Villingen (Schwarzwald) station (officially called ''Villingen (Schwarzw)'' by

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) is one of two stations in Villingen-Schwenningen in the German state of

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. The other is Schwenningen (Neckar). In addition, there are five more halts (''Haltepunkte''). The station is located east of the old town of Villingen beyond the

Brigach The Brigach is the shorter of two streams that jointly form the river Danube in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The Brigach has its source at above sea level within St. Georgen in the Black Forest. The Brigach crosses the city Villingen-Schwenning ...

. It is located at 704 metres above sea level on the Black Forest Railway and it is the terminus of the Rottweil–Villingen railway.

History

The building was built before 1869. The station was owned by the

Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway The Grand Duchy of Baden was an independent state in what is now southwestern Germany until the creation of the German Empire in 1871. It had its own state-owned railway company, the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railways (''Großherzoglich Badische ...

(''Großherzoglich Badische Staatseisenbahnen''). Since, however, it was the terminus of the Rottweil–Villingen railway of the

Royal Württemberg State Railways The Royal Württemberg State Railways (''Königlich Württembergische Staats-Eisenbahnen'' or ''K.W.St.E.'') were the state railways of the Kingdom of Württemberg (from 1918 the ''People's State of Württemberg'') between 1843 and 1920. Please ...

(''Königlich Württembergischen Staats-Eisenbahnen''), a locomotive shed and residential building for railway staff were operated by the

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Railways in Villingen in

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. The two railways shared a

goods shed A goods shed is a railway building designed for storing goods before or after carriage in a train. A typical goods shed will have a track running through it to allow goods wagons to be unloaded under cover, although sometimes they were built ...

. The central block of the present-day entrance building has been renovated several times, most recently on the occasion of the 1000th anniversary of Villingen in 1999. The Black Forest Railway was electrified in 1972. The section from

Offenburg Offenburg ("open borough" - coat of arms showing open gates; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemmanic: ''Offäburg'') is a city located in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With nearly 60,000 inhabitants (2019), it is the largest city and the ad ...

to Villingen was electrified on 28 September 1975 and the line from Villingen to

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in 1977. The electrification of the line to Villingen brought the amount of electrified railway in the

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to 10,000 km, which is marked by a memorial plaque at the station. The station was upgraded to make it fully accessible ib 2020 and 2021. For this purpose two lifts were installed and the platforms were raised to allow the level boarding of trains. The cost was €15.8 million and the city contributed €1.2m, the state €0.5m and the rest was funded by Deutsche Bahn.

Rail services

There are direct connections to, among other places,

Ulm Ulm () is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Danube on the border with Bavaria. The city, which has an estimated population of more than 126,000 (2018), forms an urban district of its own (german: link=no, ...

Konstanz Konstanz (, , locally: ; also written as Constance in English) is a university city with approximately 83,000 inhabitants located at the western end of Lake Constance in the south of Germany. The city houses the University of Konstanz and was th ...

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...

and Neustadt im Schwarzwald.

Long distance

Villingen (Schwarzw) station is served by a pair of

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services operated by

, called the ''Bodensee'' ("

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"), running between

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and

. Frequently the station is used in the summer months to reach the tourist regions of the

Black Forest The Black Forest (german: Schwarzwald ) is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is t ...

and Constance. The pair of IC services called ''Schwarzwald'' ("

") from

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to Constance was discontinued in December 2014 due to low patronage.

Regional services

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Villingen (Schwarzwald) station Railway stations in Germany opened in 1869 Buildings and structures in Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis Railway stations in Baden-Württemberg 19th-century establishments in Württemberg Villingen-Schwenningen