Neuwied station

Neuwied station is, along with Engers station, a hub of public transport in the town of Neuwied in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and it is located in its west. The station is located on the East Rhine Railway (German: Rechte Rheinstrecke) and is the starting point of the Neuwied–Koblenz railway. In the station forecourt there is a bus station. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station.[2]

Neuwied
Through station
LocationAugustastr. 33, Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate
Germany
Coordinates50°25′52″N 7°28′25″E
Line(s)
Platforms5
Other information
Station code4464
DS100 codeKNE[1]
IBNR8000276
Category3[2]
Fare zone
  • VRM: 201[3]
  • VRS: 2970 (VRM transitional tariff)[4]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1869
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio   Following station
Bad Hönningen
RE 8
Rhein-Erft-Express
toward Koblenz Hbf
Leutesdorf (Rhein)
RB 27
Rhein-Erft-Bahn
toward Koblenz Hbf
Preceding station   VIAS   Following station
TerminusRB 10
RheingauLinie
Location
Neuwied
Location within Rhineland-Palatinate

History

The station was opened in 1869, along with the East Rhine Railway. In the early years, especially after the opening of the Westerwald Railway in 1884, Engers station was more important than Neuwied station. It was only after the construction of the Crown Prince Wilhelm bridge (the predecessor of today's Urmitz railway bridge) between Engers and Urmitz and the opening of the Neuwied–Koblenz railway in 1918 that the station became increasingly important, especially after the cessation of operations on the Westerwald Railway in the early 1990s.

When the West Rhine Railway was opened by the Rhenish Railway Company in 1857, there was a station called Neuwied in Weißenthurm.[5] The company operated a ferry between Neuwied and Weißenthurm from 1860.

Notice of Modernisation

The first construction phase for the modernisation of Neuwied station was completed at the beginning of October 2011. This involved making the platform accessible with two lifts. In addition, the stairs were renewed and new wall and floor coverings with an integrated blind guidance system were installed in the passenger subway. In preparation for the second construction phase, the platform edge was raised to 55 cm in the area of the lift on the middle platform, which is faced by tracks 2 and 3, and the roof, which is in need of renovation, was replaced with modern roofing. Dynamic passenger information systems were also installed. This conversion cost €1.7 million, which was paid for out of the economic stimulus package. The second construction phase involved the renewal and raising of the platform next to the station building and the island platform.[6] The modernisation of the station ticket office was completed in December 2012. This measure cost €60,000.[7] The second stage was started in the summer of 2014[8] and it was officially completed on 28 November 2014.

Infrastructure

Neuwied station has a freight and a passenger area.

Freight yard

The Neuwied freight yard, which is operationally integrated into Neuwied station, has two loading tracks with a total of 1,827 square metres of roadway for loading. The loading of freight wagons can only be carried out on the loading road, using only one of the two electrified loading tracks.[9]

Passenger station

Passenger traffic is handled at Neuwied station on two platforms with four platform edges (three through tracks and a terminating track).

Neuwied is not currently served by long-distance services.

In regional passenger transport, Neuwied station is served in the 2017 timetable by the following lines:

Line Line name Route Frequency
RE 8 Rhein-Erft-Express Mönchengladbach – Rheydt – Grevenbroich – Rommerskirchen – Cologne – Porz  (Rhein) – Bonn-Beuel – Linz  (Rhein) – Neuwied – Koblenz-Lützel – Koblenz Stadtmitte – Koblenz Hbf Hourly
RB 10 RheingauLinie Neuwied – Koblenz Stadtmitte – Koblenz Hbf – Rüdesheim (Rhein) – Wiesbaden – Frankfurt (Main) Hourly
RB 27 Rhein-Erft-Bahn Mönchengladbach – Rheydt – Grevenbroich – Rommerskirchen – Cologne – Cologne/Bonn Airport – Bonn-Beuel – Linz (Rhein) – Neuwied – Engers – Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein – Koblenz Hbf Hourly

Outside the station
The station forecourt, in the centre is the bus station, to the right is the community centre in the entrance building

The complete redesign of the station forecourt was carried out with a good appreciation of the station and its surroundings. This redesign included:[10]

  • the renewal and rebuilding of eleven bus bays (in addition, twelve bus parking spaces were provided)
  • the building of a parking area for bicycles
  • the creation of 100 park and ride spaces.

In addition, a community centre now occupies part of the station building.[11]

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. "Tarifwabenplan 2020" (PDF). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel. January 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  4. "Ticketberater". Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  5. Bilder und Gestalten aus der Vergangenheit der Stadt Neuwied. Neuwied: Verlag Strüder. 1953 (for the 300th anniversary of the town of Neuwied)
  6. Oliver Schumacher (4 October 2011). "Konjunkturprogramm des Bundes: 1,7 Millionen Euro wurden in den Bahnhof Neuwied investiert" (Press release) (in German). Deutsche Bahn AG. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  7. Oliver Schumacher (17 December 2012). "DB Reisezentrum im Bahnhof Neuwied nach Modernisierung eröffnet". AK-Kurier (in German). DB Mobility Logistics AG. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  8. "Barrierefreie Bahnhöfe in Stadt und Kreis Neuwied?". AK-Kurier (in German). 3 June 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  9. "Plan of freight loading facility" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. p. 124. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  10. "Bahnhof Neuwied" (in German). Government of Rhineland-Palatinate. Archived from the original on 30 November 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  11. "Bürgerhaus Bahnhof" (in German). Neuwied council. Retrieved 19 May 2012.

References
  • Kurt Wolfram (1927). Die wirtschaftsgeschichtliche Entwicklung der Stadt Neuwied (in German). Rhein- u. Wied-Druckerei.
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