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Wächtersbach station is a station in the town of Wächtersbach in the German state of Hesse on the Kinzig Valley Railway (German: Kinzigtalbahn). The former Bad Orb Light Railway (Bad Orber Kleinbahn) branches off at the station. It was originally standard gauge, but has been converted to narrow gauge. The Vogelsberg Southern Railway (Vogelsberger Südbahn) also used to branch off here to Hartmannshain (in the municipality of Grebenhain) via Birstein. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn (DB) as a category 4 station.[1]

Wächtersbach station
Through station
2019
General information
Location	Am Bahnhof 2, Wächtersbach, Hesse Germany
Coordinates	50°15′18″N 9°17′47″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Fulda–Frankfurt (54.8 km) Wächtersbach–Bad Orb Wächtersbach–Hartmannshain (closed, today a cycle track called Vogelsberger Südbahnradweg)
Platforms	3 (and 1 special platform)
Other information
Station code	6460[1]
DS100 code	FWAE[2]
IBNR	8006132
Category	4[1]
Fare zone	: 3222[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1 May 1867
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio Mitte   Following station Gelnhausen toward Frankfurt (Main) Hbf RE 50 Kinzig Valley Railway Bad Soden-Salmünster toward Fulda Wirtheim toward Frankfurt (Main) Hbf RB 51 Kinzig Valley Railway Terminus
Location
Wächtersbach Location in Hesse Show map of Hesse Wächtersbach Location in Germany Show map of Germany Wächtersbach Location in Europe Show map of Europe

History

The station was opened on 1 May 1867 along with the Hanau–Waechtersbach section of the Frankfurt–Bebra railway.

The Wächtersbach–Birstein section of the Vogelsberg Southern Railway was opened on 30 June 1898 by the Wächtersbach-Birstein Light Railway Company (Wächtersbach-Birsteiner Kleinbahn-Gesellschaft). The Birstein-Hartmannshain section was opened on 23 December 1934. The Vogelsberg Southern Railway was closed on 27 May 1967. Today the Vogelsberg Southern Railway cycle track (Vogelsberger Südbahnradweg) is built on it.

The Wächtersbach–Bad Orb railway was originally a standard gauge line, which began in Wächtersbach and ran to Bad Orb. It was opened on 23 May 1901[4] and closed on 4 March 1995. On 26 May 2001, the first section in Bad Orb was reopened as a 600-mm gauge railway and the whole route to Wächtersbach has been operated since 29 October 2006 (locomotive Emma). The seasonal service operates on Sundays and public holidays from Easter to the end of October. Trains stop at the former station called Wächtersbach Kleinbahnhof next to Wächtersbach station and the operator uses the (unofficial) platform 21.

Infrastructure

The entrance building of Wächtersbach station is now listed as a monument under the Hessian Heritage Act.

The station has a “home” platform (next to the station building) and an island platform. The home platform (platform 1) is served by Regional-Express services from Fulda to Frankfurt. Track 2 and track 3, which are on the central island platform, are used by services in the opposite direction. Regionalbahn services to Frankfurt start on track 3.

The station was rebuilt to make it accessible for the disabled in 2015.[5]

Operations

Fares in Wächtersbach are set and services are managed by the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (Rhine-Main Transport Association, RMV). The station is served by Regional-Express and Regionalbahn services. In the summer months from May to October tourist trains (Emma) run three times a day.

Rail

Regional-Express trains from Fulda to Frankfurt (RE 50) stop at the station hourly every day. There is also a daily hourly service of Regionalbahn (stopping) trains (RB 51). During the weekday peak hours some Regionalbahn services start from or terminate at Bad Soden-Salmunster.

Buses

Wächtersbach bus station is served by bus routes 81 to 84, which connect to Bad Soden-Salmunster, Flörsbachtal, Jossgrund and Bad Orb. Bus lines 71 and 72 are connections between Wächtersbach-Brachttal-Birstein.

Notes

References

• Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen, ed. (2005). Eisenbahn in Hessen. Kulturdenkmäler in Hessen. Denkmaltopographie Bundesrepublik Deutschland (in German). Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Theiss Verlag. pp. 336ff. ISBN 3-8062-1917-6.

External links

• "Photographs at and near station (1)" (in German). vergessene-bahnen.de. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
• "Photographs at and near station (2)" (in German). vergessene-bahnen.de. Retrieved 1 July 2012.

На других языках

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[de] Bahnhof Wächtersbach

Der Bahnhof Wächtersbach ist ein Bahnhof in der Stadt Wächtersbach an der Bahnstrecke Frankfurt–Göttingen in Hessen. Durch seine geografische Lage erschließt er als Umsteige-Bahnhof in südlicher Richtung Teile des Spessarts und in nördliche Richtung den östlichen Vogelsberg. Hier zweigt die als „Bad Orber Kleinbahn“ bezeichnete Bahnstrecke Wächtersbach–Bad Orb ab – früher normalspurig, heute schmalspurig umgespurt. Früher zweigte hier auch noch die Strecke der Vogelsberger Südbahn ab, die über Birstein nach Hartmannshain führte.

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