Bad Ems station

Bad Ems is a station in the town of Bad Ems in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is on the Lahntal railway (Koblenz–Wetzlar). The entrance building is heritage-listed.^[4]

Bad Ems
Station forecourt and station building
General information
Location	Bahnhofsplatz 1, Bad Ems, Rhineland-Palatinate Germany
Coordinates	50°19′39″N 7°43′43″E
Line(s)	Lahntal railway (km 86.4) (625)
Platforms	2
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Heinrich Velde
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
Other information
Station code	271[1]
DS100 code	FEMS[2]
IBNR	80000701
Category	5[1]
Fare zone	VRM: 503[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1 July 1858
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Mitte Following station Niederlahnstein towards Koblenz Hbf RE 25 Nassau (Lahn) towards Gießen Bad Ems West towards Mayen Ost RB 23 Dausenau towards Limburg (Lahn)

Construction

View of the train shed

Train shed with platforms

The station has an entrance hall, an extension formerly used as a Fürstenbahnhof ("Princes' station", that it was built to be used by royalty) and a train shed built by MAN in 1910;^[5] which is the smallest train shed in the DB network. It was built because of the great importance of Bad Ems as a spa before the First World War. The ensemble is given heritage protection as a cultural monument.

A pedestrian subway, which was built later, connects the entrance building with the island platform and Braubacher Straße (L 327) on the other side of the station. The entrance is equipped with a wheelchair ramp. An extension to the station building contains remains of paintings on the ceiling. This contains stairs and a lift connecting with the subway to the platform and to Braubacher Straße.

In the meantime the station was classified as a Haltepunkt (halt).^[6] Station points were installed and the signals were renewed in August 2015 to allow more trains to pass over the Lahntal railway during the busiest periods. The installation of points meant that it was reclassified from a halt to a station.^[7][8]

Tracks

The station has a platform with two platform tracks:

• track 1 (length: 277 metre; height: 34/55 cm): trains to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
• track 2 (length: 272 metre; height: 34/55 cm): trains to Limburg (Lahn) and Gießen

Connections

Trains

The following services stop in Bad Ems station:^[9]

Line	Route	Frequency
RE 25 Lahn-Eifel-Bahn	Koblenz Hbf – Bad Ems – Nassau (Lahn) – Diez – Limburg (Lahn) – Weilburg – Wetzlar – Gießen	Every 2 hours
RB 23 Lahn-Eifel-Bahn	Mayen Ost – Mendig – Koblenz Stadtmitte – Koblenz Hbf – Bad Ems – Nassau (Lahn) – Diez – Limburg (Lahn)	Hourly (+ extra trains in peak hour)

Buses

The following bus routes stop at the nearest bus stop, called Bad Ems Hauptbahnhof:

• 456: Bad Ems–Welschneudorf–Montabaur
• 547: Bad Ems town route
• 557: Bad Ems–Arzbach–Neuhäusel(–Koblenz)