Rüdesheim (Rhein) station

Rüdesheim (Rhein) station
Through station
Location	Rüdesheim am Rhein, Hesse Germany
Coordinates	49°58′37″N 7°54′56″E / 49.977054°N 7.915615°ECoordinates: 49°58′37″N 7°54′56″E / 49.977054°N 7.915615°E
Line(s)	East Rhine Railway (65.3 km) (KBS 466) Hindenburg Bridge (30.3 km) (1915-1945)
Platforms	3
Construction
Architect	Heinrich Velde
Architectural style	Neoclassical
Other information
Station code	5416
DS100 code	FRDH
Category	5 [1]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	11 August 1856

Rüdesheim (Rhein) station is in the town of Rüdesheim am Rhein in the German state of Hesse on the East Rhine Railway (German: Rechte Rheinstrecke). It is on the western edge of the town separated from the Rhine only by federal highway B 42. The entrance building is a double storey stucco building in a neoclassical style. It is now one of the cultural monuments listed in UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.^[1]

History

Construction

The station was designed by the architect Heinrich Velde of Diez and built in the years 1854–1856 and was opened on 11 August 1856 as the first terminus of the Nassau Rhine Railway (Nassauische Rheinbahn) from Wiesbaden to Rüdesheim. On 22 February 1862, the line was extended to Oberlahnstein and it became a through station.^[2]

The entrance building is built in a single style that was prevalent at the time with the entrance hall and function rooms on the ground floor and the stationmaster's accommodation on the first floor above. The stucco facade with a simple series of windows is built in the style of neoclassical architecture that was used for Prussian government buildings. Apart from Rüdesheim, the only buildings built purely in form of this architecture left in the Middle Rhine Valley are at the stations of Oberwesel and Bacharach on the West Rhine Railway.

Rüdesheim station

Current situation

In 2002, the very rundown station buildings were acquired by the Heil brothers of Rüdesheim and completely renovated and refurbished. In addition to the entrance building, the complex includes a freight shed and an office building, all of which are heritage listed. In 2007, its private owners were given a Hessian heritage prize for its exemplary restoration.^[3][4] The station has been restored as the representative entrance building in the city of Rüdesheim, as it was originally built.

Rail services

Regional

Rüdesheim (Rhein) station is served by the Stadt-Express service SE 10 (RheingauLinie) of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (Rhine-Main Transport Association, RMV) operated hourly and, during peak hours, every half-hour.

Line	Line name	Route	Frequency
SE 10	RheingauLinie	Neuwied – Koblenz Stadtmitte – Koblenz Hbf – Rüdesheim – Wiesbaden – Frankfurt (Main)	Hourly

Long-distance

The station has not normally been served by long-distance railway services for years. Only during construction work or other obstruction of the West Rhine Railway have diverted long-distance trains stopped here. The only exception that in 2012, Rüdesheim station is served by only one long-distance service during from 9 September to 21 October. This is also the only service that runs only on the east-bank line and not via Koblenz Central Station.

Line	Route	Period of operation
IC 2412[5]	Frankfurt – Rüdesheim – Neuwied – Linz – Cologne – Düsseldorf – Duisburg – Essen – Münster –Bremen – Hamburg	9 September to 21 October 2012

Notes

1. "Stationspreisliste 2016" [Station price list 2016] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
2. "Die Eisenbahn in Wiesbaden" (in German). Odenwald-Bahn.de. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
3. "Denkmalschutzpreis 2007" (in German). Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
4. "Lotto Hessen hilft der Denkmalpflege" (in German). Lotto Hessen. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
5. "IC 2412" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel. Retrieved 19 May 2012.

References

• The State Office of Historic Monuments of Rhineland-Palatinate (2001). Das Rheintal von Bingen und Rüdesheim bis Koblenz. Eine europäische Kulturlandschaft (in German) 1. Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern. ISBN 3-8053-2753-6.
• Heinz Schomann (2005). Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen, ed. Eisenbahn in Hessen. Eisenbahnbauten und -strecken 1839–1939 (in German) 2.1. Stuttgart. p. 211. ISBN 3-8062-1917-6.

External links

• "RheingauLinie.de" (in German). Retrieved 20 May 2012.
• Rolf Göttert. "Die Eisenbahn in Rüdesheim am Rhein" (PDF) (in German). Rüdesheimer Stadtarchiv. Retrieved 20 May 2012.