Description
Achern station is the largest and most important of the four stations in the town of Achern in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located at kilometre 125.3 of the Rhine Valley Railway (Rheintalbahn), which connects Mannheim and Basel and is the starting point of the Acher Valley Railway (Achertalbahn), which runs to Ottenhöfen. The station has four platforms and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn (DB) as a category 4 station. It has also been the terminus of lines S32 and S4 of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn since December 2004.LocationAchern station is located on the northwestern edge of the town of Achern, about 0.7 km west of the town centre, at the southern edge of the Mittelmatten industrial estate. Bundesstraße 3 (federal highway 3) runs next to Achern station and the new Karlsruhe–Basel high speed line runs parallel to the Rhine Valley Railway past the station.HistoryOn 11 June 1844, the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway opened the Baden-Oos–Offenburg section of the Rhine Valley Railway running through Achern. A station was opened in Achern at the same time.
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