Bad Honnef (Rhein) station

Bad Honnef (Rhein)
Through station
Bad Honnef (Rhein) station
Location	August Lepper Str. 6, Bad Honnef, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	50°38′22″N 7°13′10″E / 50.6395°N 7.219447°E / 50.6395; 7.219447Coordinates: 50°38′22″N 7°13′10″E / 50.6395°N 7.219447°E / 50.6395; 7.219447
Line(s)	East Rhine Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	285
DS100 code	KHBD
IBNR	8000713
Category	5
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	11 July 1870
Services
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station Rhöndorf toward Mönchengladbach Hbf RE 8 Rhein-Erft-Express Unkel toward Koblenz Hbf RB 27 Rhein-Erft-Bahn

Bad Honnef (Rhein) is a station on the East Rhine Railway in Bad Honnef, a town in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

It was opened in 11 July 1870 during the extension of the East Rhine Railway from Neuwied to Oberkassel as a station with the name of Honnef (Rhein). In the course of the commissioning of the electronic interlocking on the Right Rhine line, the station was converted into a halt (Haltepunkt) with an Anschlussstelle (siding that is normally locked out of use) in August 2014.

The station is located on the western edge of Bad Honnef between Lohfelder Straße to the west and August-Lepper-Strasse and the parallel federal highway 42 to the east, near the Rhine bank in front of the island of Grafenwerth.

At its southern edge is a commercial area, to its north is a bridge structure called Honneferkreuz ("Honnef Cross"), which serves as an interchange with the B 42, which gives access for passengers to the station. There is a parking area at and below the bridge.

The station has an island platform, which is accessed by a subway with stairs from the entrance building. The entrance building is two-storeys, with a one-storey wing extending to the subway. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as Category 5.

The original entrance building was built in a similar style to some of the neighbouring stations in neo-Classical forms and the entrance was bordered by a broad set of steps. During their visit to Bad Honnef, the Swedish king and queen, Oscar and Sophia, were received at the station in 1901. Opposite the station was a station hotel, which was demolished at the latest after the Second World War. In 1957, the station was extensively modified in anticipation of the electrification of the railway line (1958) with the entrance building losing its neo-classical style and the signal box being moved to a smaller building south of the station. After Honnef received the official prefix of Bad (spa) in 1960, the station was renamed Bad Honnef (Rhein) in 1964 or 1965.