Rottweil station
Rottweil station is on the Gäu Railway in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and is the start of the Rottweil–Villingen railway. It lies on the northeastern edge of Rottweil at a height of 557 metres above sea level.
History
Construction began in 1865. During the work, the remains of about 2,000 Russian soldiers were found. They had died about 50 years earlier in an epidemic. Their final resting place was in a mass grave on the grounds of the station. The station was opened on 23 July 1868.Originally the station was 685 metres long and up to 162 metres wide. The complex included an administration building, a freight shed, two locomotive sheds and a repair shop.
On 11 August 1972, a freight train with 26 wagons derailed. Among other things, six tankers with caustic soda overturned, releasing 30,000 litres of caustic soda, but volunteer fire fighters prevented an oxyhydrogen explosion. No one was injured, and the damage amounted to about 750,000 Deutsche Mark.
Significance
Rottweil station is at the junction of Rottweil–Villingen railway and the Gäu Railway. Regionalbahn and Regional-Express operate on the latter, with Intercity trains stopping every two hours in Rottweil. They were in the past supplemented by Intercity-Express and Cisalpino trains. Parts of both lines form part of the Ringzug network that is operated by the Hohenzollern Landesbahn. Until 1971 Rottweil was also the terminus of the Balingen–Rottweil railway. In addition, the station is an important stop for urban and regional bus services.Rail services
Long-distance
The Frankfurt–Stuttgart–Rottweil–Zürich route is served by Intercity trains every two hours.Regional
| Line | Route |
| / | Stuttgart – Böblingen – Herrenberg – Eutingen im Gäu – Horb – Rottweil – Tuttlingen – Singen |
| Stuttgart – Böblingen – Herrenberg – Eutingen – Horb – Rottweil | |
| Villingen – Rottweil | |
| Rottweil – Tuttlingen – Immendingen – Blumberg-Zollhaus | |
| Rottweil – Villingen – – Bräunlingen |