Schwetzingen station

Schwetzingen
Through station
Schwetzingen station in December 2008
General information
Location	Bahnhofsanlage 1–3, Schwetzingen, Baden-Württemberg Germany
Coordinates	49°23′00″N 8°34′43″E / 49.38345°N 8.57853°E / 49.38345; 8.57853
Line(s)	Mannheim–Karlsruhe (km 13.6) Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld–Schwetzingen (now only freight) Heidelberg–Speyer (km 9.4) (now only freight)
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Other information
Station code	5766[1]
DS100 code	RSZ[2]
IBNR	8005494
Category	4[1]
Fare zone	VRN: 124[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	4 August 1870
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Mitte Following station Neu-Edingen/Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf RB 67 Oftersheim towards Hockenheim Preceding station Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn Following station Oftersheim towards Karlsruhe Hbf S9 Schwetzingen-Hirschacker towards Groß‑Rohrheim
Location Schwetzingen Location in Baden-Württemberg Show map of Baden-Württemberg Schwetzingen Location in Germany Show map of Germany Schwetzingen Location in Europe Show map of Europe

Schwetzingen station is a through station in Schwetzingen, a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and lies not far from its centre. It is located at kilometre 13.6 of the Rhine Railway, which runs from Mannheim via Hockenheim and Graben-Neudorf to Karlsruhe. North of the station, the line to Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld branches to connect with the Main-Neckar Railway; the branch is almost exclusively used by freight. Until 1967, the Heidelberg–Speyer railway gave Schwetzingen direct connections to Heidelberg and Speyer. The only operating section of this line today is the section from Schwetzingen to the industrial area of Hockenheim-Talhaus, which is used for freight traffic.

It is classified by Deutsche Bahn (DB) as a category 4 station.^[1] It has three platform tracks and is served exclusively by DB services. Its address is Bahnhofsanlage 1–3.