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16-770: The current station replaced three stations in the city centre, which were next to each other near the fairground ( Rhein-Main-Hallen ) and the Wiesbaden Museum . These were: A fourth railway line was added in 1889, connecting to the Rheinbahnhof , with the opening Langenschwalbach Railway (now the Aar Valley Railway — Aartalbahn ) from the Rheinbahnhof in Wiesbaden to Bad Schwalbach (then called Langenschwalbach ) and later extended to Diez on

32-432: A link to the east to the new line. The realised Wiesbadener Kreuz (Wiesbaden Cross) option was accessed as having the best cost-benefit ratio . A major argument put forward in the assessment report was that the best way by far of generating passenger traffic would be a connection to the existing station and that only at Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof would it be possible to give comprehensive access to public transport. Furthermore,

48-548: A tunnel that was located 30 to 100 m below the water table. The high pressure of ground water under parts of the city of Wiesbaden made this extremely difficult. Test bores on the route of the postulated tunnel found material that was penetrated by debris. In August 1991, the state of Hesse, the city of Wiesbaden and the Deutsche Bundesbahn agreed to a ground-level connection running from the Hauptbahnhof via

64-865: Is served by the following regional services: The station is the terminus of three lines of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn : Museum Wiesbaden Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.132 via cp1112 cp1112, Varnish XID 922801610 Upstream caches: cp1112 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 07:43:55 GMT Baroque Revival architecture The Baroque Revival , also known as Neo-Baroque (or Second Empire architecture in France and Wilhelminism in Germany),

80-449: The Lahn . The new station building became necessary to handle the growing number of passenger visiting the spa city at that time. It was built from 1904 to 1906 according to the plans of Fritz Klingholz in a flamboyant neo-baroque style that corresponded to an international style of architecture adopted for spa towns. It was also intended to welcome Kaiser Wilhelm II on his visit to

96-496: The Aar Valley Railway. One of the long-term consequences was the decommissioning and dismantling of station track 11 so that the station now has only 10 tracks. Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof was extensively refurbished and modernised at a cost of €25 million between 2003 and 2004. A redesign of the forecourt, costing €1.5 million, was carried out between mid-2006 and March 2007. The modernisation should have been completed with

112-433: The approximately 13.0 km long Breckenheim–Wiesbaden line opened in 2002. This line had been subjected to extensive analysis and discussions by 1990. Three options were investigated: The option of running under the Wiesbaden city area with a station on a north–south orientation was dismissed. Overall, this option required an ascending 10.2 km tunnel. Also rejected was the east–west option as it would have required

128-423: The building is formed of yellow sandstone, in contrast to the exterior. The roof over the actual platform area consists of steel and glass. During its renovation in 2004, the station was largely restored to its original appearance. The monumental nature of the concourse is now restored to its full advantage as distracting objects have been removed. It is served by the following long-distance services: The station

144-426: The federal government. Patronage of services on the line have been disappointing and services have been cut back from those originally operating so that there are now only two services each way on week days only. The station building is connected to a five-span train-shed, originally with eleven tracks (now only ten are in operation), which are located in front of a broad vaulted concourse that extends eastward beyond

160-608: The opening of the high-speed line to Cologne , but was postponed several times due to lack of funds. Next door is the Lilien-Carré shopping centre opened in March 2007 on the site of the former main post office. As part of the economic stimulus package, the train shed roofs have been renovated at a cost of €35 million since late 2010. Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof is connected to the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed line by

176-438: The option largely agreed with the route promoted by nature conservation and environmental groups. A proposed branch off the link along the A 66 and connecting to the high-speed line towards Frankfurt, which would be served only by regional services has not been realized. As part of the connection to the new line, a platform in Wiesbaden station was extended to the length of long ICE trains. The cost of €1.7 million were funded by

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192-635: The second half of the 19th century, and are integral to the Beaux-Arts architecture it engendered both in France and abroad. An ebullient sense of European imperialism encouraged an official architecture to reflect it in Britain and France , and in Germany and Italy the Baroque Revival expressed pride in the new power of the unified state. There are also number of post-modern buildings with

208-403: The spa every May and a platform was established for him and other aristocrats. The first train ran into the new station on 15 November 1906 around 2:23 a.m. In the station building the relics of the former images of crowned heads, with the faces removed, can still be seen in many places. The new Hauptbahnhof was located outside the town at the time of its building at the south-eastern end of

224-642: The then newly constructed ring road (the Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring and the Bismarckring ), which runs in an arc to the west of the historic pentagon ( Historische Fünfeck ) at the centre of Wiesbaden. During the period up to the First World War the town developed towards the new station. On 25 September 1983, the Hauptbahnhof was affected by the closure of a line. Passenger services were discontinued between Wiesbaden and Bad Schwalbach on

240-424: The train-shed and at right angles to it to a vaulted lobby to the east of platform track 1. The exterior is formed of red sandstone and has rich Baroque Revival forms. The highlight is the lobby on the eastern side, which has a 40-metre-high (130 ft) clock tower with a curved canopy . The former entrance on the western side is surmounted by a copper dome. The roof is adorned with green tiles. The interior of

256-517: Was an architectural style of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The term is used to describe architecture and architectural sculptures which display important aspects of Baroque style, but are not of the original Baroque period. Elements of the Baroque architectural tradition were an essential part of the curriculum of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the pre-eminent school of architecture in

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