Baden-Baden railway station
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Baden-Baden station
 
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Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg Germany |
| Coordinates | 48°47′26″N 8°11′27″E / 48.79056°N 8.19083°ECoordinates: 48°47′26″N 8°11′27″E / 48.79056°N 8.19083°E |
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| Platforms | 5 |
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| Station code | 371 |
| DS100 code | RBB |
| IBNR | 8000774 |
| Category | 3 |
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| Opened | 1844 |
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| Passengers | 6000 |
Baden-Baden station is the most important of the three railway stations in the city of Baden-Baden in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is regularly served by local and long distance trains operated by Deutsche Bahn. It is also the served by two lines of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn, operated by Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft ("Alb Valley Transport Company", AVG). The station is located at chainage 105.3 km on the Rhine Valley Railway (based on the original distance from Mannheim) in the Baden-Baden district of Oos. Until 1977, it was also the starting point of a branch line to the centre of Baden-Baden.
On 6 May 1844, the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway (German: Großherzogliche Badische Staatsbahn) opened the station along with the Rhine Valley Railway from Rastatt. At that time the station was called Oos. Initially it had a small wooden station building. For a year passengers used horse buses to be transported to Baden-Baden until finally on 27 July 1845 a branch line was opened to Baden-Baden with a terminal station in the city centre.
In 1904, the station received a new station building, which continues to serve as such. In 1908, it was renamed Baden-Oos.
In 1928 the community of Oos was incorporated into Baden-Baden and the station was renamed Baden-Baden West. This change of name, however, was reversed in 1937 and the station was again called Baden-Oos.
From 1926 to 1949 the station had a tram connection to Lichtental. In 1949 the trams were replaced by trolleybuses, which in 1971 were closed.
In the 1950s, the railway lines through the station were electrified. Therefore, it was served at the time mainly by electric multiple units.
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