Wabern (Bz Kassel) is a railway station in the municipality of Wabern, in the German state of Hesse. It is on the Main to Weser railway from Frankfurt to Kassel. The station is a stop for ICE trains with connections towards Bremen and Karlsruhe. It was once an important railway junction, as the line to Brilon Wald (Wabern–Bad Wildungen and Wega–Brilon Wald lines) branched off here with a connection to the Ruhr area. Today this branch line ends in Bad Wildungen.[2][3][4]
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| Location | Bahnhofstr. 1, Wabern, Hesse Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°06′11″N 9°21′30″E / 51.1030°N 9.3583°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architect | Julius Eugen Ruhl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Rundbogenstil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 6457[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DS100 code | FWAB[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IBNR | 8000368 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Category | 4[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.bahnhof.de | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1849 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The station opened in December 1849, at the same time as the railway line from Kassel. The extension to Treysa opened a few days later. The station has a main building designed by Julius Eugen Ruhl.[5][6]
In 2018 the station was modernized to be barrier-free, involving the construction of a new underpass, three elevators and raised platforms. The work cost €15 million.[3]
In the 2026 timetable, the following services stop at the station:[7]
| Line | Route | Interval |
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| ICE 24 | Westerland – Hamburg – Hanover – Kassel – Wabern – Frankfurt | 1 train pair |
| ICE 26 | Bremen – Hanover – Göttingen – Kassel – Wabern – Gießen – Frankfurt – Heidelberg – Karlsruhe | Every four hours |
| RE 30 | Kassel Hbf – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Wabern – Treysa – Marburg – Gießen – Frankfurt | 120 min |
| RE 39 RB 39 | Kassel Hbf – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Wabern – Bad Wildungen | 60 min (weekdays) 120 min (weekend) |
| RE 98 (Main-Sieg-Express) | Kassel Hbf – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Wabern – Treysa – Marburg – Gießen – Frankfurt | 120 mins |
References
edit- 1 2 "Stationspreisliste 2026" [Station price list 2026] (PDF) (in German). DB InfraGO. 3 December 2025. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
- 1 2 Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2023 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. p. 253. ISBN 978-3-8446-6440-9.
- 1 2 Laumann, Anke (2018-12-01). "Umbau für 15 Millionen: Bahnhof Wabern ist jetzt barrierefrei". HNA (in German). Archived from the original on 2024-02-24. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- ↑ "Wabern (Bz Kassel)". DB InfraGO AG. Archived from the original on 2024-02-24. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ↑ Lohr, Siegfried (1982). Planungen und Bauten des Kasseler Baumeisters Julius Eugen Ruhl 1796–1871. Ein Beitrag zur Baugeschichte Kassels und Kurhessens im 19. Jahrhundert (in German). Darmstadt: Masch. Diss. p. 347.
- ↑ Rödel, Volker; Schomann, Heinz (2005). Eisenbahn in Hessen. Eisenbahnbauten und -strecken 1839–1939. Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Theiss Verlag. p. 142. ISBN 3-8062-1917-6.
- ↑ "Departures: Wabern (Bz Kassel)" (PDF). Deutsche Bahn. 14 December 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
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