Bingen Central Station (Bingen (Rhein) Hauptbahnhof) is a railway station in the German city of Bingen am Rhein on the West Rhine Railway. Contrary to its name, it is not located in the city centre, but in the borough of Bingerbrück. The station that serves central Bingen is called Bingen Stadt.
The station is served by InterCityExpress, Intercity and regional trains. It is a junction station where the Nahe Valley Railway branches of the West Rhine Railway (left bank line). It formerly also included a marshalling yard. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.
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