Reutlingen Hauptbahnhof

Reutlingen Hauptbahnhof is the main station in Reutlingen in the German State of Baden-Württemberg. In addition the city has halts (Haltepunkte) at Reutlingen West and in the suburbs of Betzingen and Sondelfingen. They all lie on the Plochingen–Immendingen railway. Reutlingen Süd (south) station (formerly called Eningen station[3]) is no longer in operation.

Reutlingen Hauptbahnhof
Deutsche Bahn
Through station
Front of the station building
General information
LocationBahnhofstr. 3, Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Coordinates48°29′46″N 9°12′33″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms3
Other information
Station code5242
DS100 codeTRE
IBNR8000314
Category3 [1]
Fare zonenaldo: 220[2]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened20 September 1859
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Baden-Württemberg Following station
Stuttgart Hbf
Terminus
IRE 6a Tübingen Hbf
towards Aulendorf
Reutlingen-Sondelfingen
towards Metzingen
RB 63 Reutlingen West
towards Herrenberg
Preceding station Following station
Metzingen (Württ) IRE 6b Tübingen Hbf
towards Rottenburg or Horb
Metzingen (Württ)
towards Heilbronn
MEX 12 Tübingen Hbf
Terminus
Metzingen (Württ)
towards Osterburken
MEX 18
Location
Reutlingen is located in Baden-Württemberg
Reutlingen
Reutlingen
Location in Baden-Württemberg
Reutlingen is located in Germany
Reutlingen
Reutlingen
Location in Germany
Reutlingen is located in Europe
Reutlingen
Reutlingen
Location in Europe

History

Exterior of station with square in spring.

After the citizens of Reutlingen had actively participated in the Revolution of 1848-49, the Württemberg government deliberately delayed the construction of the railway from Plochingen to Reutlingen.[4] The station was finally opened on 20 September 1859. It had an administration building and a customs house, a freight shed, a locomotive depot and a repair workshop with a water supply point.[5]

Until 1994, the Swabian Jura Railway (Schwäbische Albbahn) branched in Reutlingen station. The section of the line from Reutlingen to Kleinengstingen is now closed and dismantled. Until 1985, the Gönningen Railway branched here connecting Reutlingen and Gönningen. In addition, from 1899 to 1974 the Lokalbahn Reutlingen–Eningen (a tramway) operated from the station to Eningen unter Achalm.

Services

Long distance transport

Since the timetable change in December 2009 Intercity trains have served Reutlingen. From Mondays to Thursdays they connect Tübingen via Stuttgart to Cologne, on Fridays they continue to Berlin: an intercity service runs to Stuttgart in the morning and returns in the evening.

LineRouteFrequency
IC 32(Berlin OstbahnhofBerlinDortmundEssenDuisburgDüsseldorf –) CologneBonnKoblenzMainzMannheimHeidelbergStuttgartNürtingenReutlingenTübingenOne pair

Regional transport

Regionalbahn services run from Reutlingen to Bad Urach, Herrenberg, Horb am Neckar and Plochingen and Regional-Express services run to Stuttgart and Tübingen. Interregio-Express services connect to Aulendorf, Rottenburg am Neckar and Stuttgart.

RouteFrequencyOperator
IRE 6a Stuttgart Hbf – Reutlingen Hbf – Tübingen Hbf (– Mössingen – Hechingen – Balingen (Württ) – Albstadt-Ebingen – Sigmaringen – Herbertingen – Aulendorf) Every 2 hours DB Regio Baden-Württemberg
IRE 6b Stuttgart Hbf – Metzingen – Reutlingen Hbf – Tübingen Hbf – Rottenburg (– Horb) Every 2 hours SWEG Bahn Stuttgart
MEX 12 Tübingen Hbf – Reutlingen Hbf – Metzingen (Württ) – Bempflingen – Nürtingen – Oberboihingen – Wendlingen (Neckar)PlochingenEsslingen (Neckar) – Stuttgart Hbf – Heilbronn Hbf – (Mosbach) Hourly
Tübingen Hbf – Reutlingen Hbf – Metzingen (Württ) – Bempflingen – Nürtingen – Oberboihingen – Wendlingen (Neckar) – Plochingen – Esslingen (Neckar) – Stuttgart Hbf Additional peak hour services
MEX 18 Tübingen Hbf – Reutlingen Hbf – Metzingen (Württ) – Nürtingen – Wendlingen (Neckar) – Plochingen – Esslingen (Neckar) – Stuttgart Hbf – Heilbronn Hbf – Osterburken Hourly
RB 63 Herrenberg – Tübingen Hbf – Reutlingen Hbf – Metzingen (– Bad Urach) Herrenberg–Metzingen: every 30 minutes;

Metzingen–Bad Urach: hourly

DB Regio Baden-Württemberg

Local transport

The station from 1899 to 1974 was the focal point of the Reutlingen Tramway. Today it has this role for most of the bus lines of the city bus company, Reutlinger Stadtverkehrsgesellschaft (RSV).

Infrastructure

Reutlingen station has three main platform tracks. The sprawling freight yard has been closed for some years, but the tracks are intact.

References

  1. "Stationspreisliste 2023" [Station price list 2023] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  2. "naldo-Tarifwabenplan" (PDF). Verkehrsverbund Neckar-Alb-Donau. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  3. "Reutlingen - Kleinengstingen (Ezachtalbahn)" (in German). vergessene-bahnen.de. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  4. "Romantik, Realismus, Revolution – Das 19. Jahrhundert" (in German). City of Reutlingen. Archived from the original on 9 December 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  5. G. Kuttler: Die Schwäbische Eisenbahn - Topographisch, historisch und ästhetisch geschildert - ein Handbuch für gebildete Reisende. Mit einer Eisenbahnkarte, Heilbronn, 1859, p. 155 (Text at Google books).
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