Eltville station
Eltville station is station of Eltville in the Rheingau in the German state of Hesse on the East Rhine Railway from Wiesbaden to Koblenz. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.
History
The station was opened on 11 August 1856 with the opening of Wiesbaden–Rudesheim section of the Nassau Rhine Railway opened by the Nassau State Railway. The station building was initially only an open hall.The Eltville–Schlangenbad steam tramway was opened as the Eltviller Kleinbahn on 1 July 1895. This ran from the station forecourt through the vineyards and the winery village of Neudorf, past the high grounds of Rauenthal in the Taunus up to the spa town of Schlangenbad, which has been known for two centuries. On 1 December 1922, the light railway was closed due to declining passenger numbers. It had been taken by the Allgemeinen Deutschen Kleinbahn-AG and its operating company, the Allgemeinen Deutschen Eisenbahn-Betriebs-GmbH in 1915.
Infrastructure
The reception building is a two-storey stucco building with a hipped roof, with lower annexes at both ends.Eltville station is the only station between Rüdesheim and Wiesbaden Central Station that still has a third track. This is occasionally used to allow overtaking. Eltville station has a “home” platform, which is barrier-free for the disabled and an island platform for tracks 2 and 3, which can only be reached by steps from an underpass. Track 1 is used by trains towards Wiesbaden and Frankfurt and track 2 is used by services towards Rudesheim, Kaub, Koblenz and Neuwied. Points and signals at the station are controlled by a push button interlocking installed in 1954.
In the station forecourt there is a bus stop served by regular services of Omnibusverkehr Rhein-Nahe to Rudesheim and Wiesbaden, to Kiedrich and Eberbach Abbey or to Martinsthal, Rauenthal and Schlangenbad. Also located at the station is a taxistand. There is a commuter car parking area on the other side of the Weinhohle underpass, which is within walking distance along the Mälzereiweg path.
Rail services
The station has not been served by long-distance passenger services for years.Fares at Eltville are set by the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund. Eltville station is served by Regionalbahn line RB 10. Since the introduction of the 2010/2011 timetable on 12 December 2010, this route has been operated by the low-floor FLIRT electric multiple units operated by VIAS as the RheingauLinie, serving Eltville station every hour and in some cases during peak hour, every half hour.
| Line | Line name | Route | Frequency |
| RheingauLinie | Neuwied – Koblenz Stadtmitte – Koblenz Hbf – Rüdesheim – Eltville – Wiesbaden Hbf – Frankfurt Hbf | Hourly |