Bad Münster am Stein station

Bad Münster am Stein station is a station at a railway junction in Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg, a district of Bad Kreuznach in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The station building, dating from about 1910, is protected as a monument. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station. The station is located in the network of the Rhein-Nahe-Nahverkehrsverbund (Rhine-Nahe local transport association, RNN) and belongs to fare zone 401. Its address is: Berliner Straße 20.The station, opened in 1859, was initially a through station on the Nahe Valley Railway (Nahetalbahn), which was built by the Rhine-Nahe Railway Company (Rhein-Nahe-Bahn). In 1871, the Alsenz Valley Railway (Alsenztalbahn) was opened from Hochspeyer with its northern terminus in the town then called just Münster. From 1904 to 1961, it was also the north-eastern terminus of the Glan Valley Railway (Glantalbahn), a strategic railway running to Homburg.LocationLocal situationThe station is located in the centre of the district of Bad Münster am Stein. It has a telephone, parking and a taxi rank.Railway linesThe Nahe Valley Railway comes from the north-east and shortly before reaching the station, it crosses the Nahe river on a bridge. It then turns to the west to run on the left (western) bank of the Nahe. The Alsenz Valley Railway comes from the south-southwest and also bridges the Nahe, a few hundred metres down river from the Nahe Valley Railway. The now closed Glan Valley Railway ran on the right bank of the Nahe, before crossing the river shortly before the Alsenz Valley Railway and connecting with the Nahe Valley Railway.