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Bickenbach (Bergstr) station

Railway station in Bickenbach, Germany

Summary

Railway station in Bickenbach, Germany

Field	Value
style	Deutsche Bahn
name	Bickenbach (Bergstr)
native_name_lang	de
symbol	rail	symbol2 =
symbol_location	de
image	Bickenbacher (Bergstraße) Bahnhof- Bahnhofsgebäude- vom Bahnsteig zu Gleis 2 aus 19.5.2012.JPG
address	Bahnhofstr. 77, Bickenbach, Hesse
country	Germany
coordinates
line	{{Plainlist	1=
platforms	3
accessible	Yes
code
zone	: 3901
opened	1848
website	www.bahnhof.de
services	{{Adjacent stations	system1=DB Regio Mitte
line1	RE 60	left1=Darmstadt	right1=Bensheim
line2	RB 68 (HE)	left2=Darmstadt-Eberstadt	right2=Hähnlein-Alsbach

Main-Neckar railway (40.7 km)
Bickenbach–Seeheim (0.0 km)

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

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

Bickenbach station is classified as a category 5 station. Approximately 50 trains stop here each day (Regional-Express and Regionalbahn). The station has been made accessible for the disabled. It has three platform tracks at a “home” platform (next to the station building). In the station forecourt there is a park and ride car park. There are interchanges with buses.

Rail services

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
		Frankfurt (Main) – Darmstadt – Bickenbach (Bergstr) – Bensheim – Weinheim (Bergstr) – Mannheim	Every 120 minutes (Mon-Fri)
		Frankfurt (Main) – Darmstadt – Bickenbach (Bergstr) – Bensheim – Weinheim (Bergstr) – Neu-Edingen/Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld – Heidelberg	Every 60 minutes

Notes

References

(2009). "Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas)". Schweers + Wall.
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(1 January 2021). "Tarifinformationen 2021". [[Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund]].

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