (Montabaur) – Frankfurt Airport – Frankfurt (M) Hbf | Individual services |
Regional services
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It is served by the following regional services:
Line | Line name | Route |
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RE 9 | Rhein-Sieg-Express | Siegen
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S12 | Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn | Horrem – Cologne Hbf – Porz (Rhein) – Siegburg/Bonn – Au (Sieg) |
S19 | Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn | Düren – Cologne Hbf – Cologne/Bonn Airport – Siegburg/Bonn – Au (Sieg) |
Stadtbahn
It is served by the following Stadtbahn services:
Line | Operator | Route |
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66 | Bonn Stadtbahn | Siegburg – Bonn Hbf – trunk line – Oberkassel – Bad Honnef
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67 | Bonn Stadtbahn | Siegburg – Sankt Augustin – Bonn Hbf – trunk line – Bad Godesberg (two services in the mornings only on schooldays) |
AIRail
Since 5 November 2007, the station has been integrated as part of the AIRail Service. In the station’s travel centre there were two Lufthansa check-in machines, which allowed passengers to check their luggage on Lufthansa flights. These have since been replaced by other check-in arrangements.[19] Passengers travel by ICE to Frankfurt Airport long-distance station and then proceed to their aircraft. The baggage is carried to Frankfurt airport and taken to the aircraft.
The station has the
Importance for the Bonn region
According to traffic counts, about 20,000 passengers use the station every day (February 2011).[4]
As part of the initial operations on the new Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed line Siegburg/Bonn was served from 1 August 2002 by every third ICE train and the remaining two passed through without stopping.[20] In the first year an ICE served the station approximately every two hours both ways. A few hundred ICE passengers were counted each day.[21]
Up to 2004, passenger numbers grew by 70 percent per year. 14,000 ICE passengers were counted each week in 2004 and there were around 20,000 in 2005.[22] In 2005 just under 2,500 ICE passengers were counted each day and there were around 4,000 in 2012.[21] In mid-2012, DB stated that about 8,000 ICE passengers embarked at the three stations of Siegburg/Bonn, South Limburg and Montabaur.[23]
In the 2010 timetable about 56 ICE trains stopped each weekday in Siegburg/Bonn. In the 2007 timetable 61 ICE trains stopped each weekday, as opposed to 51 in 2005 and 38 in 2003. The number of direct services to and from Frankfurt Central Station has increased to 29. In the 2012 timetable, the station is served by 57 ICE services each day.[21]
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.
- ^ "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 206. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ a b c Klaus Elsen (21 February 2011). "Parkhaus am Siegburger ICE-Bahnhof wird erweitert". General-Anzeiger (in German). Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ISBN 978-3-89909-100-7.
- ^ "Anlage zum Sachstandsbericht Bundesverkehrswegeplan 1985 und Gesamtdeutscher Verkehrswegeplan". Bundesverkehrswegeplan 1985 - Stand der Realisierung (in German). Bonn: Der Bundesminister für Verkehr. 2 October 1990. p. 41.
- ^ DBBauProjekt GmbH, ed. (1997). "Baubeginn in Nordrhein-Westfalen: großer Bahnhof für die Rhein/Sieg-Region". Zum Thema (in German) (3). Darmstadt: Hestra: 3–6.
- ^ DBBauProjekt GmbH, ed. (February 1997). "Neubaustrecke aktuell: Auftrag vergeben, Aufforderungsarbeiten begonnen, Bauvorbereitungen im Baulos C". Zum Thema (in German) (1). Darmstadt: Hestra: 7–8.
- ISBN 3-89610-095-5.
- ^ Neubaustrecke Köln–Rhein/Main: Bauabschnitt Nord: Köln–Sankt Augustin (in German). Frankfurt am Main: DBProjekt GmbH Köln–Rhein/Main, Projektleitung. February 2000. p. 16. (brochure, 18 pages)
- ^ DBBauProjekt GmbH, ed. (August 2001). "DBBauProjekt zertifiziert; ICE-Bahnhof Siegburg; neues Hochwasserrückhaltebecken; Schlitzwanderausstellung Hermann-Löns-Straße". Zum Thema (in German) (4). Darmstadt: Hestra: 7f.
- ^ Neubaustrecke Köln–Rhein/Main: Ein Konzept von heute für den Verkehr von morgen (in German). Frankfurt am Main: DBProjekt GmbH Köln–Rhein/Main, Projektleitung. March 2000. p. 19. (brochure, 28 pages)
- ^ DBBauProjekt GmbH, ed. (2002). "Feierlicher Abschluss eines Großprojektes". Zum Thema (in German) (4). Darmstadt: Hestra: 10.
- ^ "Track plan for Siegburg/Bonn station" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ a b "Platform information" (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ISBN 3-7771-0304-7.
- ISSN 1421-2811.
- ^ Klaus Eslen (1 August 2012). "Wichtig für die Region". General-Anzeiger (in German). Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ "Alle wichtigen AIRail Services auf einen Blick" (in German). Lufthansa. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ DBBauProjekt GmbH, ed. (2002). "Startschuss des Shuttle-Verkehrs am 1.8.2002 um 5:38 Uhr". Zum Thema (in German) (4). Darmstadt: Hestra: 7–9.
- ^ a b c Klaus Elsen (1 August 2012). "Zehn Jahre ICE-Bahnhof in Siegburg". General-Anzeiger (in German). Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ Wolfgang Wentsch (3 August 2006). "Weitere Rekordzuwächse für den ICE-Bahnhof". General-Anzeiger (in German). Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ "Wir schenken Ihnen eine Stunde: Zehn Jahre Schnellfahrstrecke Köln–Rhein/Main" (Press release) (in German). Deutsche Bahn AG. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2013.