Wendlingen (Neckar) station
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Wendlingen station (formerly Unterboihingen station) is the only station in the town of Wendlingen
in the German state of Baden-Württemberg
and is a railway junction on the Neckar-Alb Railway from which the Teck Railway branches. It is served by regional trains and the Stuttgart S-Bahn
.
opened the Plochingen
–Reutlingen
line, the first section of the Upper Neckar Railway. Its first stop after Plochingen was Unterboihingen station, which was about 700 metres north of Unterboihingen village.
As a connection to the district of Kirchheim
was not under consideration by the State Railways, the city council sought on 13 August 1860 permission for a private railway company to build the connection. The railway would run from Unterboihingen to Kirchheim. On 12 August 1863 the Württemberg State Parliament approved its construction. The starting point of the eastward running line was at the Hotel Keim, which had a platform. On 21 September 1864 the Kirchheim Railway Company (Kirchheimer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) commenced operations. On 1 January 1899, the Royal Württemberg State Railways took over the Teck Railway (Teckbahn). In 1902, a second track was added to the Plochingen–Reutlingen section.
In 1913, the director of the Behr Company, who had been a resident in Wendlingen for a year, sought to have the station renamed as "Unterboihingen-Wendlingen". The community in Wendlingen supported him. The State Railway Board refused, however, and even pointed out that if there was a name change, it would be called after the larger town of Köngen
. Double names could also only be used in exceptional cases. After the Württemberg State Railways was absorbed into the Deutsche Reichsbahn
, Wendlingen asked the Railway Administration
(Reichsbahndirektion) in Stuttgart to rename the station after the town on 25 April 1921. Meanwhile Köngen and Wendlingen had become almost equal in population and Pfauhausen-Steinbach station had been given a double name without complaint. Nevertheless, the Stuttgart Railway Administration again denied the request. Again on 30 November 1927, the Railway Administration pointed to Wendlingen’s disadvantage in size compared to Köngen. In 1933 the deputy mayor of Wendlingen pointed out to the Railway Administration that Wendlingen and Unterboihingen had grown togrther and that Wendlingen had about 3,000 inhabitants compared to Unterboihingen with 1,100 inhabitants. On 1 April 1940, the communities of Wendlingen, Unterboihingen and Bodelshofen merged and the station received its present name of Wendlingen (Neckar).
After the Second World War, on 20 October 1946, the citizens of Unterboihingens petitioned the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Interior to disincorporate from Wendlingen. A long dispute followed. On 11 December 1950, as a compromise, the Ministry of the Interior suggested that the station be renamed Wendlingen-Unterboihingen. Wendlingen had little sympathy for this and it did not satisfy the representatives of Unterboihingen. Tempers eventually calmed down.
Already in the 1970s, the Deutsche Bundesbahn
planned the continuation of the S-Bahn from Plochingen to Kirchheim. Implementation, however, lasted for several decades and work only commenced on 23 July 2008. S-Bahn line S1 has operated on the Teck Railway since 12 December 2009.
The station building was constructed in 1859 and its two annexes still exist. The ground floor, which has arched windows and doors, is made of sandstone. The upper floor, where an official residence was located, is painted light beige. The walls under the eaves is decorated with half-timbered
elements.
In September 1900, the building was given a single-storey extension towards the south. In it were a room for the traffic controller and a post office. In 1902, it was connected with the telegraph network.
After the extension for the post office was no longer sufficient, it got a new extension to the south, a two-storey building with a hipped roof and wood panelling on the upper floor facade.
The last renovation was on the north side of the entrance building, which has a sign with the name “Wendlingen (Neckar)”, while the south side has a sign with the name “Unterboihingen”.
Wendlingen (Neckar) station is classified by Deutsche Bahn
as a category 4 station
.
Wendlingen
Wendlingen is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated on the Neckar and Lauter rivers, 27 km southeast of Stuttgart.-International relations:...
in the German state of Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
and is a railway junction on the Neckar-Alb Railway from which the Teck Railway branches. It is served by regional trains and the Stuttgart S-Bahn
Stuttgart S-Bahn
The Stuttgart S-Bahn is a suburban railway system serving the Stuttgart Region, an agglomeration of around 2.6 million people, consisting of the city of Stuttgart and the adjacent districts of Esslingen, Böblingen, Ludwigsburg and Rems-Murr. It consists of seven lines numbered S1 through S6 and...
