Schifferstadt station is a separation station in the town of Schifferstadt in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, where the Speyer line branches off from the Mannheim–Saarbrücken railway.
History edit
The station is on the first section of the Palatine Ludwig Railway (Mannheim–Saarbrücken railway), inaugurated between Neustadt and Ludwigshafen in 1847. The line from Speyer and Germersheim was opened in the same year. Since 12 March 1964, electric trains have run through Schifferstadt.[4]
With the opening of the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn, the station became a junction of the Rhine-Neckar network, with S-Bahn lines S1 and S2 (towards Kaiserslautern) and lines S3 and S4 (towards Germersheim) separating there. In the evenings Schifferstadt station is also a terminus of some S-Bahn trains.
Station facilities edit
The station building houses a signal box, a ticket office and a kiosk. In the station area there are also telephone booths, bicycle parking, and a park and ride parking area. In addition the riot police (Bereitschaftspolizei) of Rhineland-Palatinate are also established at the station.[5] The station has an outside platform (platform 1) and a central platform (platform tracks 2 and 3).
Rail services edit
Schifferstadt station is served by only one regional transport service, the Regional-Express service (RE 4) from Karlsruhe to Mainz. The remaining local services are operated by the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn. It was formerly served each day by a pair of intercity train (IC) services operate from Karlsruhe to Frankfurt and back, but these now run through without stopping.
Regional services edit
| Line | Route | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| RE 1 | Koblenz – Trier – Saarbrücken – Homburg (Saar) – Neustadt (Weinstr) – Schifferstadt – Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Mitte – Mannheim | One service |
| RE 4 | Frankfurt – Hochheim – Mainz – Worms – Frankenthal – Ludwigshafen – Schifferstadt – Speyer – Germersheim – Graben-Neudorf – Karlsruhe | 120 min |
Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn edit
| Line | Route | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| S1 | Homburg - Kaiserslautern – Neustadt – Schifferstadt – Ludwigshafen – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Mosbach – Osterburken | Hourly |
| S2 | Kaiserslautern – Neustadt – Schifferstadt – Ludwigshafen – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Mosbach | Hourly |
| S3 | Germersheim - Speyer – Schifferstadt – Ludwigshafen – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Bruchsal – Karlsruhe | Hourly |
| S4 | Germersheim - Speyer – Schifferstadt – Ludwigshafen – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Bruchsal | Individual services |
Notes edit
- ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ^ "Wabenplan" (PDF). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar. February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ a b Holzborn, p. 89
- ^ "Bahnhof (Schifferstadt)" (in German). Rhein-Neckar-Wiki. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
Further reading edit
- "Eiserne Zeitzeugen reisen ins Museum. Am Bahnhof hat die Demontage der historischen Teile begonnen". Die Rheinpfalz / Ludwigshafener Rundschau, Ausg. Schifferstadt (in German). 14 February 1989.
- Stefan Brechtel, Bernhard Kukatzki (1998). "Das goldene Zeitalter kam mit Verspätung. Schifferstadt und die Pfälzische Ludwigsbahn. 1838-1848". Schifferstadt. Geschichte und Geschichten (in German). Schifferstadt: City of Schifferstadt. pp. 421–444. ISBN 3-00-002473-5.
- "Wo Marlboro-Man sein Lasso schwingt". Sonntag aktuell. Die siebte Ausgabe Ihrer Zeitung (in German) (Palatinate ed.). 13 February 2005. p. 4.
- Linda Sohn (18 June 2010). "Willkommen an Gleis eins. Stadtleben [Episode 1]: Am frühen Nachmittag am Schifferstadter Hauptbahnhof. – Verspätung, Kaugummireste und ein "Gedeck"". Die Rheinpfalz / Ludwigshafener Rundschau, Ausg. Schifferstadt (in German). No. 138.
- Joachim Feldes (2011). "Bahnhof Schifferstadt, 7 August 1942". Edith Stein and Schifferstadt (in German) (2 ed.). Schifferstadt. pp. 57–75. ISBN 978-3-00-002724-6.
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