Singen (Hohentwiel) station

Singen (Hohentwiel) station is an important regional railway junction and interchange station in the town of Singen in the south of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Three railways now meet there, but in the past five railways connected to it. The station is served by InterCity trains on the StuttgartZurich route.

Singen (Hohentwiel)
Deutsche Bahn
Two-story building with three-story towers
The Station and forecourt in 2006
General information
LocationBahnhofstrasse 2
Singen, Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Coordinates47°45′30.377″N 8°50′25.379″E
Elevation434 m (1,424 ft)
Owned byDB Netz
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
Distance
[1]
Platforms
Tracks8
Train operators
Other information
Station code5865[2]
DS100 codeRSI[1]
IBNR8000073
Category2[2]
Fare zone2 (Verkehrsverbund Hegau-Bodensee)[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1863 (1863)
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Schaffhausen
towards Zürich HB
IC 87 Engen
Immendingen
towards Emden Hbf
IC 35 Radolfzell
towards Konstanz
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Schaffhausen IC Engen
Preceding station DB Regio Baden-Württemberg Following station
Schaffhausen
towards Basel Bad Bf
IRE 3 Radolfzell
towards Ulm Hbf
Engen RE 2 Radolfzell
towards Konstanz
Preceding station SBB Deutschland Following station
Singen-Landesgartenschau
towards Engen
S6 Singen-Industriegebiet
towards Konstanz
Preceding station Schaffhausen S-Bahn Following station
Gottmadingen
towards Schaffhausen
S Terminus
Location

Name

Deutsche Bahn officially call the station Singen (Hohentwiel). Because of its size and its significance for the district of Konstanz, the station is sometimes referred to as Singen Hauptbahnhof locally. In addition, the abbreviations Singen (Hohentw), Singen (Htw) and just Singen are used.

Railway lines

Singen is near the starting point of the Immendingen–Horb and Horb–Stuttgart line (Gäu Railway, Gäubahn) to Stuttgart. On this line, the city is a stop for InterCity services between Stuttgart, Singen, Schaffhausen and Zurich. In addition, trains on the Black Forest Railway (Badische Schwarzwaldbahn), connecting Singen Offenburg and Konstanz stop in Singen. The High Rhine Railway (Hochrheinbahn) provides connections to Waldshut and Basel.

History

Singen owes its development from a farming village into industrial town primarily to its role as a railway junction. The railway reached the village for the first time in 1863, when the Upper Rhine Railway was completed from Basel to Konstanz (Constance). Ten years later, the Black Forest Railway was completed from Offenburg to Konstanz, connecting with the Upper Rhine Railway in Singen. The Etzwilen–Singen railway to Switzerland completed the main lines connecting with Singen.

Large Swiss companies established their German branch factories in Singen, not least because of its good rail connection. The factory workers were now brought to work in Singen in great numbers by train. A local commuter railway, the Randen Railway (Randenbahn), was built in 1912, but it was closed in 1966.

The railway used to be one of the largest employers in Singen. The first station building was soon replaced by a more solid building, which still stands today with small changes. The goods yard, which formerly stood on the other side of the tracks with sidings connecting directly from the factories, soon became too small. Therefore, a new freight yard was built in 1927.

The section of the High Rhine Railway between Schaffhausen and Singen was electrified in 1989.

Intercity-Express service called Singen (Hohentwiel)

ICE trainsets 403 015 and 403 515 (ICE 3, class 403) were given the name of Singen (Hohentwiel) in Singen station on 7 June 2008.

Platforms

Platform Length in m[4] Height in cm[4]
1 487 38
2 334 55
3 334 55
4 476 55
5 476 55
6 110 38
7 152 38
8 125 38

Customs

Singen is, for customs purposes, a border station for passengers arriving from Switzerland using direct services without intermediate stops. Customs checks may be performed in the station or on board trains by German officials. Systematic passport controls were abolished when Switzerland joined the Schengen Area in 2008.

Operations

Singen (Hohentwiel) has been part of the Verkehrsverbund Hegau-Bodensee (Hegau-Bodensee Transport Association, VHB) since its inception in 1996.