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History
On 20 September 1859 the Royal Württemberg State RailwaysRoyal Württemberg State Railways
The Royal Württemberg State Railways were the state railways of the Kingdom of Württemberg between 1843 and 1920...
opened the Plochingen
Plochingen station
Plochingen station is the only station in the town of Plochingen in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and the most important railway junction of the Esslingen district...
–Reutlingen
Reutlingen
Reutlingen is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous district of Reutlingen. As of April 2008, it has a population of 109,828....
line, the first section of the Upper Neckar Railway. Its first stop after Plochingen was Unterboihingen station, which was about 700 metres north of Unterboihingen village.
As a connection to the district of Kirchheim
Kirchheim unter Teck
Kirchheim unter Teck is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the district of Esslingen. It is located on the small river Lauter, a tributary of the Neckar. It is situated near the Teck castle, approximatively 25 km southeast of Stuttgart...
was not under consideration by the State Railways, the city council sought on 13 August 1860 permission for a private railway company to build the connection. The railway would run from Unterboihingen to Kirchheim. On 12 August 1863 the Württemberg State Parliament approved its construction. The starting point of the eastward running line was at the Hotel Keim, which had a platform. On 21 September 1864 the Kirchheim Railway Company (Kirchheimer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) commenced operations. On 1 January 1899, the Royal Württemberg State Railways took over the Teck Railway (Teckbahn). In 1902, a second track was added to the Plochingen–Reutlingen section.
In 1913, the director of the Behr Company, who had been a resident in Wendlingen for a year, sought to have the station renamed as "Unterboihingen-Wendlingen". The community in Wendlingen supported him. The State Railway Board refused, however, and even pointed out that if there was a name change, it would be called after the larger town of Köngen
Köngen
Köngen is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.-References:...
. Double names could also only be used in exceptional cases. After the Württemberg State Railways was absorbed into the Deutsche Reichsbahn
Deutsche Reichsbahn
Deutsche Reichsbahn was the name of the following two companies:* Deutsche Reichsbahn, the German Imperial Railways during the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich and the immediate aftermath...
, Wendlingen asked the Railway Administration
Railway divisions in Germany
In Germany and Austria, the running of railway services for a railway administration or the regional network of a large railway company was devolved to railway divisions, variously known as Eisenbahndirektionen , Bundesbahndirektionen or Reichsbahndirektionen ...
(Reichsbahndirektion) in Stuttgart to rename the station after the town on 25 April 1921. Meanwhile Köngen and Wendlingen had become almost equal in population and Pfauhausen-Steinbach station had been given a double name without complaint. Nevertheless, the Stuttgart Railway Administration again denied the request. Again on 30 November 1927, the Railway Administration pointed to Wendlingen’s disadvantage in size compared to Köngen. In 1933 the deputy mayor of Wendlingen pointed out to the Railway Administration that Wendlingen and Unterboihingen had grown togrther and that Wendlingen had about 3,000 inhabitants compared to Unterboihingen with 1,100 inhabitants. On 1 April 1940, the communities of Wendlingen, Unterboihingen and Bodelshofen merged and the station received its present name of Wendlingen (Neckar).
After the Second World War, on 20 October 1946, the citizens of Unterboihingens petitioned the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Interior to disincorporate from Wendlingen. A long dispute followed. On 11 December 1950, as a compromise, the Ministry of the Interior suggested that the station be renamed Wendlingen-Unterboihingen. Wendlingen had little sympathy for this and it did not satisfy the representatives of Unterboihingen. Tempers eventually calmed down.
Already in the 1970s, the Deutsche Bundesbahn
Deutsche Bundesbahn
The Deutsche Bundesbahn or DB was formed as the state railway of the newly established Federal Republic of Germany on September 7, 1949 as a successor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft '...
planned the continuation of the S-Bahn from Plochingen to Kirchheim. Implementation, however, lasted for several decades and work only commenced on 23 July 2008. S-Bahn line S1 has operated on the Teck Railway since 12 December 2009.
Entrance building
The station building was constructed in 1859 and its two annexes still exist. The ground floor, which has arched windows and doors, is made of sandstone. The upper floor, where an official residence was located, is painted light beige. The walls under the eaves is decorated with half-timbered
Timber framing
Timber framing , or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction, is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs . It is commonplace in large barns...
elements.
In September 1900, the building was given a single-storey extension towards the south. In it were a room for the traffic controller and a post office. In 1902, it was connected with the telegraph network.
After the extension for the post office was no longer sufficient, it got a new extension to the south, a two-storey building with a hipped roof and wood panelling on the upper floor facade.
