Rhöndorf is a station on the

East Rhine Railway The East Rhine Railway (German: ''Rechte Rheinstrecke'', literally 'right (of the) Rhine railway') is a major, double-track, electrified railway line, running along the right bank of the Rhine from Cologne to Wiesbaden. The -long line forms two D ...

Rhöndorf Bad Honnef () is a spa town in Germany near Bonn in the Rhein-Sieg district, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the border of the neighbouring state Rhineland-Palatinate. To the north it lies on the slopes of the Drachenfels (“Dragon's R ...

, a district of the town of

Bad Honnef Bad Honnef () is a spa town in Germany near Bonn in the Rhein-Sieg district, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the border of the neighbouring state Rhineland-Palatinate. To the north it lies on the slopes of the Drachenfels (“Dragon' ...

in the German state of

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

. It was opened on 11 July 1870 in the course of the extension of the East Rhine Railway from

Neuwied Neuwied () is a town in the north of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, capital of the District of Neuwied. Neuwied lies on the east bank of the Rhine, 12 km northwest of Koblenz, on the railway from Frankfurt am Main to Cologne. Th ...

to Oberkassel.

Location and equipment

The station is located on the western edge of Rhöndorf, below a slope and a concrete wall. Federal highway 42 is immediately to the east and the

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bank is nearby to the west. It comprises two platforms and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as category 5. The platform access is located below the southern bridge over Karl-Broel-Straße, which was built in 1906. To the west of the railway station is a park and ride car park and beyond that is the ''Rhöndorf'' stop of the

Bonn Stadtbahn The Bonn Stadtbahn ('' en, city rail'') is a part of the local public transit system in Bonn and the surrounding Rhein-Sieg area, that also includes the Bonn Straßenbahn. Although with six actual Stadtbahn lines (as well as three tram lines) th ...

, which allows easy interchange.

Station building

The original station and entrance building was built in brick and timber. As a consequence of the building of federal highway 42 in the 1950s and the associated reconstruction of the station forecourt, it was demolished and rebuilt in 1962 in a changed and significantly reduced form.

Current situation

In 2000, 500 passengers used the station each day. In 2005, the area surrounding the platform access to the new bridge over Karl-Broel-Straße was renewed. More recently, the station has lost its operational significance: the ticket office was closed in 2008, a temporary passenger level crossing for the disabled was removed in 2010 and the local

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was withdrawn at the end of 2011 when an

electronic interlocking In railway signalling, an interlocking is an arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through an arrangement of tracks such as junctions or crossings. The signalling appliances and tracks are sometimes collectively re ...

was installed. In response to this decline, Deutsche Bahn blocked off the former waiting room with steel plates in the spring of 2012. The demolition of the station building was considered and it was subsequently sold. A barrier-free upgrade of the station is currently being promoted by the city of Bad Honnef, which could be built on railway property on the side of the railway closest to the Rhine. However, it is not included in any federally-supported program and is therefore expected to be supported by the ''Zweckverband Nahverkehrs Rheinland'' (Rhineland local transport association) only in the medium term.

Services

The station is served by RE8 services hourly. On working days, it is also served by RB27 services, which together provide a service every half-hour to

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...

and Rommerskirchen and to Koblenz.

Noise barrier

In the spring of 2012, a new noise barrier was established on the western side of the station, which is being tested here for the first time worldwide. It is comparatively low, consists of aluminum and steel elements and can be retracted hydraulically.

References

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