Neustadt (Weinstraße) Hauptbahnhof

Neustadt (Weinstr) Hbf
General information
LocationBahnhofsplatz 6, Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate
Germany
Coordinates49°21′00″N 8°08′26″E / 49.35°N 8.140556°E / 49.35; 8.140556
Line(s)
Platforms6
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code4454
DS100 codeRN
IBNR8000275
Category2
Fare zoneVRN: 132
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened11 June 1847
Previous namesNeustadt a/d. Haardt
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Kaiserslautern Hbf ICE 15
Sprinter
Mannheim Hbf
ICE 16 Mannheim Hbf
ICE 50 Mannheim Hbf
towards Dresden Hbf
EC 62 Mannheim Hbf
towards Graz Hbf
Preceding station DB Regio Mitte Following station
Kaiserslautern Hbf
towards Koblenz Hbf
RE 1
Südwest-Express
Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Mitte
towards Mannheim Hbf
Hochspeyer RE 6 Landau (Pfalz) Hbf
Terminus RB 45 Neustadt-Böbig
towards Monsheim
RB 51 Neustadt (Weinstr) Süd
RB 53 Neustadt (Weinstr) Süd
towards Wissembourg
Preceding station Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn Following station
Lambrecht (Pfalz) S1 Neustadt-Böbig
towards Osterburken
Lambrecht (Pfalz) S2 Neustadt-Böbig
Location

Neustadt (Weinstraße) Hauptbahnhof – called Neustadt a/d. Haardt until 1935 and from 1945 until 1950 – is the central station of in the city of Neustadt in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to the Hauptbahnhof, Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn services stop at Neustadt (Weinstr) Böbig halt (Haltepunkt). Mußbach station and Neustadt (Weinstr) halt, opened on 19 November 2013, are also located in Neustadt.

The station was opened on 11 June 1847 as the terminus of the first section of the Palatine Ludwig Railway (Pfälzische Ludwigsbahn) from Rheinschanze (now: Ludwigshafen am Rhein) to Bexbach; this was opened over its full length two years later and now largely forms the Mannheim–Saarbrücken railway. With the opening of the Palatine Maximilian Railway (Pfälzischen Maximiliansbahn) to Wissembourg in 1855 and the Palatine Northern Railway (Pfälzische Nordbahn), built from 1865 to 1873, to Monsheim, it developed into a railway junction and also became a stop for long-distance trains. Since the 2000s, however, its importance for long-distance traffic has fallen. Since 2003, it has also been integrated into the network of the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn. In addition, its entrance building is under heritage protection.