Gundelfingen (Breisgau) station

Gundelfingen (Breisgau)
Deutsche Bahn S-Bahn
Breisgau S-Bahn service in Gundelfingen station
General information
LocationRosenstr. 18, Gundelfingen, Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Coordinates48°02′41″N 7°52′28″E / 48.04459°N 7.87439°E / 48.04459; 7.87439
Elevation241 m (791 ft)
OwnerDeutsche Bahn
Operator
Lines
Platforms2
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code2412
DS100 codeRGDN
IBNR8002465
Category5
Fare zoneRVF: A
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened30 July 1845
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Baden-Württemberg Following station
Denzlingen
towards Offenburg
 RB 26 Freiburg Hbf
Terminus
Preceding station Breisgau S-Bahn Following station
Denzlingen
towards Elzach
 S2 Freiburg-Zähringen
towards Freiburg Hbf
Location

Gundelfingen station is a railway station in Gundelfingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It lies on the Mannheim–Karlsruhe–Basel railway (Rhine Valley Railway). The Freiburg bypass, which is reserved for freight traffic, branches off south of the station. It is served by Breisgau S-Bahn (BSB) and DB Regio trains and has two side platforms. DB designates it as a class 5 station.

History

Gundelfingen station was established on 30 July 1845 with the opening of the Offenburg–Freiburg Hbf section of the Rhine Valley Railway from Mannheim to Basel via Karlsruhe.

The freight bypass branching off in Gundelfingen was inaugurated on 4 September 1905 to relieve traffic at Freiburg Hauptbahnhof.

The entire route of the Rhine Valley Railway, including Gundelfingen station, was electrified In 1955.

Operations

Junction with the Freiburg freight bypass railway (right) at Gundelfingen

Around 100 DB Regio and Breisgau S-Bahn trains stop in Gundelfingen every day. There are direct connections to Basel, Freiburg im Breisgau, Offenburg, Karlsruhe, Waldkirch and Elzach. The municipality belongs to Regio-Verkehrsverbund Freiburg (Freiburg Regional Transport Association, RVF), which administers local services and fares.

Long-distance services

No long-distance services stop in Gundelfingen. The closest station served by long-distance traffic is Freiburg (Breisgau) Hauptbahnhof.

Local services

Gundelfingen is almost exclusively served by Breisgau S-Bahn services from Freiburg via Gundelfingen, Denzlingen and Waldkirch to Elzach every 30 to 60 minutes.

Regional-Express services between Offenburg and Basel as well as Regionalbahn services between Basel or Neuenburg and Offenburg, sometimes extended to/from Karlsruhe, occasionally stop in Gundelfingen.

Train class Route Frequency
RE 7 Offenburg – Lahr (Schwarzw) – Emmendingen – Denzlingen – Gundelfingen (Breisgau) – Freiburg (Breisgau) – Schallstadt – Bad Krozingen – Müllheim (Baden) – Basel Bad Bf (– Basel SBB) Some services
RB 26 Gundelfingen (Breisgau) – Freiburg (Breisgau) – Ebringen – Schallstadt – Bad Krozingen – Heitersheim – Müllheim (Baden) – Neuenburg (Baden) / Basel Bad Bf Every 60 minutes
S2 Elzach – Waldkirch – Denzlingen – Gundelfingen (Breisgau) – Freiburg (Breisgau) Every 30 minutes (to/from Waldkirch)
every 30/60 minutes (to/from Elzach)

Freight transport

Gundelfingen junction is located directly south of the station. There, the sometimes dense north-south freight traffic is routed to the Freiburg freight bypass railway.

Bus services

Bus routes 15, 16 (both Gundelfingen–Wildtal–Zähringen–Freiburg) and bus route 24 (Gundelfingen–Freiburg Industriegebiet Nord) run from Gundelfingen station. These are operated by Freiburger Verkehrs AG. Regional buses are operated by Südbadenbus over a wider area.

References

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 "Stationspreisliste 2026" [Station price list 2026] (PDF) (in German). DB InfraGO. 3 December 2025. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  2. ↑ Railway Atlas 2017, p. 206.
  3. ↑ "Tarifzonenplan mit Übergangsbereichen" (PDF). Regio-Verkehrsverbund Freiburg. December 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  4. ↑ Deutsche Reichsbahn 1935.
  5. ↑ Greß 1997, p. 66.
  6. ↑ 140 Years 1985.

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