Limburgerhof station

Limburgerhof
Through station
Limburgerhof station in July 2007 (left in the picture) with the original entrance building in the background; on the right are the long-distance tracks and the current entrance building
Location	Am Bahnhofplatz 1, Limburgerhof, Rhineland-Palatinate Germany
Coordinates	49°25′27″N 8°23′26″E / 49.42420°N 8.39066°E / 49.42420; 8.39066Coordinates: 49°25′27″N 8°23′26″E / 49.42420°N 8.39066°E / 49.42420; 8.39066
Line(s)	Mannheim–Saarbrücken (km 98.5) (KBS 665.1/665.2/670)
Platforms	2
Construction
Architectural style	Neoclassical
Other information
Station code	3721
DS100 code	RLI
IBNR	8003687
Category	4
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	11 June 1847
Previous names	Mutterstadt

Limburgerhof station – called Mutterstadt until 1930 – is in the town of Limburgerhof in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Deutsche Bahn classifies it as a category 4 station and it has two platform tracks and two through tracks. The station is located in the network of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (Rhine-Neckar transport association, VRN) and belongs to fare zone 123. Its address is Am Bahnhofsplatz 1.

It is located on the Mannheim–Saarbrücken railway, which essentially consists of the Palatine Ludwig Railway (Pfälzische Ludwigsbahn, Ludwigshafen–Bexbach). It was opened on 11 June 1847, when the Ludwigshafen–Neustadt section of the Ludwig Railway was put into full operation under the name of Mutterstadt, since it originally served the municipality of Mutterstadt. Its present name was given to it because the settlement of Limburgerhof was established in the area from 1900; this was raised to an independent municipality on 1 January 1930.

In the meantime, it was rebuilt as a halt. Since December 2003, it has been served by lines S1 and S2 of the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn. Its former entrance building is heritage listed.

The station is located in the northern part of the built-up area of Limburgerhof. The Mannheim–Saarbrücken railway runs through this area directly from northeast to southwest. In its west is the street of Bahnhofsplatz (station forecourt), in the east is Speyerer Straße. The station has bicycle parking, a store for travel supplies and barrier-free access.

Originally it had been planned to build a railway running north-south in the then Bavarian Circle of the Rhine (Rheinkreis). However, it was agreed to first build a railway running east-west, which was to be used primarily for transporting coal from the Saar district (now part of the Saarland) to the Rhine.