Bickenbach (Bergstr) station

Bickenbach (Bergstr) station
Through station
File:Bickenbacher (Bergstraße) Bahnhof- Bahnhofsgebäude- vom Bahnsteig zu Gleis 2 aus 19.5.2012.JPG
Location	Bahnhofstr. 77, Bickenbach, Hesse Germany
Coordinates
Line(s)	Main-Neckar railway (40.7 km) Bickenbach–Seeheim (0.0 km)
Platforms	3
Other information
Station code	618
DS100 code	FBI
IBNR	8000948
Category	5
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1848
Services
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station Darmstadt Hbf toward Frankfurt (Main) Hbf RE 60 Main-Neckar Railway Bensheim toward Mannheim Hbf Darmstadt-Eberstadt toward Frankfurt (Main) Hbf RB 60 Main-Neckar Railway Hähnlein-Alsbach toward Heidelberg Hbf

Bickenbach (Bergstr) station is the only station in the municipality of Bickenbach in the German state of Hesse on the Main-Neckar Railway between Frankfurt and Heidelberg.The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.

History

File:Bickenbacher (Bergstraße) Bahnhof- auf Bahnsteig zu Gleis 2- Richtung Frankfurt am Main 19.5.2012.JPG

Platforms

The station was opened in 1848 on the Main-Neckar Railway, which connects Frankfurt and Heidelberg. Initially, only a few stations were planned. But between 1848 and 1888 other stations were opened, including in Bickenbach and Erzhausen. The station building was designed by the Darmstadt city architect Georg Moller.

In December 1894, construction began on a branch line from Bickenbach to the neighbouring community of Seeheim-Jugenheim. The Bickenbach–Seeheim line was opened on 6 July 1895.

During the Second World War, the station was repeatedly the target of air raids.

On 31 December 1955, passenger traffic on the Bickenbach–Seeheim line was discontinued. Freight traffic was abandoned in July 1960. The line was dismantled in March 1961.

Infrastructure

Bickenbacher station is classified as a category 5 station. Approximately 50 trains stop in Bickenbacher station each day (Regional-Express and Regionalbahn). The station has not been made accessible for the disabled. It has three platform tracks at a “home” platform (next to the station building) and an island platform. In the station forecourt there is a park and ride car park. There are interchanges with buses.

Rail services

File:Bickenbacher (Bergstraße) Bahnhof- auf Bahnsteig zu Gleis 3- Richtung Frankfurt am Main (RB) 19.5.2012.JPG

Regionalbahn service on the Main-Neckar Railway in Bickenbacher station running from Frankfurt to Heidelberg

57 regional services operated by Deutsche Bahn stop in Bickenbach (Bergstraße) each day.

Line	Route	Frequency
RE 60	Frankfurt (Main) – Darmstadt – Bickenbach (Bergstraße) – Bensheim – Weinheim (Bergstraße) – Mannheim	Every 120 minutes (Mon-Fri)
RB 60	Frankfurt (Main) – Darmstadt – Bickenbach (Bergstraße) – Bensheim – Weinheim (Bergstraße) – Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld – Heidelberg	Every 60 minutes