Bad Schönborn-Kronau station is one of two stations in the town of Bad Schönborn in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, but it is less busy than Bad Schönborn Süd station. It is located between the Bad Schönborn district of Bad Mingolsheim and the municipality of Kronau on the Rhine Valley Railway. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn (DB) as a category 6 station.[1] The station is on the border between the fare zones of the Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund (Karlsruhe Transport Association, KVV) and 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.

Bad Schönborn-Kronau
Through station
S3 service of the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn on the way to Karlsruhe Hbf on platform 2
General information
Location	Bahnhofstr. 1, 76669 Bad Schönborn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Coordinates	49°13′10″N 8°38′49″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Rhine Valley Railway (km 40.1) (KBS 701)
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	341[1]
DS100 code	RBSK[2]
IBNR	8004032
Category	6[1]
Fare zone	KVV: 256[3] VRN: 185 and 195[4]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1875
Previous names	Mingolsheim Kronau Mingolsheim-Kronau
Services
Preceding station   Abellio Rail Baden-Württemberg   Following station Wiesloch-Walldorf toward Heidelberg Hbf RE 17B via Mühlacker Bruchsal toward Stuttgart Hbf Preceding station   DB Regio Mitte   Following station Bruchsal toward Karlsruhe Hbf RE 73 via Bruchsal Wiesloch-Walldorf toward Heidelberg Hbf Preceding station   Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn   Following station Rot-Malsch toward Germersheim S 3 via Mannheim Bad Schönborn Süd toward Karlsruhe Hbf Rot-Malsch toward Germersheim S 4 via Mannheim Bad Schönborn Süd toward Bruchsal
Location
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History

The Heidelberg–Bruchsal–Karlsruhe section of the Rhine Valley Railway was opened by the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway on 10 April 1843, initially as 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) Irish gauge. A station was built at the same time in Langenbrücken, the neighbouring town of Mingolsheim, as Langenbrücken station. It is now called Bad Schönborn Süd station. The line was doubled a few years late.

Since the broad gauge was incompatible with the standard gauge used by its neighbours, Baden soon feared the loss of lucrative through traffic. Therefore, Baden converted its lines to standard gauge in 1854 in just four months.

The municipalities of Mingolsheim and Kronau campaigned for a joint station, but their efforts did not succeed until 1874/1875. The station was opened in 1875 and was named "Mingolsheim". At the initiative of Kronau, the station was given the name of "Kronau" in 1906. The station was renamed as "Mingolsheim-Kronau" in 1920. As on 1 January 1971, as part of the local government reform in Baden-Württemberg, Mingolsheim and Langenbrücken were incorporated in the newly formed municipality of Bad Schönborn and the station was renamed Bad Schönborn-Kronau.

The platforms were made accessible for the disabled in 2003, following the integration of the Rhine Valley Railway from Mannheim to Karlsruhe in the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn network. The S-Bahn was opened for services at the 2003/2004 timetable change on 14 December 2003 and the station has been integrated in the S-Bahn network since.

The ticket machines were replaced at Bad Schönborn-Kronau station on 2 December 2009. Sunlight was taken into consideration during the assembling of the new machines, so that there are now no reflections on the screens.

Platforms

Bad Schönborn-Kronau station has two platforms, one next to the station building (platform 1) and the other across the tracks. Trains towards Heidelberg stop at platform 1 and trains towards Bruchsal/Karlsruhe stop at platform 2.

The station also has car parking, bicycle parking, a connection to the local bus network and step-free access to the platforms.

Rail services

Bad Schönborn-Kronau station is only served by regional services. It is served (as of 2014) every two hours by Regional-Express services on the Heidelberg–Stuttgart route. 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.

Fares

Bad Schönborn-Kronau stations is part of the fare zone of the Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund (Karlsruhe Transport Association, KVV). Since the edge of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (Rhine-Neckar Transport Association, VRN) fare zone runs north of Bad Schönborn, it is in the area of transition between the two transport associations.[5] Therefore, Bad Schönborn-Kronau is the border station between the two transport associations. Depending on the direction of travel, the fare structures of the respective transport network can therefore be used.

References

External links

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• Albert Fuchs (1927). Kronau (Kislawer Ampts) Kleiner Beitrag zur Heimatgeschichte (in German). Bruchsal: Verlag Oskar Katz. pp. 168–170. (reprint Bad Schönborn 1974)