Bonn-Bad Godesberg station

Bonn-Bad Godesberg station is on the Left Rhine line (German: Linke Rheinstrecke) in the Bonn district of Bad Godesberg in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Bonn-Bad Godesberg station
Through station
Entrance building and Bonn Stadtbahn entrance
Location	Moltkestr. 43, Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	50°41′1.30″N 7°9′33.3″E
Line(s)	West Rhine Railway
Platforms	4
Construction
Architectural style	Neo-Renaissance
Other information
Station code	768
DS100 code	KBBG[1]
IBNR	8001082
Category	4[2]
Fare zone	VRS: 2600[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	15 October 1855
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio NRW   Following station Oberwinter toward Koblenz Hbf RE 5 Rhein-Express Bonn UN Campus toward Wesel Bonn-Mehlem toward Ahrbrück RB 30 Rhein-Ahr-Bahn Bonn UN Campus toward Bonn Hbf Preceding station   National Express Germany   Following station Bonn-Mehlem Terminus RB 48 Rhein-Wupper-Bahn Bonn UN Campus toward Wuppertal-Oberbarmen Preceding station   trans regio   Following station Bonn-Mehlem toward Mainz Hbf RB 26 MittelRheinBahn Bonn UN Campus toward Köln Messe/Deutz Hbf Preceding station Bonn Stadtbahn Following station Plittersdorfer Straße towards Niehl Sebastianstraße Line 16 Bad Godesberg Stadthalle Terminus Plittersdorfer Straße towards Tannenbusch Mitte Line 63 Plittersdorfer Straße towards Siegburg/Bonn Line 67
Location
Bonn-Bad Godesberg station Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

It is a four-track through station, which does not have a “home” platform attached to the station building. Instead, it has two through and overtaking tracks on two island platforms, with one platform numbered 1 and 4 and the other 2 and 3, which is unusual in Germany, but occurs several times on the Left Rhine line.

History

The station was inaugurated on 15 October 1855 as part of the extension of the Left Rhine line from Bonn to Rolandseck station. The need for Godesberg station, which was then in open fields, was said to stem from the fact that Godesberg was the location of the summer homes of many shareholders of the Bonn–Cologne Railway Company and the president of the Rhenish Railway Company. For years the shareholders had a table in the station buffet and insisted on almost all trains stopping in Godesberg.

From the turn of the century Godesberg grew rapidly and established itself as a resort and retirement home for retired Prussians, increasing the importance of the station. The old neoclassical entrance hall was too small and in 1908 it was replaced by the Art Nouveau building that still exists, with even its interior largely preserved; this is located just south of the old station. At the same time, the route of the railway line was raised by about a metre and subways were built under the line for the streets of Friedrichallee, Rheinallee and Bürgerstraße. As Godesberg's name was changed to Bad Godesberg in 1925, the name of the station was also similarly changed. After the city was incorporated was to Bonn in 1969, the station was again renamed in the summer 1971 timetable and received its present name of Bonn-Bad Godesberg. Since the mid-1980s express trains have not served Bonn-Bad Godesberg, except for a period in the early 1990s, when at first InterCity Night services stopped at Bad Godesberg and later Intercity-Express trains on the Bonn–Berlin route started and ended in Bad Godesberg.

Operations

Platform track 1 is served by regular regional trains to the south (Koblenz and on to Mainz). Track 2 is used by regional trains to the north (Bonn and on to Cologne). Tracks 3 and 4 are only used as sidings and as passing tracks.

Train services

Today the station is served by Regional-Express and Regionalbahn services and is served by four routes each hour, so that to and from Bonn Hauptbahnhof there are services at approximately 15-minute intervals. The station is above a Deutsche Bahn ticket office and some small shops. The main station building is now occupied by the Klangstation, a concert, theatre and lecture hall.

The station is served by the following services:[4]

• Regional services RE 5 Rhein-Express Emmerich - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Bonn - Andernach - Koblenz
• Local services RB 26 MittelrheinBahn Cologne - Bonn - Remagen - Andernach - Koblenz - Bingen - Mainz
• Local services RB 30 Rhein-Ahr-Bahn Bonn - Remagen - Bad Neuenahr - Dernau - Ahrbrück
• Local services RB 48 Rhein-Wupper-Bahn Wuppertal-Oberbarmen - Wuppertal - Solingen - Cologne - Bonn - Bonn-Mehlem

Stadtbahn services

Underground station

Since 1994, a station of the Bonn Stadtbahn has been located under the Bad Godesberg railway station:

• 16: Köln-Niehl-Sebastianstraße - Köln Hauptbahnhof - Rheinuferbahn - Bonn Hauptbahnhof - Stammstrecke - Bad Godesberg
• 63: Tannenbusch – Rheinuferbahn – Bonn Hauptbahnhof – Stammstrecke – Bad Godesberg
• 67: Siegburg – Siegburg/Bonn – Bonn Hauptbahnhof – Stammstrecke – Bad Godesberg

Plans

Between 2014 and 2016, an extensive modernisation and renovation of the station is to be carried out, including the complete renovation of the pedestrian underpass and the installation of lifts on the platforms.[5]

Notes

1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
2. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
3. "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 198. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
4. Timetables for Bonn-Bad Godesberg station
5. "Investition von 24 Millionen Euro in Bonner Bahnhöfe" (Press release) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.