Offenburg station

Offenburg station () is a railway station in Baden-Württemberg and has seven tracks on four platforms. Offenburg used to be a railway town and the station was of major economic importance to it. In recent years the maintenance facilities and much of the rail freight yards have been closed. The station is very centrally located within the city and is easily accessible by 18 different bus routes from the central bus station, 50 metres from the railway station.

Rail services The station was served by the following services in 2026: Long-distance passenger services Train class Route Frequency Berlin Ostbahnhof – Berlin – Braunschweig – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe  – Frankfurt – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Offenburg – Freiburg – Basel – Liestal – Olten – Bern – Thun – Spiez – Every two hours – Zürich – – – Hamburg – Hanover – – Kassel – Frankfurt am Main – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Baden-Baden – Offenburg – Freiburg – Basel – Hamburg – Bremen – Osnabrück – Münster – Dortmund – Essen – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Offenburg – Freiburg – Basel Bad Bf – Basel SBBHannover – Bielefeld – Hamm – Dortmund – Wuppertal – Amsterdam – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf –Baden-Kurier Basel SBB – Basel Bad Bf – Freiburg – Offenburg – Karlsruhe – Bruchsal – Stuttgart – Ulm – Augsburg – MunichOne train pair Paris-Est – Strasbourg-Ville – Offenburg – Lahr (Schwarzw) – Ringsheim/Europa-Park – Freiburg One train pair InterCityExpress services operate through the station every two hours between Berlin, Frankfurt and Basel and between Cologne, Frankfurt Airport and Basel.

Regional services

Train class Route Frequency Operator Karlsruhe – – – Offenburg – Haslach – Hausach – Villingen – Singen – Radolfzell – 60 min DB Regio (Karlsruhe –) Offenburg – Lahr – – Freiburg – – Müllheim – – Basel Bad Bf (– ) 60 min (staggered intervals) DB RegioOffenburg – Biberach – Hausach – Hornberg / (– Alpirsbach – Freudenstadt) 60 min SWEG Offenburg – Appenweier – Oberkirch – Bad Griesbach 60 Min SWEG (Offenburg –) Biberach – Zell am Harmersbach – Oberharmersbach-Riersbach 2 pairs of trains on weekdays SWEG (Offenburg – Appenweier –) Achern – Ottenhöfen 2 pairs of trains on weekdays SWEG Offenburg – Appenweier – Kork – – Strasbourg 30/60 min SWEG Freiburg – – – Lahr – Offenburg 30/60 min SWEG (as of 15 December 2024)

Regional rail services are operated as the Ortenau-S-Bahn, by Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft, a company owned by Baden-Württemberg.

History The station was designed by the architect, Friedrich Eisenlohr (1805–1855), as a smaller version of the old railway station in Karlsruhe, opened in 1843 and closed in 1913. During World War I several attacks were carried out on the station. The most serious of these took place on 22 July 1918 with four direct hits leading to the collapse of the entire central part of the station entrance building. During the Occupation of the Ruhr in February 1923, Offenburg and Appenweier were also occupied, disrupting the Rhine Valley Railway. Therefore, until 12 December 1923 trains on the Baden Mainline had to be diverted on the route through the Black Forest towns of Donaueschingen, Hausach, Freudenstadt, Hochdorf towards Pforzheim.

See also Rail transport in Germany

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