Weil am Rhein station is a small railway junction in Weil am Rhein in the German state of Baden-Württemberg on the German-Swiss border. The Weil am Rhein–Lörrach railway (known as the Gartenbahn—"Garden Railway") branches off the Mannheim–Karlsruhe–Basel railway (Rhine Valley Railway) at the station. From 1878 to 1937, the station was the starting point of the to the French town of Saint-Louis. History The Rhine Valley Railway was completed in 1855 with the opening of the Haltingen–Basel section through Weil am Rhein. Weil am Rhein station was established at the same time. The Weil am Rhine–Lörrach railway was opened on 20 May 1890 by the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway as part of a strategic railway to bypass Switzerland. A railway line was had already been opened on 11 February 1878 between Weil am Rhein and Saint-Louis, providing a connection from Alsace (which had been captured from France in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870) to the far south of the German Empire. The Basel-Weil marshalling yard was opened in 1913. The Basel Badischer Bahnhof – Weil am Rhein – Efringen-Kirchen section of the Rhine Valley Railway and the whole of the Weil am Rhine–Lörrach railway were electrified in 1952. The original station building was demolished in 1996. The Weil am Rhine–Lörrach railway was included in the trinational Basel Regional S-Bahn as line S5 from the introduction of the 2004/2005 timetable on 12 December 2004. Services on the line have been operated since 15 June 2003 by SBB GmbH, the German subsidiary of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). Since the timetable change in 2013/2014, SBB GmbH has operated a pair of trains on the Basel SBB – Weil am Rhein – Efringen-Kirchen route, closing an existing gap in the timetable to provide an hourly service. Since the timetable change on 14 December 2014, Basel tram line 8 has run from its former terminus in Kleinhüningen via Friedlingen to Weil am Rhein station (Weil am Rhein Bahnhof/Zentrum tram stop). Next to the passenger station is the now disused marshalling yard, which has been rebuilt as a container terminal. Platforms Weil am Rhein station has an extensive system of tracks and platform facilities for passengers. Except for track 1 (next to the demolished station building), all tracks have an entry height of , which provides reasonable access to the trains. Platform 1 has a step height of , which provides barrier-free entry