Niederlahnstein station

Through station

Location

Koblenzer Str. 1, Lahnstein, Rhineland-Palatinate
Germany

Coordinates

50°19′01″N 7°35′59″E / 50.3169444°N 7.5997222°ECoordinates: 50°19′01″N 7°35′59″E / 50.3169444°N 7.5997222°E

Line(s)

East Rhine Railway (123.8 km)
Lahn Valley Railway (99.2 km)

Platforms

4 (previously 6)

Other information

Station code

3360

DS100 code

KNL

IBNR

8000278

Category

Website

www.bahn.de

History

Opened

3 June 1864; 152 years ago

Services

Preceding station	VIAS	Following station
Koblenz Hbf toward Neuwied	RB 10 RheingauLinie	Oberlahnstein toward Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
Preceding station	Deutsche Bahn	Following station
Koblenz Hbf toward Mayen Ost	RB 23 Lahn-Eifel-Bahn	Friedrichssegen toward Limburg (Lahn)
Koblenz Hbf Terminus	RE 25 Lahntal-Express	Bad Ems toward Gießen Hbf

Niederlahnstein station is, along with Oberlahnstein and Friedrichssegen, one of three stations in the town of Lahnstein in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is a separation station on the East Rhine Railway (German: Rechte Rheinstrecke) and the Lahn Valley Railway and is located in the Niederlahnstein district and forms a public transport hub for the Rhine-Mosel-Lahn area.

The Nassau Rhine Railway Company (Nassauische Rhein Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) opened in 1856, the first section of the Nassau Rhine Railway (Nassauische Rheinbahn) from Wiesbaden to Rudesheim, which was authorised in 1853. Due to financial and technical difficulties, the line was not opened to Oberlahnstein until 1862. It was extended to Niederlahnstein on 3 June 1864. There, the Rhine Railway ran over the Pfaffendorf Bridge to Koblenz to connect with the West Rhine Railway (Linke Rheinstrecke) of the Rhenish Railway Company (Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft). A train ferry had connected Oberlahnstein and Königsbach in order to connect the two lines for two years from the second half of 1862. The extension of the Nassau Rhine Railway from Niederlahnstein to Neuwied was opened on 27 October 1869.

With the annexation of Duchy of Nassau by Prussia as a result of the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 and the subsequent absorption of the Nassau State Railway, including the Lahn Valley Railway by the Prussian state railways, a direct connection was opened on 15 May 1879 from Niederlahnstein to the Lahn Valley Railway near Friedrichssegen. In 1878/79, the Horchheim rail bridge was opened to the south of Koblenz to connect the east and west Rhine lines. Thus, the direct connection was built from Niederlahnstein to Koblenz. In the same period, the station received a new entrance building.

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