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RottweilDeutsche Bahn
Through station
General information
LocationBahnhofstr. 1, Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Coordinates48°9′53″N 8°38′30″E / 48.16472°N 8.64167°E / 48.16472; 8.64167
Line(s)
Platforms5
Other information
Station code5405
DS100 codeTR
IBNR8000322
Category3
Fare zone
  • Move: 2/23
  • naldo: 620 (Move transitional tariff)
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened23 July 1868
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Tuttlingentowards Zürich HB IC 87 Horbtowards Stuttgart Hbf
Spaichingentowards Zürich HB Oberndorf (Neckar)towards Stuttgart Hbf
Preceding station DB Regio Baden-Württemberg Following station
Tuttlingentowards Singen (Hohentwiel) RE 4 Horbtowards Stuttgart Hbf
Terminus RE 14a Sulz (Neckar)towards Stuttgart Hbf
Preceding station Following station
Deißlingen Mittetowards Bräunlingen RB 42 Terminus
Aldingen (b Spaichingen)towards Blumberg-Zollhaus RB 43
Location
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Rottweil station is on the Plochingen–Immendingen railway in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and is the start of the Rottweil–Villingen railway. It lies on the northeastern edge of Rottweil at a height of 557 metres above sea level.

History

Rottweil station in 1900

Construction began in 1865. During the work, the remains of about 2,000 Russian soldiers were found. They had died about 50 years earlier in an epidemic. Their final resting place was in a mass grave on the grounds of the station. The station was opened on 23 July 1868.

Originally the station was 685 metres long and up to 162 metres wide. The complex included an administration building, a freight shed, two locomotive sheds and a repair shop.

On 11 August 1972, a freight train with 26 wagons derailed. Among other things, six tankers with caustic soda overturned, releasing 30,000 litres of caustic soda, but volunteer fire fighters prevented an oxyhydrogen explosion. No one was injured, and the damage amounted to about 750,000 Deutsche Mark.

Significance

Rottweil station is at the junction of Rottweil–Villingen railway and the Gäu Railway. Regionalbahn and Regional-Express operate on the latter, with Intercity trains stopping every two hours in Rottweil. They were in the past supplemented by Intercity-Express and Cisalpino trains (the latter on the Stuttgart–Milan route). Parts of both lines form part of the Ringzug network that is operated by the Hohenzollern Landesbahn. Until 1971 Rottweil was also the terminus of the Balingen–Rottweil railway. In addition, the station is an important stop for urban and regional bus services.

Rail services

The Stuttgart–Rottweil–Singen line IC 87 (RE 87) is served hourly. Part of the route can be used with regional tickets. Two pairs of train runs to/from Zürich.

Cisalpino in Rottweil station, 2003
Rottweil station 2018 and ThyssenKrupp Test Tower in the background
Line Route Frequency
IC 87 /
RE 87 		Stuttgart – Böblingen – Herrenberg – Eutingen im Gäu – Horb – Rottweil – Tuttlingen – Singen (– Konstanz) 60 min
RE 4a Stuttgart – Böblingen – Herrenberg – Horb – Rottweil – Tuttlingen – Singen 1 train pair
RE 4 Stuttgart – Böblingen (– Herrenberg ) – Horb – Rottweil  – Tuttlingen – Radolfzell – Konstanz 2 train pairs
RE 14a Stuttgart – Böblingen – Herrenberg – Eutingen – Horb – Rottweil 60 min
RB 42 Rottweil – Trossingen – Villingen – Donaueschingen – Bräunlingen 60 min
RB 43 Rottweil – Tuttlingen – Immendingen (– Blumberg-Zollhaus) 60 min

Platforms

Rottweil has 5 platform tracks for passengers as well as several other tracks for freight. The platform tracks can be reached via a lift. On the platforms are covered shelters. The entrance building has a waiting room with lockers, a separate non-smoking waiting room and a ticket counter.

Others uses

The station building houses a newspaper kiosk and a café. In addition, there is a model railway in the 3rd floor of the building. It is operated by the Rottweiler Eisenbahn- und Modellbaufreunden (“Rottweil railway and model-building friends”) and is open to visitors.

Notes

  1. ^ "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (10 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.
  3. "Move Liniennetzplan" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg. January 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  4. "Liniennetz: Übergang Landkreis Rottweil (Move) zum Landkreis Freudenstadt (VGF)" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg. December 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  5. "naldo-Tarifwabenplan" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Neckar-Alb-Donau. 1 January 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  6. "Der Rottweiler Bahnhof" (in German). Rottweiler Bilder. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  7. Georg von Morlok (1890). Die Königlich Württembergischen Staatseisenbahnen : Rückschau auf deren Erbauung während der Jahre 1835 - 1889 unter Berücksichtigung ihrer geschichtlichen, technischen und finanziellen Momente und Ergebnisse (in German). p. 137.
  8. "Der Bahnhof im August 1972" (in German). Rottweiler Bilder. Retrieved 19 October 2012.

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