Heidelberg-Kirchheim/Rohrbach station

Heidelberg-Kirchheim/Rohrbach
Through station
Platforms
Location	Hardstraße 1, 69124 Heidelberg-Kirchheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Coordinates	49°22′48″N 8°40′31″E / 49.379945°N 8.675211°ECoordinates: 49°22′48″N 8°40′31″E / 49.379945°N 8.675211°E
Line(s)	Rhine Valley Railway (km 22.1)
Tracks	3
Other information
Station code	2630[1]
DS100 code	RHKM[2]
IBNR	8002686
Category	4[1]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1865

Heidelberg-Kirchheim/Rohrbach station is the second busiest station after Heidelberg Hauptbahnhof in the city of Heidelberg in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn (DB) as a category 4 station.^[1] It has three platforms and it is in the area where fares are set by the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (Rhine-Neckar Transport Association, VRN). Since December 2003, it has been almost exclusively served by services on lines S3 and S4 of the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn.

Location and amenities

Heidelberg-Kirchheim/Rohrbach station is located along the railway from Heidelberg to Karlsruhe (Rhine Valley Railway, Rheintalbahn) between the two Heidelberg districts of Kirchheim and Rohrbach.

A bridge carries Bürgerstraße (street) over the station and connects Kirchheim and Rohrbach together. Bus route 33 stops on this bridge.

The station includes about 25 parking spaces, bicycle parking and access for the disabled.^[3]

History

The Heidelberg–Bruchsal–Karlsruhe section of the Rhine Valley Railway passing through Kirchheim was opened on 10 April 1843 by the Baden State Railways. However, initially there was no station in Kirchheim. It received its own station in 1865. The current station building was built in 1914 and is heritage-listed.^[4]

Initially, the trains to Kirchheim ran over a connecting curve from the old Heidelberg station, which was opened as a terminus. Problems caused by the partial conversion of Heidelberg station into a through station in 1862 and a lack of opportunities for expansion meant that a new through station was built in the mid 20th century on a new site that was over a kilometre to the west. The line to the old station was closed and a new line was built to the new main station (Hauptbahnhof).

In 2003, following the integration of Rhine Valley Railway to Karlsruhe in the network of Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn, the platforms were made accessible for the disabled. At the same time, the station was renamed Heidelberg-Kirchheim/Rohrbach. Regular S-Bahn services commenced at the 2003/2004 timetable change on 14 December 2003 and it has been integrated in the S-Bahn network ever since.

Platforms

The platforms were modernised during the integration of the station into the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn network. Platform 1 has two different entry heights, while platforms 2 and 3 have three different entry heights.

Platforms^[5]

Platform	Usable length	Platform height	Current use
1	127.8/47.2 m	76/22 cm	Services towards Wiesloch-Walldorf/Bruchsal/Karlsruhe
2	183.4/29.1/27.4 m	76/38/28 cm	Services towards Heidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen/Germersheim
3	183.4/29.1/27.4 m	76/38/28 cm	Siding[6]

Transport services

Rail

The station is served hourly by services on S-Bahn lines S3 (Germersheim–Karlsruhe Hbf) and S4 (Germersheim–Bruchsal), resulting in a service every half-hour between Germersheim and Bruchsal. Furthermore, individual Regionalbahn services from Heidelberg Hbf to Wiesloch-Walldorf stop in Kirchheim/Rohrbach in the peak hour. In the evening, the Stuttgart–Heidelberg Regional-Express service stops at the station. During the International German Gymnastics Festival (Internationales Deutsches Turnfest) in 2013, which was held between 18 to 26 May 2013, one of two so-called Turnfestzügen (Gymnastics Festival trains) ran from here to Speyer.

Rail services in 2013 timetable

Train type	Route	Frequency
S3	Germersheim – Speyer – Schifferstadt – Ludwigshafen (Rhein) – Mannheim – Heidelberg Hbf – Heidelberg-Kirchheim/Rohrbach – Wiesloch-Walldorf – Bruchsal – Karlsruhe Hbf	Hourly
S4	Germersheim – Speyer – Schifferstadt – Ludwigshafen (Rhein) – Mannheim – Heidelberg Hbf – Heidelberg-Kirchheim/Rohrbach – Wiesloch-Walldorf – Bruchsal	Hourly
RB	Heidelberg Hbf – Heidelberg-Kirchheim/Rohrbach – Wiesloch-Walldorf	Individual services

Buses

Bus route 33 stops on the bridge that spans the station. In addition, bus route 28 stops on the Rohrbach side of the station.

References

1. "Stationspreisliste 2016" [Station price list 2016] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
3. "Station plan" (PDF; 167 kB) (in German). Verkehrsverbundes Rhein-Neckar (VRN). Retrieved 15 March 2016.
4. Landesamt für Denkmalpflege, ed. (2013). Denkmaltopographie Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Kulturdenkmale in Baden-Württemberg, Stadtkreis Heidelberg (in German). Thorbecke-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7995-0426-3.
5. "Platform information – Heidelberg-Kirchheim/Rohrbach station" (in German). deutschebahn.com. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
6. During the International German Gymnastics Festival in 2013 services on the Turnfestlinie (Gymnastics Festival line) of the Rhine-Neckar region to and from Speyer ended or started here.

External links

• "Station plan" (PDF; 167 kB) (in German). Verkehrsverbundes Rhein-Neckar (VRN). Retrieved 15 March 2016.