Offenburg station (German: Bahnhof Offenburg) is a railway station in Baden-Württemberg and has seven tracks on four platforms. Offenburg used to be a railway town and the station was of major economic importance to it. In recent years the maintenance facilities and much of the rail freight yards have been closed. The station is very centrally located within the city and is easily accessible by 18 different bus routes from the central bus station, 50 metres from the railway station.

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Offenburg
Through station
Offenburg station, 2005
General information
Location	Hauptstraße 1 77652 Offenburg Baden-Württemberg Germany
Coordinates	48°28′34″N 7°56′45″E
Elevation	159 m (522 ft)
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Appenweier–Strasbourg railway (KBS 719) Rhine Valley Railway (KBS 702) Black Forest Railway (KBS 720)
Platforms	7
Other information
Station code	4745
DS100 code	RO
IBNR	8000290
Category	2 [1]
Fare zone	TGO: 5[2]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1844
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Baden-Baden towards Berlin Ostbahnhof or Hamburg Hbf ICE 12 Freiburg Hbf towards Interlaken Ost or Chur Baden-Baden One-way operation ICE 20 Freiburg Hbf towards Basel SBB ICE 22 Freiburg Hbf towards Basel Bad Bf Baden-Baden towards Hamburg-Altona or Amsterdam Centraal ICE 43 Freiburg Hbf towards Basel SBB Baden-Baden towards München Hbf ICE 60 Freiburg Hbf towards Basel Baden Preceding station SNCF Following station Strasbourg-Ville towards Paris-Est TGV Lahr (Schwarzw) towards Freiburg Hbf Preceding station DB Regio Baden-Württemberg Following station Appenweier towards Karlsruhe Hbf RE 2 Gengenbach towards Konstanz RE 7 Lahr (Schwarzw) towards Basel Bad Bf Terminus RB 26 Friesenheim (Baden) towards Freiburg Hbf Preceding station SWEG Following station Appenweier towards Bad Griesbach RB 20 Offenburg Kreisschulzentrum towards Freudenstadt Hbf Appenweier towards Strasbourg-Ville RB 25 Terminus
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InterCityExpress services operate through the station every two hours between Berlin, Frankfurt and Basel and less frequently between Cologne, Frankfurt Airport and Basel. InterCity trains operate from a variety of destinations in Germany and Switzerland. Regional-Express trains operate to and from Karlsruhe, Basel Bad and Konstanz. Regional rail services are operated as the Ortenau-S-Bahn, by Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft, a company owned by Baden-Württemberg.

The station was designed by the architect, Friedrich Eisenlohr (1805–1855), as a smaller version of the old railway station in Karlsruhe, opened in 1843 and closed in 1913.^[3] During World War I several attacks were carried out on the station. The most serious of these took place on 22 July 1918 with four direct hits leading to the collapse of the entire central part of the station entrance building.^[4] During the Occupation of the Ruhr in February 1923, Offenburg and Appenweier were also occupied, disrupting the Rhine Valley Railway. Therefore, until 12 December 1923 trains on the Baden Mainline had to be diverted on the route through the Black Forest towns of Donaueschingen, Hausach, Freudenstadt, Hochdorf towards Pforzheim.^[4]