Düsseldorf Central Station
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| Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof | |
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| Entrance hall of station | |
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| Category | 1 |
| Type | Crossing station |
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| Daily trains | |
| Daily entry/exit | 250,000[1] |
| DS100 code | KD |
| Station code | 1401 |
| Construction and location | |
| Opened | 1891 station of PSE 1936 Bahnhof der DRG |
| Style of architecture | New Objectivity |
| Architect | Krüger and Eduard Behne |
| Location | Düsseldorf |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Home page | www.bahnhof.de |
| 51°13′13″N 6°47′34″E / 51.22028°N 6.79278°E | |
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| List of railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia | |
Düsseldorf Central Station (German: Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof) is a railway station for the city of Düsseldorf in Germany, state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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[edit] History
The station was opened on 1 October 1891 opened as Düsseldorf Central Station. It replaced the three following stations:[2]
- the Bergisch-Märkische station of the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (BME), originally opened by the Dusseldorf-Elberfeld Railway Company in 1838 in the area that is now Graf-Adolf-Platz as a through station on the company’s east-west line from Elberfeld to its station at Rheinknie.
- the Cologne-Minden station which the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (CME) opened in 1845 southeast of the BME station as a terminus to which branches were built from the company’s north-south Cologne–Duisburg main line, and
- the Rhenish station built by the Rhenish Railway Company (RhE) in 1877 in Düsseldorf-Pempelfort at the end of a branch line from its north-south Troisdorf–Mülheim-Speldorf line. The branch line was the first section of a line to Dortmund, which two years later was completed as far as Mettmann.
Both the Bergisch-Märkische and the Cologne-Minden stations were on the southern edge of the city and were in the way of the construction of Friedrichstadt. The wish to clear the way for the new development was a reason to build a new central station in addition to the desire to bring together the stations and lines following the nationalisation of the railway companies of Rhineland-Westphalia between 1879 and 1882.
[edit] Construction of station building in the 1930s
The original central station was built in the Wilhelmine style. After three decades it had become too small and its style had become unfashionable. In November 1930, eight designs were submitted to the public as part of a competition to redesign the station. The station building was built from 1932-1936 conforming to a design dictated by the Reichsbahn directorate of Wuppertal and its architects, Krüger and Eduard Behne.[2] It features a notable clock tower.
The station underwent major reconstruction in the 1980s, finishing in 1985, when the Stadtbahn lines passing under the station were opened. This reconstruction involved the remodeling of the old ticket offices into a food court, the installation of lifts and the opening of the station toward the city borough of Oberbilk, where, at the western exit of the station, new office buildings were erected on the site of a former steel works. The former 1st class waiting room has been remodeled into a hotel and a discothèque.
Some minor changes were carried out in the year 2005; the old toilets from 1985 were torn out to make room for a fast food restaurant, a small 1st class lounge was installed in the northern passenger tunnel also. The dated ceilings and information systems in the passenger tunnels are scheduled for replacement also, as they do not meet current fire protection standards.
[edit] Operational usage
The station is frequented by roughly a quarter million passengers per day and is therefore Germany's fourth busiest station. All modes of rail transport are offered on the 20 main line tracks (16 platforms currently in use), including InterCityExpress, InterCity and EuroCity trains for long distance travel, DB NachtZug, D-Nacht and EuroNight overnight trains as well as RegionalExpress, RegionalBahn and S-Bahn services for regional distribution. The station is integrated into the Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn network and local traffic operates under the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr transport association. The subterranean station, operated by Rheinbahn, has 4 tracks that are part of the Stadtbahn lines of Düsseldorf. The 6 tramway stops in front of the station connect the central station to the local tram network, also operated by Rheinbahn.
