Bad Schönborn-Kronau station

The Heidelberg–Bruchsal–Karlsruhe section of the Rhine Valley Railway was opened by the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway on 10 April 1843, initially as 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) Irish gauge. A station was built at the same time in Langenbrücken, the neighbouring town of Mingolsheim, as Langenbrücken station. It is now called Bad Schönborn Süd station. The line was doubled a few years late.

Since the broad gauge was incompatible with the standard gauge used by its neighbours, Baden soon feared the loss of lucrative through traffic. Therefore, Baden converted its lines to standard gauge in 1854 in just four months.

The municipalities of Mingolsheim and Kronau campaigned for a joint station, but their efforts did not succeed until 1874/1875. The station was opened in 1875 and was named "Mingolsheim". At the initiative of Kronau, the station was given the name of "Kronau" in 1906. The station was renamed as "Mingolsheim-Kronau" in 1920. As on 1 January 1971, as part of the local government reform in Baden-Württemberg, Mingolsheim and Langenbrücken were incorporated in the newly formed municipality of Bad Schönborn and the station was renamed Bad Schönborn-Kronau.

The platforms were made accessible for the disabled in 2003, following the integration of the Rhine Valley Railway from Mannheim to Karlsruhe in the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn network. The S-Bahn was opened for services at the 2003/2004 timetable change on 14 December 2003 and the station has been integrated in the S-Bahn network since.

The ticket machines were replaced at Bad Schönborn-Kronau station on 2 December 2009. Sunlight was taken into consideration during the assembling of the new machines, so that there are now no reflections on the screens.

Bad Schönborn-Kronau station has two platforms, one next to the station building (platform 1) and the other across the tracks. Trains towards Heidelberg stop at platform 1 and trains towards Bruchsal/Karlsruhe stop at platform 2.

The station also has car parking, bicycle parking, a connection to the local bus network and step-free access to the platforms.

Only regional and S-Bahn trains stop in Bad Schönborn-Kronau. Currently (2025), the RE 73 stops hourly, connecting the cities of Karlsruhe, Bruchsal and Heidelberg with an express service. At off-peak times, RE trains continue to Mannheim. The station is also integrated into the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn network. Lines S3 and S4 provide half-hourly connections towards Heidelberg/Mannheim and Bruchsal/Karlsruhe, serving intermediate stops not served by RE trains (except Bruchsal – Karlsruhe-Durlach).