Heidelberg-Altstadt station

Heidelberg-Altstadt
Heidelberg-Altstadt
	Through station
	The former station building
Location	Am Karlstor 1, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg; Germany
Coordinates	49°24′53″N 8°43′09″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz; DB Station&Service;
Line(s)	Neckar Valley Railway (km 22.1)
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	2629[1]
DS100 code	RHKA[2]
IBNR	8002685
Category	4[1]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1872
Services
Location
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Heidelberg-Altstadt station (also known as Karlstorbahnhof—"Karlstor station") is a station on the eastern edge of the old town of Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Until 13 December 2008, the station was called Heidelberg Karlstor.

Station building

The original station building was built on the Neckar Valley Railway (Neckartalbahn) in 1872 and 1873 at Karlstor ("Charles’ Gate"), a gate at the eastern end of the old town (Altstadt). The present station building is the result of a reconstruction between 1934 and 1936. The building is a heritage-listed building.[3]

Kulturzentrum Karlstorbahnhof

In the meantime, it has been used as a municipal office building and, since 1995, it has housed the Kulturzentrum Karlstorbahnhof (“Karlstor station cultural centre”), which was established by Mayor Beate Weber.[4] With a wide range of theatrical performances, concerts, readings and exhibitions and smaller festivals, it forms a significant part of the Heidelberg cultural landscape.

Transport services

Since 2004, the station has been a stop on the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn network and a new platform was built near the former station building for it. The station was given its present name, Heidelberg-Altstadt at the 2008/2009 timetable change on 14 December 2008.

Line	Route	Frequency
S 1	Homburg (Saar) – Kaiserslautern – Neustadt (Weinstr) – Ludwigshafen (Rhein) – Mannheim – Heidelberg Hbf – Heidelberg-Altstadt – Eberbach – Mosbach (Baden) – Osterburken	Hourly
S 2	Kaiserslautern – Neustadt (Weinstr) – Ludwigshafen (Rhein) – Mannheim – Heidelberg Hbf – Heidelberg-Altstadt – Eberbach – Mosbach (Baden)	Hourly
S 5	Heidelberg Hbf – Heidelberg-Altstadt – Neckargemünd – Meckesheim – Sinsheim (Elsenz) – Eppingen	Hourly
S 51	Heidelberg Hbf – Heidelberg-Altstadt – Neckargemünd – Meckesheim – Neckarbischofsheim Nord – Aglasterhausen	Hourly

Bus services

The station is served by several local bus routes.

References

"Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
Landesamt für Denkmalpflege, ed. (2013). Denkmaltopographie Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Kulturdenkmale in Baden-Württemberg, Stadtkreis Heidelberg (in German). Thorbecke-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7995-0426-3.
"Braucht Heidelberg einen Kulturbahnhof?". Studierendenzeitung ruprecht (in German) (43). 4 July 1996. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2016.

External links

Kulturzentrum Karlstorbahnhof

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[categories-1] "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

[Eisenbahnatlas-2] Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.

[3] Landesamt für Denkmalpflege, ed. (2013). Denkmaltopographie Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Kulturdenkmale in Baden-Württemberg, Stadtkreis Heidelberg (in German). Thorbecke-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7995-0426-3.

[4] "Braucht Heidelberg einen Kulturbahnhof?". Studierendenzeitung ruprecht (in German) (43). 4 July 1996. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2016.