Offenburg station
Railway station in Offenburg, Germany
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Offenburg station (German: Bahnhof Offenburg) 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.
77652 Offenburg
Baden-Württemberg
Germany
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| Location | Hauptstraße 1 77652 Offenburg Baden-Württemberg Germany | ||||
| Coordinates | 48°28′34″N 7°56′45″E | ||||
| Elevation | 159 m (522 ft) | ||||
| Owner | Deutsche Bahn | ||||
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| Platforms | 7 | ||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||
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| Station code | 4745 | ||||
| DS100 code | RO | ||||
| IBNR | 8000290 | ||||
| Category | 2 [1] | ||||
| Fare zone | TGO: 5[2] | ||||
| Website | www.bahnhof.de | ||||
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| Opened | 1844 | ||||
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Rail services
The station was served by the following services in 2026:[3]
Long-distance passenger services
| Train class | Route | Frequency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICE 12 | Berlin Ostbahnhof – Berlin – Braunschweig – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Frankfurt – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Offenburg – Freiburg – Basel – | Liestal – Olten – Bern – Thun – Spiez – | Interlaken West – Interlaken East | Every two hours |
| Visp – Brig | ||||
| Zürich – Sargans – Landquart – Chur | ||||
| ICE/ECE 20 | Hamburg – Hanover – Göttingen – Kassel – Frankfurt am Main – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Baden-Baden – Offenburg – Freiburg – Basel | |||
| ICE 43 | Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Bremen – Osnabrück – Münster – Dortmund – Essen – Düsseldorf – | Cologne – Frankfurt Airport – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Offenburg – Freiburg – Basel Bad Bf – Basel SBB | ||
| Hannover – Bielefeld – Hamm – Dortmund – Wuppertal – | ||||
| Amsterdam – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – | ||||
| ICE 60 Baden-Kurier |
Basel SBB – Basel Bad Bf – Freiburg – Offenburg – Karlsruhe – Bruchsal – Stuttgart – Ulm – Augsburg – Munich | One train pair | ||
| TGV inOui | 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 |
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| RE 2 | Karlsruhe – Baden-Baden – Achern – Offenburg – Haslach – Hausach – Villingen – Singen – Radolfzell – Konstanz | 60 min | DB Regio |
| RE 7 | (Karlsruhe –) Offenburg – Lahr – Emmendingen – Freiburg – Bad Krozingen – Müllheim – Weil am Rhein – Basel Bad Bf (– Basel SBB) | 60 min (staggered intervals) | DB Regio |
| RS 1 | Offenburg – Biberach – Hausach – Hornberg / (– Alpirsbach – Freudenstadt) | 60 min | SWEG |
| RS 2 | Offenburg – Appenweier – Oberkirch – Bad Griesbach | 60 Min | SWEG |
| RS 12 | (Offenburg –) Biberach – Zell am Harmersbach – Oberharmersbach-Riersbach | 2 pairs of trains on weekdays | SWEG |
| RS 3 | (Offenburg – Appenweier –) Achern – Ottenhöfen | 2 pairs of trains on weekdays | SWEG |
| RS 4 | Offenburg – Appenweier – Kork – Kehl – Strasbourg | 30/60 min | SWEG |
| RB 26 | Freiburg – Emmendingen – Riegel-Malterdingen – 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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[5]