The last renovation was on the north side of the entrance building, which has a sign with the name “Wendlingen (Neckar)”, while the south side has a sign with the name “Unterboihingen”.
Rail services
The station has five platform tracks. Track 1 is next to the station building and is used by regional trains towards Plochingen. Track 2 is used by trains towards Nürtingen. Track 3 is also used by regional trains towards Nürtingen. Track 11 is served by S-Bahn to Kirchheim and is connected to the main platform (track 1). Track 12 is served by S-Bahn trains to Plochingen.Wendlingen (Neckar) station is classified by Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...
as a category 4 station
German railway station categories
About 5,400 railway stations in Germany that are owned and operated by the Deutsche Bahn subsidiary DB Station&Service are assigned into seven categories, denoting the service level available at the station....
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Regional services
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| align="center" | R8 | Stuttgart Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof is the Hauptbahnhof of the city of Stuttgart, the capital of the Land of Baden-Württemberg, in southwestern Germany. It is the largest regional and long-distance railway station in Stuttgart, the main node of the Stuttgart S-Bahn network, and, together with the halt at Charlottenplatz, the main... – Bad Cannstatt Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt station Bad Cannstatt station is the second largest station of the German city of Stuttgart after Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof and has eight platform tracks. Together with Untertürkheim station, it is the oldest station in Württemberg.-History:... – Esslingen (Neckar) Esslingen (Neckar) station Esslingen station is the most important station in the town of Esslingen am Neckar in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and is located 13.2 kilometres from Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof on the Fils Valley Railway.-History:... – Plochingen Plochingen station Plochingen station is the only station in the town of Plochingen in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and the most important railway junction of the Esslingen district... – Wendlingen – Nürtingen Nürtingen Nürtingen is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located on the river Neckar.-History:The following events occurred, by year:*1046 : First mention of Niuritingin in the document of Speyer... – Metzingen Metzingen Metzingen is a Swabian city with about 22,000 inhabitants, in the state of Baden-Württemberg in the southwest of Germany, south of Stuttgart.-History:The city is mentioned for the first time in documents from 1075... – Reutlingen Reutlingen Reutlingen is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous district of Reutlingen. As of April 2008, it has a population of 109,828.... – Tübingen Tübingen Hauptbahnhof is a transport node in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and the largest station in the university town of Tübingen and the district of Tübingen.-Location :... |
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| R73 | Plochingen – Wendlingen – Nürtingen – Metzingen – Reutlingen – Tübingen – Herrenberg Herrenberg station Herrenberg station is located on the on the Gäu Railway and is at the start of the Ammer Valley Railway . Because it is a stop for Regional-Express services and it is a terminus for both Stuttgart S-Bahn line S 1 and Regionalbahn services from Tübingen and Bondorf, it is an important transport node... |
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S-Bahn
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| Kirchheim (Teck) – Wendlingen – Plochingen – Esslingen – Neckarpark Stuttgart Neckarpark station Neckarpark station is in the German city of Stuttgart and is located at the chainage of 5.6 kilometres on the Fils Valley Railway and is a station on the network of the Stuttgart S-Bahn.-History : The Cannstatter Wasen has been a fairground and exhibition area since the... – Bad Cannstatt – Hauptbahnhof – Schwabstraße Stuttgart Schwabstraße station Schwabstraße underground station is in Stuttgart-West district, west of the centre of the German city of Stuttgart and was at the end of the first section of the Connection line , the original underground section of the Stuttgart S-Bahn. Several lines of the S-Bahn terminate at the station... – Vaihingen Stuttgart-Vaihingen station Vaihingen station is located on the on the Gäu Railway in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is served by regional services and Stuttgart S-Bahn lines S1, S2 and S3... – Rohr Stuttgart-Rohr station Rohr station is located the chainage of 16.7 km on the Gäu Railway and is a station in the network of the Stuttgart S-Bahn.-History :... – Böblingen Böblingen station Böblingen station is located on the on the Gäu Railway and is at the start of the Rankbach Railway and the Schönbuch Railway . It is served by regional services and Stuttgart S-Bahn line S 1... – Herrenberg Herrenberg station Herrenberg station is located on the on the Gäu Railway and is at the start of the Ammer Valley Railway . Because it is a stop for Regional-Express services and it is a terminus for both Stuttgart S-Bahn line S 1 and Regionalbahn services from Tübingen and Bondorf, it is an important transport node... |