Bad Ems is a station in the town of Bad Ems in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is on the Lahntal railway (Koblenz–Wetzlar). The entrance building is heritage-listed.[4]
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 Station forecourt and station building | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Bahnhofsplatz 1, Bad Ems, Rhineland-Palatinate Germany | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°19′39″N 7°43′43″E / 50.327618°N 7.728638°E | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lahntal railway (km 86.4) (625) | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Architect | Heinrich Velde | |||||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 271[1] | |||||||||||||||
| DS100 code | FEMS[2] | |||||||||||||||
| IBNR | 80000701 | |||||||||||||||
| Category | 5[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | VRM: 503[3] | |||||||||||||||
| Website | www.bahnhof.de | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1 July 1858 | |||||||||||||||
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Construction
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The station has an entrance hall, an extension formerly used as a Fürstenbahnhof ("Princes' station", that it was built to be used by royalty) and a train shed built by MAN in 1910;[5] which is the smallest train shed in the DB network. It was built because of the great importance of Bad Ems as a spa before the First World War. The ensemble is given heritage protection as a cultural monument.
A pedestrian subway, which was built later, connects the entrance building with the island platform and Braubacher Straße (L 327) on the other side of the station. The entrance is equipped with a wheelchair ramp. An extension to the station building contains remains of paintings on the ceiling. This contains stairs and a lift connecting with the subway to the platform and to Braubacher Straße.
In the meantime the station was classified as a Haltepunkt (halt).[6] Station points were installed and the signals were renewed in August 2015 to allow more trains to pass over the Lahntal railway during the busiest periods. The installation of points meant that it was reclassified from a halt to a station.[7][8]
Tracks
editThe station has a platform with two platform tracks:
- track 1 (length: 277 metre; height: 34/55 cm): trains to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- track 2 (length: 272 metre; height: 34/55 cm): trains to Limburg (Lahn) and Gießen
Connections
editTrains
editThe following services stop in Bad Ems station:[9]
| Line | Route | Frequency |
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| RE 25 | Koblenz Hbf – Bad Ems – Nassau (Lahn) – Diez – Limburg (Lahn) – Weilburg – Wetzlar – Gießen | Every 2 hours |
| RB 23 | Mayen Ost – Mendig – Koblenz Stadtmitte – Koblenz Hbf – Bad Ems – Nassau (Lahn) – Diez – Limburg (Lahn) | Hourly ( extra trains in peak hour) |
Buses
editThe following bus routes stop at the nearest bus stop, called Bad Ems Hauptbahnhof:
References
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- ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ^ "Tarifwabenplan 2021" (PDF). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel. January 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ "Verzeichnis der Kulturdenkmäler im Rhein-Lahn-Kreis" (PDF) (in German). General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- ^ Walter Strauss (1924). Von eisernen Pferden und Pfaden (in German). Hannover.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (figure 385) - ^ "Track plan" (in German). DB Netz. Archived from the original on 25 September 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Inbetriebnahmen zum bzw. im Netzfahrplan 2015" (PDF) (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Haltestelle in Bad Ems wird zum Bahnhof" (in German). 16 June 2015. p. 1. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Time table line number 625" (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
