Germersheim station is a junction station in the south of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....

. It 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 5 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....

. It is the terminus of lines S3 and S4 of the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn and the terminus of lines S51 and S52 of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn. The station lies on the Schifferstadt–Wörth line and the Bruhrain Railway

Bruhrain Railway

The Bruhrain Railway is a railway line running from Bruchsal to Germersheim in the German states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate...

 to Graben-Neudorf

Graben-Neudorf

Graben-Neudorf is a town in Northern Karlsruhe County in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.-Early history:The village of Graben was probably created between the 5th and 7th Century, though this isn't entirely certain. An ancient Roman road connecting Kehl, Mühlburg, Heidelberg, and Neuenheim runs...

 and Bruchsal

Bruchsal station

Bruchsal station is the centre of the rail transport in the city of Bruchsal in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.-History :The original station of the baroque town of Bruchsal opened on 10 April 1843 as part of the Karlsruhe–Heidelberg section of the old Baden main line, which eventually...

. Until 1984 it was the terminus of the Lower Queich Valley Railway from Landau

Landau (Pfalz) Hauptbahnhof

of the centre of public transport in the city of Landau in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.-History :The history of the station begins in 1855, when the Palatine Maximilian Railway was opened on the Neustadt–Landau–Winden–Wissembourg route. In 1872, a new station building was built in the...

. The station is part of the Germersheim tariff area of the Rhine-Neckar Transport Association, as well as the Karlsruhe Transport Association.

Services

The following lines operate through Germersheim station (as of January 2011):

Line	Route	Frequency
	Germersheim – Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Hbf Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Hauptbahnhof is a combination of a wedge shaped station and a two-level interchange station in Ludwigshafen am Rhein in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The station is at the junction on the lines from Mainz and Neustadt an der Weinstrasse to Mannheim. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 2...  – Mannheim Hbf Mannheim Hauptbahnhof is the central railway station of Mannheim in Germany. It is the second largest traffic hub in southwestern Germany after Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof, with 658 trains a day, including 238 long-distance trains. 100,000 passengers embark, disembark or transfer between trains at the station each day...  – Heidelberg Hbf Heidelberg Hauptbahnhof is the central station for Heidelberg. In 2005 it was used by 30,472 passengers daily and is one of the largest passenger stations in Baden-Wurttemberg. The main station entrance opened in 1955 in Willy-Brandt-Platz in the western district of Heidelberg, on the edge of the district. Diagonally...  – Eberbach – Neckarsulm – Heilbronn Hbf Heilbronn Hauptbahnhof is the main passenger station in Heilbronn in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.-Description :The station is located about 1 km west of the inner city of Heilbronn and the Old Neckar on a 1 km wide island between the old Neckar and the modern canalised Neckar. Southwest of the modern...	One train per day
	Mainz Hbf Mainz Hauptbahnhof is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Mainz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is used by about 80,000 travellers and visitors each day and is therefore one of the busiest 21 stations in Germany...  – Worms Hbf Worms Hauptbahnhof is, along with Worms Brücke station and Worms Pfeddersheim station, one of three operational passenger stations in the Rhenish Hesse city of Worms, Germany. The station with is its pedestrian underpass is also an essential link between the eastern and the western parts of central Worms...  – Frankenthal Hbf – Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Hbf – Schifferstadt – Speyer Hbf Speyer Hauptbahnhof is a transit station and the more important of the two stations in the city of Speyer in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.-Location :The station is on the Schifferstadt–Wörth line and is a stop for Regional-Express services from Mainz to Karlsruhe and S-Bahn lines S3 and S4 of the...  – Germersheim – Graben-Neudorf – Karlsruhe Hbf Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof is the central railway station in the German city of Karlsruhe. The station is classified as one of the major Category 1 stations in Germany, due to its function as a hub connecting several railway lines with each other.- History :...	Every 120 minutes
	Ludwigshafen BASF – Speyer – Germersheim – Rheinzabern – Wörth (Rhein)	One train per day
	Germersheim – Philippsburg – Graben-Neudorf – Bruchsal Bruchsal station Bruchsal station is the centre of the rail transport in the city of Bruchsal in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.-History :The original station of the baroque town of Bruchsal opened on 10 April 1843 as part of the Karlsruhe–Heidelberg section of the old Baden main line, which eventually...	Every 60 minutes
	Karlsruhe Hbf – Bruchsal – Heidelberg Hbf – Mannheim Hbf – Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Hbf – Schifferstadt – Speyer Hbf  – Germersheim	Every 60 minutes
	Bruchsal – Heidelberg Hbf – Mannheim Hbf – Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Hbf – Schifferstadt – Speyer Hbf – Germersheim	Every 60 minutes
	Karlsruhe Marktplatz – Karlsruhe Hbf – Karlsruhe Westbahnnhof – Maxau – Wörth am Rhein – Rheinzabern  – Germersheim	Every 60 minutes
	Karlsruhe Hbf – Marktplatz – Europaplatz (Kaiserstraße) – Yorckstraße - Wörth am Rhein – Rheinzabern  – Germersheim	Every 60 minutes

Station

Germersheim station has four platform tracks, an old and a new station building. The old station building currently houses a restaurant and several residential units. For several years the building has served no public transport role. The new station building, which had been closed for the last few years has been re-activated. The whole station was modernisation in 2006 and made fully accessible.

Outside the station building there are several bus stops, a taxi rank, a spacious park and ride parking area and a lockup for bicycles.

As 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...

(DB) had for a long time not invested in the station, the town of Germersheim bought it from DB. The station is on the Wörth–Germersheim line of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn, which opened at the end of 2010. At the end of 2011 the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn is expected to extend it service from Germersheim to Bruchsal, leading to increased usage. DB remains as a tenant and a restaurant and kiosk will be reactivated.