on the new line. The Acher Valley Railway was extended to the new station. From the commencement of the 2004/2005 timetable on 12 December 2005, line S4 of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn, which had ended at Rastatt, was extended via Baden-Baden and Buhl to Achern. Since then Achern has been the southernmost station of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn. Entrance building The entrance building of Achern station was built in brick in the Rundbogenstil (Romanesque revival style) with terracotta ornaments. The newly built building has a DB travel agency and a Schmitt&Hahn book shop. Rail services Achern station is a small railway junction in northern Ortenaukreis. In addition to the Deutsche Bahn regional services and the SWEG railcars on the Acher Valley Railway, services on lines S32 and S4 of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn terminate here. On the station forecourt there is a bus station with six bus platforms that are served by regional buses, including the RVS Regionalbusverkehr Südwest regional bus route 7123, which runs via Kloster Allerheiligen to Oppenau station. The SWEG railcars take 18 minutes to reach Ottenhöfen on the Acher Valley Railway. From 1968 until 2013, some steam train services ran in the summer timetable. The Regional-Express and Interregio-Express services take about 30 minutes to reach Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof. The Stadtbahn services take a little less than an hour. The S32 services, which are operated by the DB, run to the Hauptbahnhof, while the S4 services run via a connecting ramp at Albtalbahnhof to reach the station forecourt and then continue to Karlsruhe city. Every weekday, one S4 service runs via Bretten, Eppingen and Heilbronn to Weinsberg. While the Stadtbahn services terminate in Achern, regional services run to the south through Offenburg, Hausach and Singen (Hohentwiel) to Konstanz. Fares Achern and the entire Ortenaukreis district is in the fare zone of the Tarifverbund Ortenau GmbH (Ortenau fare association, TGO). For journeys to the area of the Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund (Karlsruhe transport association, KVV), a transition ticket must be bought. Moreover, the RegioX ticket of KVV can be used. References External links Railway stations in Baden-Württemberg Railway stations in Germany opened in 1844 1844 establishments in Baden Buildings and structures in Ortenaukreis Mannheim–Karlsruhe–Basel railway