Long-distance services

Cisalpino service operated with a class ETR 470 set in Singen station (2004)

Singen station is served by Intercity services at hourly intervals from Stuttgart via Singen and Schaffhausen to Zürich. Every two hours, it is served by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) services hauled by Taurus locomotives of the Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB). In the other hour, it is served by Deutsche Bahn InterCity 2 services. From this there is a connection in Singen to an IC to Zurich, which also runs with SBB cars. Individual IC 2 services run from Singen to Konstanz instead of Zürich.[5]

Furthermore, on weekends two pairs of Inter City services, operating as the Bodensee (Lake Constance), connect Konstanz with Dortmund and Emden.[5]

A pair of IC services called Schwarzwald ("Black Forest") was operated from Hamburg to Konstanz, replacing one of the hourly cycle of regional services, until its discontinuation in December 2014 and it was then replaced by another regional train between Offenburg and Konstanz.

Line Route Frequency
IC 35 EmdenMünster (Westf)DuisburgCologneBonnKoblenzMannheimKarlsruheOffenburgVillingen (Schwarzw) - Singen (Hohentwiel) – Radolfzell – Konstanz Two train pairs on the weekend
IC 87 / RE 87 Stuttgart – Horb – RottweilTuttlingenSingen (Hohentwiel) (Konstanz/)– SchaffhausenZürich Hourly

Regional services

Regionalbahn service to Schaffhausen in Singen station

In regional transport, Interregio-Express and Regional-Express services stop in Singen, giving through connections to Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, Basel, Konstanz and Ulm via Friedrichshafen.

A Regionalbahn service connects Singen with Schaffhausen. A connecting service runs from Schaffhausen to Jestetten.

The S6 of the Bodensee S-Bahn connects Singen to, among other places, Engen as well as Radolfzell, Konstanz and other municipalities on Lake Constance. This service was previously operated as the Seehas, named after a mythical "lake hare".[6]

Line Route Frequency Operator
IRE 3 Basel Bad BfRheinfelden (Baden)Bad SäckingenWaldshutSchaffhausenSingen (– Radolfzell – Friedrichshafen Stadt – Friedrichshafen Hafen) Every 60/120 minutes DB Regio Baden-Württemberg
RE 2 KarlsruheBaden-BadenAchernOffenburgVillingen (Schwarzw)Singen – Radolfzell – Konstanz Every 60 minutes DB Regio Baden-Württemberg
RE 4 Stuttgart – BöblingenHerrenbergEutingen im Gäu – Horb – Rottweil – Tuttlingen – Singen – Radolfzell – Konstanz One train pair at weekends DB Regio Baden-Württemberg
RE 4/RE 14a (Stuttgart – Böblingen – Herrenberg – Eutingen im Gäu – Horb –) Rottweil – Tuttlingen – Singen – Radolfzell – Konstanz Several pairs of trains per week DB Regio Baden-Württemberg
S6 Engen – Mühlhausen (b Engen) – Singen – Radolfzell – Allensbach – Konstanz Every 30 minutes SBB GmbH
RB 31 Singen – Radolfzell – Überlingen – Friedrichshafen Stadt Several trains DB Regio Baden-Württemberg / SWEG
S Schaffhausen – Thayngen – Gottmadingen – Singen Every 30 minutes SBB GmbH

(as of 2022)

Defunct railway lines

Formerly the Randen Railway ran from Singen to Beuren Büßlingen. Similarly, the Etzwilen–Singen railway (Etzwilerbahn) ran via Rielasingen to Etzwilen in Switzerland .

Freight traffic

Freight is handled at a container terminal in the industrial area, which provides connections to Italy.

References

  1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas] (in German) (Updated ed.). Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2020. p. 111. ISBN 978-3-89494-149-9.
  2. "Stationspreisliste 2023" [Station price list 2023] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  3. "VHB-ZONENPLAN" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Hegau-Bodensee. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  4. "Bahnsteiginformationen zum Bahnhof Singen (Hohentwiel)" (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  5. "Neu: Umsteigefreie IC-Verbindungen Konstanz–Stuttgart von Ende 2017 an" (Press release) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. 13 January 2016. Archived from the original on 26 February 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  6. "Seehas".
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