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Railway station in Germany

Andernach station

Through station

Station and forecourt

General information

Location

Andernach, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany

Coordinates

50°26′08″N 7°24′12″E / 50.43556°N 7.40333°E / 50.43556; 7.40333

Line(s)

Platforms

Construction

Accessible

Yes

Other information

Station code

144

DS100 code

KAND

IBNR

8000331

Category

Fare zone

VRM: 306

Website

www.bahnhof.de

History

Opened

about 1858

Services

Preceding station	DB Fernverkehr		Following station
Remagentowards Berlin Ostbahnhof		ICE 19	Koblenz Hbftowards Koblenz Hbf or Stuttgart Hbf
Remagentowards Münster Hbf or Dortmund Hbf		ICE 32	Koblenz Hbftowards Innsbruck Hbf
Remagentowards Emden Außenhafen, Norddeich Mole or Emden Hbf		IC 35	Koblenz Hbftowards Koblenz Hbf or Konstanz
Remagentowards Düsseldorf Hbf		IC 37	Koblenz Hbftowards Luxemburg\|Luxemburg
Remagentowards Münster Hbf or Dortmund Hbf		ICE 62	Koblenz Hbftowards Klagenfurt Hbf
Preceding station	DB Regio Mitte		Following station
Miesenheimtowards Mayen Ost		RB 23	Weißenthurmtowards Limburg (Lahn)
Miesenheimtowards Kaisersesch		RB 38	Terminus
Preceding station	National Express Germany		Following station
Bad Breisigtowards Wesel		RE 5 (Rhein-Express)	Koblenz Stadtmittetowards Koblenz Hbf
Preceding station	Trans Regio		Following station
Namedytowards Köln Messe/Deutz		RB 26	Weißenthurmtowards Mainz Hbf

Andernach station is the transportation hub of the city of Andernach in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is a mid-sized station with thousands of passengers each day. It is currently classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station. It has four passenger platforms (tracks 1, 2, 3 and 24), three with a length of more than 280 m, and sidings and freight tracks. It is on the Left Rhine line (German: Linke Rheinstrecke) and is the terminus of the Cross Eifel Railway (Eifelquerbahn). In addition to passenger operations, the station has container and freight operations to the east of the station, particularly serving the tin plate manufacturer, Rasselstein.

In the station forecourt, there is a bus station, served by all city buses and regional bus services to Mayen, Neuwied and Ochtendung. The regional bus service to Maria Laach stops 50 metres from the bus station.

History

Andernach received a rail extension of the Rhenish Railway Company’s Left Rhine line from Oberwinter to Weißenthurm on 15 August 1858. On 11 November 1858 the first train ran on the Left Rhine line to Koblenz. A year later, the line was extended to Bingerbrück.

The Eifelquer line from Andernach to Niedermendig was opened for freight on 1 April 1878 and for passengers on 15 May. This line was also owned by the Rhenish Railway Company. On 20 September 1879, the 2.33 km long freight line to Rheinwerft was opened.

All regional and some express trains stopped in Andernach, while most higher-quality passenger trains went by without stopping.

During the Second World War, Andernach station was completely destroyed. It was rebuilt after the war.

The station was extensively modernised between 2010 and 2023. The height of the central platform was raised for its entire length to 76 centimetres, the platform roof was modernised, provided with barrier-free access using lifts, the environment was improved, including the bus station, bike-and-ride and park-and-ride facilities were installed, and new access was provides to the main platform.

Deutsche Bahn sold the station building to a private investor in 2019.

Services

The only facility available at the station is a Deutsche Bahn (DB) ticket office, which has two counters. The former station restaurant is used as a hackerspace, the former station bookstore is now a kiosk. The former taxi base is empty. There is also an ATM and seating.

Passenger operations

Trains stop on four platforms at Andernach station. Long-distance services stopping at the station consist of Intercity-Express and Intercity trains. Regional services consist of Regional-Express (RE) and Regionalbahn (RB) trains to cities within 200 kilometres, running towards Cologne/Emmerich, Koblenz, Mainz and Mayen/Kaisersesch.

Long distance

Line	Route	Frequency
ICE 19	Berlin Ostbahnhof – Berlin Hbf – Berlin-Spandau – (Wolfsburg –) Hannover – Bielefeld – Hamm – Hagen – Wuppertal – Cologne – Bonn – Remagen – Andernach – Koblenz (– Mainz – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Stuttgart)	3 train pairs
ICE 32	Cologne – Bonn – Remagen – Andernach – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Stuttgart – Ulm – Friedrichshafen Stadt – Lindau – Bregenz – St. Anton – Innsbruck	1 train pair
IC 35	(Norddeich Mole – Emden) or (Bremerhaven-Lehe – Bremerhaven – Bremen – Osnabrück –) Münster – Recklinghausen – Wanne-Eickel – Gelsenkirchen – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Remagen – Andernach – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Baden-Baden – Offenburg – Donaueschingen – Singen – Konstanz	Some trains on the weekend
IC 37	Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Remagen – Andernach – Koblenz – Cochem – Bullay – Wittlich – Trier – Wasserbillig – Luxembourg	1 train pair
IC 55	Dresden – Leipzig – Halle – Magdeburg – Hannover – Hamm – Dortmund – Wuppertal – Cologne – Bonn – Remagen – Andernach – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Vaihingen – Stuttgart (– Plochingen – Reutlingen – Tübingen)	1 train to Dresden
ICE 62	Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Remagen – Andernach – Koblenz – Bingen – Mainz – Worms – Mannheim – Vaihingen – Stuttgart – Ulm – Augsburg – Munich – Salzburg – Villach – Klagenfurt	1 train pair

Regional services

Line	Route	Frequency
RE 5 Rhein-Express	Wesel – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Remagen – Andernach – Koblenz-Stadtmitte – Koblenz Hbf	60 min
RB 23 Lahn-Eifel-Bahn	Limburg (Lahn) – Bad Ems – Koblenz Hbf – Koblenz Stadtmitte – Andernach – Mendig – Mayen	60 min
RB 26 MittelRheinBahn	Cologne – Bonn – Remagen – Andernach – Koblenz-Stadtmitte – Koblenz Hbf – Boppard – Oberwesel – Bingen – Ingelheim – Mainz	60 min
RB 38 Lahn-Eifel-Bahn	Andernach – Mendig – Mayen – Kaisersesch	60 min