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Wetzlar station is a through railway station in the city of Wetzlar in the German state of Hesse. The station, which serves Deutsche Bahn's Dill and Lahntal lines, constitutes (together with the adjacent bus station) Wetzlar's most important public transport node.

Wetzlar
Through station
Wetzlar station and forecourt
General information
LocationWilly-Brandt-Platz 1, Wetzlar, Hesse
Germany
Coordinates50°33′54″N 08°30′13″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
  • Dill (KBS 445)
  • Lahntal (KBS 625)
Platforms5
Construction
Architectural styleModern
Other information
Station code6730[1]
DS100 codeFWR[2]
IBNR8000383
Category4[1]
Fare zone: 5501[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Mitte Following station
Weilburg
towards Koblenz Hbf
RE 25
Gießen
Terminus
Aßlar
towards Dillenburg
RB 40
Dutenhofen
Preceding station Hessische Landesbahn Following station
Albshausen
RB 45
Dutenhofen
towards Fulda
Herborn
towards Siegen Hbf
RE 99
Gießen
Location
Wetzlar
Location within Hesse
Wetzlar
Location within Germany
Wetzlar
Location within Europe

History


The first Wetzlar station, built in 1862 in the district of Niedergirmes, was an "island station" (German: Inselbahnhof), with the main station building built between the tracks. This building still stands. The current station was originally completed in January 1917 in the Art Nouveau style, but it was demolished in 1981 and rebuilt in the Modern style.


Train services


The following services currently call at Wetzlar:

Series Operator Route Material Frequency Notes
RE25 DB Koblenz Hbf - Niederlahnstein - Bad Ems - Nassau (Lahn) - Diez - Limburg (Lahn) - Weilburg - Wetzlar - Gießen DBAG Class 612 Every 2 Hours
RB45 DB Limburg (Lahn) - Eschhofen - Kerkerbach - Runkel - Villmar - Arfurt - Aumenau - Fürfurt - Gräveneck - Weilburg - Löhnberg - Stockhausen - Leun/Braunfels - Solms - Albshausen - Wetzlar - Gießen DB Class 628 1x per hour

Operations


Wetzlar station has five platform tracks, served by Regionalbahn, Regional-Express, and EuroCity trains.

Trains operate through the following platforms:

TrackDestinationRemarks
1disusedpreviously to Gießen/Limburg/Grävenwiesbach/Beilstein
2disusedpreviously to Gießen/Limburg/Grävenwiesbach/Beilstein
3RB/SE to Gießen/Fulda, RE to Gießen 
4RB to Weilburg/Limburg, RE to Koblenz 
5MHE to Gießen/Frankfurt, RE to Gießen/Frankfurt 
6siding 5/7, currently only used by freight trainsuntil December 2006, twice daily RB to Dillenburg
7RB/MHE to Dillenburg, RE to Siegen   
8disusedformer connecting line to Buderus cement works

East of the passenger station in the district of Garbenheim is Wetzlar freight yard, which has been the most important facility of its kind in central Hesse since December 2006.


Long distance


In the 1980s and before, there were many daily express services from Wetzlar station to remote destinations such as Oberstdorf. In the early 1990s there were regular fast train connections at two-hour intervals to Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof and Münster Hauptbahnhof. From 1993, these services were replaced by Interregio line 22, Frankfurt–Münster. Once a day there was a direct Interregio connection from Wetzlar to Norddeich Mole (Norderney). The inter-regional trains on the Dill line were, however, gradually thinned out from 2001. More recently, in December 2002, the Norderney service was abolished.

From December 2009 until December 2011, Wetzlar station was connected to the long-distance network for the first time in six years. In the morning there was a EuroCity service from Wetzlar via Frankfurt, Stuttgart, and Munich to Klagenfurt. A through carriage also gave a direct connection to Ljubljana and Zagreb. The return service from Croatia, Slovenia, and Austria reached Wetzlar in the evening and continued to Siegen. This service was discontinued in December 2011.


Modernization


Between 2011 and 2012 the station underwent a major reconstruction. Among other things, the platforms were replaced by new higher platforms and the platform canopies were restored. The bus station, formerly located 150 metres away, was moved to the front of the station building. The passenger tunnel under the station was extended to connect with the park-and-ride area on the north side of the station and the suburb of Niedergirmes.


Connections


The adjoining bus station serves regional and local bus routes. In the station forecourt there is a taxi stand and short-term parking. There are also various parking facilities nearby.


References


  1. "Stationspreisliste 2022" [Station price list 2022] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. "Tarifinformationen 2021" (PDF). Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2021. p. 156. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

На других языках


[de] Bahnhof Wetzlar

Der Bahnhof Wetzlar ist ein Keilbahnhof in der Stadt Wetzlar, in dem die Lahntalbahn in die Dillstrecke einmündet. Im Gegensatz zu den meisten Keilbahnhöfen befindet sich das Empfangsgebäude nicht im Keil zwischen den sich trennenden Strecken, sondern seitlich an den Gleisen der Lahntalbahn. Zusammen mit dem angrenzenden zentralen Omnibusbahnhof (ZOB) ist er der wichtigste ÖPNV-Knoten Wetzlars. Bis Mitte der siebziger Jahre passierten hier werktäglich circa 50.000 Pendler und Reisende diese Station.
- [en] Wetzlar station



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