| Bad Kreuznach station | |
| Native Name Lang: | de |
| Symbol: | rail |
| Symbol Location: | de |
| Type: | Through station |
| Address: | Europaplatz 25, Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate |
| Country: | Germany |
| Coordinates: | 49.8427°N 7.8661°W |
| Platforms: | 5 |
| Zone: | |
| Opened: | 1905 |
| Passengers: | 5000 |
| Website: | www.bahnhof.de |
Bad Kreuznach station is the largest station in the town of Bad Kreuznach in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station. It is regularly served by Regional-Express and Regionalbahn services on the Nahe Valley Railway (Nahetalbahn). The station is located south-east of the town centre.
The first station in Bad Kreuznach was opened in 1858 with the Nahe Valley Railway and was later used as a freight yard, which is now closed.[3] Between 1896 and 1936, the Kreuznach Light Railways (Kreuznacher Kleinbahnen), a network of 750 mm gauge lines, also terminated at the station. On 1 June 1864 a second station opened in southern Bad Kreuznach called Kreuznach Bad to improve access to the southern part of the city. With the opening of the railway line to Gau-Algesheim in 1902, the present station was built at the junction of two lines between the two stations. The station went into operation in 1905 and the entrance building was built between 1905 and 1908. In due course the other two stations were closed.[4]
The station is a Keilbahnhof ("wedge-shaped station") with 5 platform tracks. Tracks 1 and 2 are used by trains towards Kaiserslautern and Bingen and tracks 3–5 are used by trains to Mainz / Frankfurt and Saarbrücken. Bad Kreuznach station has an entrance building with a bakery, a newsagent, and a Deutsche Bahn ticket office. The platforms are equipped with seating and food vending machines. From the summer of 2011 to September 2014, the station was thoroughly renovated after a dispute between the town council and Deutsche Bahn. The platforms were raised, barrier-free access for the disabled and a new platform canopy was built.[5] The station was also given additional access on the south side to Bosenheimer Straße.
Bad Kreuznach station is served by the following regional rail services:
| Line | Route | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Rhein-Nahe-Express Saarbrücken – Neunkirchen – Ottweiler – Türkismühle – Idar-Oberstein – Bad Kreuznach – Mainz (– Frankfurt) | Hourly to Mainz, every 2 hours to Frankfurt | |
| Kaiserslautern – Winnweiler – Rockenhausen – Bad Kreuznach – Bingen – Koblenz | Every 2 hours | |
| Kaiserslautern – Rockenhausen – Bad Kreuznach – Mainz – Bodenheim | Mon to Fri: 1 train pair in the morning to Mainz,1 train pair in the evening to Kaiserslautern | |
| Nahetalbahn Idar-Oberstein – Bad Kreuznach – Mainz | Hourly | |
| Alsenztalbahn Kaiserslautern – Winnweiler – Rockenhausen – Bad Kreuznach - Bingen (Rhein) Hauptbahnhof | Hourly | |