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 Neckar-Alb Railway. Reutlingen Süd (south) station (formerly called Eningen station[3]) is no longer in operation.

Reutlingen Hauptbahnhof
Through station
Front of the station building
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   Abellio Rail Baden-Württemberg   Following station
Terminus
IRE 6
via Reutlingen
Terminus
Metzingen (Württ)
toward Mannheim Hbf
RE 10a
via Stuttgart
Terminus
Metzingen (Württ)
toward Mannheim Hbf
RE 10b
via Stuttgart
Terminus
Metzingen (Württ)
toward Osterburken
RB 18
via Stuttgart
Terminus
Location
Reutlingen
Location in Baden-Württemberg
Reutlingen
Location in Germany
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 – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf –) Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Stuttgart – Nürtingen – Reutlingen – TübingenOne 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.

RouteFrequencyLines usedOperator
IRE Stuttgart – Reutlingen – Tübingen – Hechingen – Albstadt – Sigmaringen – Aulendorf120 minutesNeckar-Alb-Bahn, Zollernalb RailwayDB RAB
RE Tübingen – Reutlingen – Metzingen – Nürtingen – Plochingen – Esslingen – Stuttgart60 minutes (30 minutes in peak hours)Neckar-Alb railwayDB RAB
RB Tübingen – Entringen – Herrenberg30 minutesAmmer Valley RailwayDB RAB
Most Regionalbahn services from Herrenberg continue from Tübingen towards Plochingen or Bad Urach.
RB (Tübingen – Reutlingen –) Metzingen – Bad Urach60 minutesNeckar-Alb-Bahn, Erms Valley RailwayDB RAB
RB Tübingen – Reutlingen – Metzingen – Nürtingen – Wendlingen (– Plochingen)60 minutesNeckar-Alb railwayDB RAB

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 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  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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