Unkel station
Unkel | |
|---|---|
| Through station | |
 Former Unkel station building | |
| Location |
Unkel, Rhineland-Palatinate Germany |
| Coordinates | 50°36′13.2″N 7°13′10.2″E / 50.603667°N 7.219500°ECoordinates: 50°36′13.2″N 7°13′10.2″E / 50.603667°N 7.219500°E |
| Line(s) | |
| Platforms | 3 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | 6334 |
| DS100 code | KUN |
| Category | 5 [1] |
| Website | www.bahnhof.de |
| History | |
| Opened | 1870 |
Unkel station is on the East Rhine Railway (German: Rechte Rheinstrecke) and is the only station in the town of Unkel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It was built in 1870. The station has three platform tracks on two platforms. The regional rail services are organised by the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (Rhine-Sieg transport association, VRS). The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[1]
History
After the West Rhine Railway was completed in 1858, the Rhenish Railway Company (Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) began construction of the East Rhine line from Beuel to Neuwied. There was some discussion of the need for stations between Honnef and Linz. Erpel, Rheinbreitbach and Unkel each wanted its own station. The railway company originally did want to build a station. After protests from the mayor and the district administrator stations were built, first at Unkel and later at Erpel.
In the summer of 2006, the station building was closed after the station bar was abandoned. Weather-protected seating was built on the platform on the line to Koblenz as a replacement for the closed waiting room.
Services
| Line | Service | Route | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| RE 8 | Rhein-Erft-Express | Mönchengladbach – Rheydt – Cologne – Köln/Bonn Flughafen – Troisdorf – Bonn-Beuel – Unkel – Linz (Rhein) - Neuwied - Koblenz | Hourly |
| RB 27 | Rhein-Erft-Bahn | (Mönchengladbach – Rheydt –) Cologne – Troisdorf – Bonn-Beuel – Unkel – Linz (Rhein) - Neuwied - Koblenz | Hourly |
| Preceding station | Deutsche Bahn | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bad Honnef (Rhein) toward Mönchengladbach Hbf | RE 8 Rhein-Erft-Express | Linz (Rhein) toward Koblenz Hbf |
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Bad Honnef (Rhein) toward Mönchengladbach Hbf | RB 27 Rhein-Erft-Bahn | Erpel (Rhein) toward Koblenz Hbf |
Notes
- 1 2 "Stationspreisliste 2016" [Station price list 2016] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
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