Au (Sieg) station

Au (Sieg) station is a railway junction in the town of Au in the municipality of Windeck, which is in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It lies on the Sieg Railway to Siegen, where the Engers–Au railway branches off to Altenkirchen, where it connects with the Upper Westerwald Railway (Oberwesterwaldbahn). Despite the town’s small population, the junction station is important for commuters from the districts of Altenkirchen, Neuwied and Westerwaldkreis for its connections towards Siegen, Cologne, Bonn, Düsseldorf and Aachen.

Au (Sieg)
Junction station
Location	Bahnhofstr. 24, Au (Sieg), Windeck, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	50°46′24″N 7°39′24″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Sieg Railway (KBS 460) Engers–Au railway (KBS 461)
Platforms	6
Other information
Station code	204[1]
DS100 code	KAU[2]
IBNR	8000012
Category	3[1]
Fare zone	VRS: 2597[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	August 1860[4]
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio NRW   Following station Schladern toward Aachen Hbf RE 9 Rhein-Sieg-Express Wissen toward Siegen Hbf Preceding station   Hessische Landesbahn   Following station Geilhausen toward Limburg (Lahn) RB 90 Westerwald-Sieg-Bahn Etzbach toward Siegen Hbf Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station Rosbach toward Horrem S 12 Terminus Rosbach toward Düren Hbf S 19
Location
Au (Sieg) Location in North Rhine-Westphalia Au (Sieg) Location in Germany Au (Sieg) Location in Europe

History

Au station was opened in August 1860[4] as part of the Deutz–Gießen railway by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft).[5] The Engers–Au railway (Oberwesterwaldbahn, Upper Westerwald Railway) to Altenkirchen was opened in May 1887, connecting to Engers.[6] Thus, it became a railway junction with an enlarged track layout.

Au (Sieg) station after modernisation

Since 2 June 1991, Au station has been the terminus of Cologne S-Bahn line S12.[7] Since the modernisation of the track layout, which was completed at the end of 2013, Au (Sieg) station has had six platform platforms that are used in regular operations.

Transport connections

Au (Sieg) station has a commuter car park and a "bike and ride" cycle storage. There used to be a station restaurant in the station. In the station has a ticket office, which is operated by Westerwaldbahn GmbH (WEBA). The neighbouring municipalities of Hamm an der Sieg and Fürthen and the shores of the Sieg are within walking distance. The station, however, serves mainly as an interchange station.

Due to the location of the station in the municipality of Windeck in the Rhein-Sieg district, it is located in the network of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (Rhine-Sieg Transport Association). The fares of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel (Rhine-Mosel Transport Association, VRM) also apply as a transitional stage for journeys with a start/finish station in the area of the VRM, which also includes the Altenkirchen district.

Until the introduction of the 2014/2015 timetable in December 2014, Au (Sieg) station was the terminus of two Regionalbahn lines. The RB 90 (previously RB 28, Oberwesterwaldbahn) service from Limburg (Lahn) via Diez Ost, Westerburg, Hachenburg and Altenkirchen ended in Au (Sieg). The RB 95 (Sieg-Dill-Bahn) service ran from Dillenburg via Siegen and Betzdorf (Sieg) to Au (Sieg). With the 2014/2015 timetable change, these two lines became a single through service, the RB 90 (Westerwald-Sieg-Bahn).

Until 2004, the services of the Dreiländerbahn, which also included the RB 28 until 2004 and the RB 95 until 2013, were operated by DB Regio. In 2004, Vectus Verkehrsgesellschaft took over the operations of the Upper Westerwald Railway between Limburg (Lahn) and Au (Sieg). In 2014, after winning the contract, the network of the Dreiländerbahn was taken over by Hessische Landesbahn GmbH (HLB). With the extension of the RB 90 to Siegen, the RB 95 service now runs only between Dillenburg and Siegen.

On the main line (the Sieg Railway from Cologne to Siegen), it is served by the Rhein-Sieg-Express, running from Aachen via Cologne and Betzdorf to Siegen (RE 9), along with the S-Bahn S 12 services from Köln-Ehrenfeld (Horrem in the peak) and on week days by S19 services from Düren. The RE9 and the S12 services operate hourly, but the S19 services are less frequent.[8]

Line	Route	Interval
RE 9	Rhein-Sieg-Express Aachen – Düren – Köln Hansaring – Cologne – Köln Messe/Deutz – Siegburg/Bonn – Hennef – Au (Sieg) – Betzdorf – Siegen Status: December 2015 timetable	60 min
RB 90	Westerwald-Sieg-Bahn Siegen – Betzdorf (Sieg) – Au (Sieg) – Altenkirchen – Westerburg – Limburg Mon-Fri: one train pair from/to Kreuztal Status: December 2015 timetable	60 min
S 12	Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Horrem – Köln Hansaring – Cologne Hbf – Köln Messe/Deutz – Porz – Siegburg/Bonn – Hennef – Au (Sieg)	20 min (Horrem–Hennef) 60 min (Hennef–Au)
S 19	Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Düren – Horrem – Köln Hansaring – Cologne Hbf – Köln Messe/Deutz – Cologne/Bonn Airport – Siegburg/Bonn – Hennef – Au (Sieg)	60 min

Buses and taxis

Near the station there is a bus stop, where the buses of route 299 (Hamm an der Sieg – Au (Sieg) station – Hilgenroth – Altenkirchen station) stop.

There is a taxi stand in front of the station.

References

1. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
3. "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 208. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
4. "Au (Sieg) station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
5. "Line 2651: Köln-Deutz - Gießen". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
6. "Line 3032: Engers - Au (Sieg)". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
7. Andreas Janikowski, Jörg Ott (2002). Deutschlands S-Bahnen. Geschichte, Technik, Betriebe (in German). Stuttgart: transpress. pp. 117–128. ISBN 3-613-71195-8.
8. "Au (Sieg) station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 15 March 2017.