Bingen Hauptbahnhof
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Bingen (Rhein) Hauptbahnhof
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View of the station from an overpass
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| Location | Bingerbrücker Straße 1, Bingen, Rhineland-Palatinate Germany |
| Coordinates | 49°58′07″N 07°53′01″E / 49.96861°N 7.88361°ECoordinates: 49°58′07″N 07°53′01″E / 49.96861°N 7.88361°E |
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| Platforms | 6 |
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| Station code | 649 |
| DS100 code | FBGK |
| IBNR | 8000039 |
| Category | 4 |
| Website | www.bahnhof.de |
| History | |
| Opened | 15 July 1858 |
| Previous names | Bingerbrück |
Bingen (Rhein) Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the German city of Bingen am Rhein on the West Rhine Railway. It is located in the borough of Bingerbrück. The station that serves central Bingen is called Bingen Stadt.
The station is served by InterCityExpress, Intercity and regional trains. It is a junction station where the Nahe Valley Railway branches of the West Rhine Railway (left bank line). It formerly also included a marshalling yard. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.
Bingen Hbf is located in the district of Bingerbrück in the city of Bingen am Rhein and extends along the Rhine almost to the Nahe. Bingen Stadt (town) station is less than 2 kilometres to the southeast. The town station is located in the town's centre and its bus station gives better access to the town’s bus services than the Hauptbahnhof.
Three of the attractions of The Industrial Heritage Trail Rhine-Main (Route der Industriekultur Rhein-Main), which links tourist attractions related to the industrial heritage of the Rhine Main Area, are located at Hauptbahnhof:
The station was opened on 15 July 1858 as Bingerbrück station along with the first section of the Nahe Valley Railway. On the opposite side of the Nahe river was Bingen (now Bingen Stadt) station on the left bank section of the Hessian Ludwig Railway (Hessische Ludwigsbahn).
During the construction of the main railway station a Roman necropolis was discovered, revealing numerous tombstones of Roman military and civil auxilia. The tombstone of Annaius, a member of the cohors IV Delmatarum, shows a detailed aspect of Roman weapons and clothing dating back to the first half of the 1st century.
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