Bad Wimpfen station
railway station in Bad Wimpfen, Germany
Bad Wimpfen station is a station in a station in the spa town of Bad Wimpfen in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is at the kilometre 33.8 point on the Elsenz Valley Railway. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 6 station. The station building is heritage-listed.
Location
Bad Wimpfen station is located at the eastern edge the Wimpfen am Berg district in the centre of the spa town. Directly east of the station, the line crosses state road 530, which is called Carl-Ulrich-Straße at this point. The address of the station is Carl-Ulrich-Straße 1.
History
Opening of the station
Bad Wimpfen station was opened in 1868 with the building of the railway from Heilbronn via Bad Friedrichshall, Sinsheim, Meckesheim and Neckargemünd to Heidelberg in the 1860s. The railway gave a substantial stimulus to the business of the spa, which was opened in 1817.
Upgrade of the station and inclusion in the Stadtbahn
As part of the expansion of Heilbronn Stadtbahn northern branch, the Bad Rappenau–Bad Friedrichshall section was closed for upgrading between 7 January 2014 and 1 May 2015.
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