Au (Sieg) station

Au (Sieg) station is a railway junction in the town of Au in the municipality of Windeck, which is in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It lies on the Sieg Railway to Siegen, where the Engers–Au railway branches off to Altenkirchen, where it connects with the Upper Westerwald Railway (Oberwesterwaldbahn). Despite the town’s small population, the junction station is important for commuters from the districts of Altenkirchen, Neuwied and Westerwaldkreis for its connections towards Siegen, Cologne, Bonn, Düsseldorf and Aachen.

Au (Sieg)
Junction station
LocationBahnhofstr. 24, Au (Sieg), Windeck, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates50°46′24″N 7°39′24″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms6
Other information
Station code204[1]
DS100 codeKAU[2]
IBNR8000012
Category3[1]
Fare zoneVRS: 2597[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
OpenedAugust 1860[4]
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio NRW   Following station
toward Aachen Hbf
RE 9
Rhein-Sieg-Express
Wissen
toward Siegen Hbf
Preceding station   Hessische Landesbahn   Following station
Geilhausen
RB 90
Westerwald-Sieg-Bahn
Etzbach
toward Siegen Hbf
Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station
toward Horrem
S 12Terminus
toward Düren Hbf
S 19
Location
Au (Sieg)
Location in North Rhine-Westphalia
Au (Sieg)
Location in Germany
Au (Sieg)
Location in Europe

History

Au station was opened in August 1860[4] as part of the Deutz–Gießen railway by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft).[5] The Engers–Au railway (Oberwesterwaldbahn, Upper Westerwald Railway) to Altenkirchen was opened in May 1887, connecting to Engers.[6] Thus, it became a railway junction with an enlarged track layout.

Au (Sieg) station after modernisation

Since 2 June 1991, Au station has been the terminus of Cologne S-Bahn line S12.[7] Since the modernisation of the track layout, which was completed at the end of 2013, Au (Sieg) station has had six platform platforms that are used in regular operations.

Transport connections

Au (Sieg) station has a commuter car park and a "bike and ride" cycle storage. There used to be a station restaurant in the station. In the station has a ticket office, which is operated by Westerwaldbahn GmbH (WEBA). The neighbouring municipalities of Hamm an der Sieg and Fürthen and the shores of the Sieg are within walking distance. The station, however, serves mainly as an interchange station.

Due to the location of the station in the municipality of Windeck in the Rhein-Sieg district, it is located in the network of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (Rhine-Sieg Transport Association). The fares of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel (Rhine-Mosel Transport Association, VRM) also apply as a transitional stage for journeys with a start/finish station in the area of the VRM, which also includes the Altenkirchen district.

Until the introduction of the 2014/2015 timetable in December 2014, Au (Sieg) station was the terminus of two Regionalbahn lines. The RB 90 (previously RB 28, Oberwesterwaldbahn) service from Limburg (Lahn) via Diez Ost, Westerburg, Hachenburg and Altenkirchen ended in Au (Sieg). The RB 95 (Sieg-Dill-Bahn) service ran from Dillenburg via Siegen and Betzdorf (Sieg) to Au (Sieg). With the 2014/2015 timetable change, these two lines became a single through service, the RB 90 (Westerwald-Sieg-Bahn).

Until 2004, the services of the Dreiländerbahn, which also included the RB 28 until 2004 and the RB 95 until 2013, were operated by DB Regio. In 2004, Vectus Verkehrsgesellschaft took over the operations of the Upper Westerwald Railway between Limburg (Lahn) and Au (Sieg). In 2014, after winning the contract, the network of the Dreiländerbahn was taken over by Hessische Landesbahn GmbH (HLB). With the extension of the RB 90 to Siegen, the RB 95 service now runs only between Dillenburg and Siegen.

On the main line (the Sieg Railway from Cologne to Siegen), it is served by the Rhein-Sieg-Express, running from Aachen via Cologne and Betzdorf to Siegen (RE 9), along with the S-Bahn S 12 services from Köln-Ehrenfeld (Horrem in the peak) and on week days by S19 services from Düren. The RE9 and the S12 services operate hourly, but the S19 services are less frequent.[8]

Line Route Interval
RE 9 Rhein-Sieg-Express
Aachen – Düren – Köln Hansaring – Cologne – Köln Messe/Deutz – Siegburg/Bonn – Hennef – Au (Sieg) – Betzdorf – Siegen
Status: December 2015 timetable		 60 min
RB 90 Westerwald-Sieg-Bahn
Siegen – Betzdorf (Sieg) – Au (Sieg) – Altenkirchen – Westerburg – Limburg
Mon-Fri: one train pair from/to Kreuztal
Status: December 2015 timetable		 60 min
S 12 Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn
Horrem – Köln Hansaring – Cologne Hbf – Köln Messe/Deutz – Porz – Siegburg/Bonn – Hennef – Au (Sieg)		 20 min (Horrem–Hennef)
60 min (Hennef–Au)
S 19 Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn
Düren – Horrem – Köln Hansaring – Cologne Hbf – Köln Messe/Deutz – Cologne/Bonn Airport – Siegburg/Bonn – Hennef – Au (Sieg)		 60 min

Buses and taxis

Near the station there is a bus stop, where the buses of route 299 (Hamm an der Sieg – Au (Sieg) station – Hilgenroth – Altenkirchen station) stop.

There is a taxi stand in front of the station.

References
  1. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 208. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  4. "Au (Sieg) station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  5. "Line 2651: Köln-Deutz - Gießen". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  6. "Line 3032: Engers - Au (Sieg)". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  7. Andreas Janikowski, Jörg Ott (2002). Deutschlands S-Bahnen. Geschichte, Technik, Betriebe (in German). Stuttgart: transpress. pp. 117–128. ISBN 3-613-71195-8.
  8. "Au (Sieg) station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
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