Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein station


Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein station is the only station on the right bank in the city of Koblenz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is on the East Rhine railway at the foot of Ehrenbreitstein hill in Ehrenbreitstein district, next to the Rhine.

History

In 1859 and 1860 the governments of Prussia and Nassau negotiated over the construction of a railway between Ehrenbreitstein and Oberlahnstein. In Oberlahnstein the line would connect with the Nassau Rhine Railway, then under construction, and the Lahn Valley Railway. It was also stipulated in the contract that a railway bridge would be built between Koblenz and Ehrenbreitstein and the Duchy of Nassau committed itself to promote the construction of the Lahn Valley Railway.
The Neuwied–Niederlahnstein section, including Ehrenbreitstein station, was put into operation on 27 October 1869. It had a railway post office and accommodation for the “track supervisor”. On the same day, the line was opened from Ehrenbreitstein station via Pfaffendorf Bridge to the former Rhenish railway station at Koblenz. The Rhenish station was north-west of today's Löhr-Center in Fischelstraße. The track remained under control of the railway company only until 1899. The track over the bridge was then rebuilt for use by the Coblenz Tramway Company. In 1879, the Horchheim Railway Bridge was opened south of Pfaffendorf Bridge, connecting to the East Rhine railway and to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof, when it opened in 1902.

Services

The station is served by the Rhein-Erft-Bahn, running on the Koblenz–Cologne–Mönchengladbach route at hourly intervals, former by the Rhein-Erft-Express. Previously, the Rhein-Erft-Express had continued to Venlo after Mönchengladbach since its introduction in 1998.
LineServiceRouteFrequency
Rhein-Erft-BahnMönchengladbach – Rheydt – Cologne – Köln/Bonn Flughafen – Troisdorf – Bonn-Beuel – Linz – Neuwied – Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein – KoblenzHourly

Until after the Second World War Ehrenbreitstein station also had significant long-distance traffic, since some of the trains on the right bank line did not serve Koblenz Hauptbahnhof. In the final timetable before the war all semi-fast trains and a D-train stopped at Ehrenbreitstein station.