[edit] Train services
The following services currently call at Düsseldorf Hbf (list not complete):
- intercity services:
- regional services:
- NRW-Express Aachen - Cologne - Düsseldorf - Duisburg - Essen - Dortmund - Hamm - Paderborn
- Rhein-Haard-Express Münster - Dülmen - Recklinghausen - Essen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf
- Rhein-Emscher-Express Hamm - Dortmund - Gelsenkirchen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf
- Wupper-Express Dortmund - Hagen - Wuppertal - Düsseldorf - Mönchengladbach - Aachen
- Rhein-Express Emmerich - Wesel - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Bonn - Koblenz
- Westfalen-Express Düsseldorf - Duisburg - Essen - Dortmund - Hamm - Bielefeld - Minden
- Maas-Wupper-Express Venlo - Viersen - Mönchengladbach - Düsseldorf - Wuppertal - Hagen - Hamm
- local services (S-Bahn):
- S1 Solingen - Düsseldorf - Duisburg - Essen - Dortmund
- S6 Essen - Kettwig - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Köln-Nippes
- S8 Mönchengladbach - Neuss - Düsseldorf - Wuppertal - Hagen
- S11 Düsseldorf Airport Terminal - Düsseldorf - Neuss - Cologne - Bergisch Gladbach
- S28 Kaarster See - Neuss - Düsseldorf - Mettmann
- S68 Langenfeld - Düsseldorf - Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
| Preceding station | Thalys | Following station | ||
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toward Paris-Nord
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Thalys |
toward Essen Hbf
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| Preceding station | Deutsche Bahn | Following station | ||
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toward Köln/Bonn Flughafen
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ICE 10 |
toward Berlin Ostbahnhof
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toward München Hbf
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ICE 31 |
toward Kiel Hbf
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toward München Hbf
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ICE 41 |
toward Dortmund Hbf
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toward München Hbf
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ICE 42 |
toward Hamburg-Altona
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toward Basel SBB
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ICE 43 |
toward Amsterdam Centraal
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toward Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
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ICE 78 |
toward Amsterdam Centraal
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toward Wien Westbf
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ICE 91 |
toward Dortmund Hbf
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Terminus
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IC 26
Köln-Hamburg
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toward Hamburg-Altona
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toward Chur
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IC/EC 30 | |||
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toward Innsbruck Hbf
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IC/EC 32 |
toward Berlin Südkreuz
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| IC/EC 35 |
toward Emden Außenhafen or Norddeich Mole
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Terminus
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IC 55 |
toward Leipzig Hbf
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Terminus
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IC 51 |
toward Ostseebad Binz
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[edit] Regional trains
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| Preceding station | Deutsche Bahn | Following station | ||
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toward Aachen Hbf
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RE 1 NRW-Express |
toward Paderborn Hbf
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| Terminus | RE 2 Rhein-Haard-Express |
toward Münster Hbf
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toward Aachen Hbf
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RE 4 Wupper-Express |
toward Dortmund Hbf
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toward Koblenz Hbf
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RE 5 Rhein-Express |
toward Emmerich
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| Terminus | RE 6 Westfalen-Express |
toward Minden
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| Terminus | RE 11 Rhein-Hellweg-Express |
toward Hamm
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| Terminus | RB 35 Der Weseler |
toward Emmerich
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toward Köln Hbf
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RB 38 Erft-Bahn |
Terminus | ||
| Preceding station | eurobahn | Following station | ||
| Terminus | RE 3 Rhein-Emscher-Express |
toward Hamm
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toward Venlo
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RE 13 Maas-Wupper-Express |
toward Hamm
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| Preceding station | NordWestBahn | Following station | ||
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toward Kleve
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RE 10 Niers-Express |
Terminus |
[edit] S-Bahn trains
| Preceding station | Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn | Following station | ||
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toward Solingen Hbf
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S1 |
toward Dortmund Hbf
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toward Köln-Nippes
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S6 |
toward Essen Hbf
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toward Mönchengladbach Hbf
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S8 |
toward Hagen Hbf
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toward Bergisch Gladbach
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S11 | |||
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toward Kaarster See
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S28 |
toward Mettmann Stadtwald
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toward Langenfeld
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S68 |
toward Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
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[edit] Local trains
| Preceding station | Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn | Following station | ||
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toward Krefeld Rheinstraße
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U70 | Terminus | ||
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toward Meerbusch-Görgesheide
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U74 |
toward Benrath Betriebshof
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toward Neuss Hbf
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U75 |
toward Eller/Vennhauser Allee
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toward Krefeld Rheinstraße
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U76 |
Terminus
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toward Am Seestern
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U77 |
toward Holthausen
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toward ESPRIT arena/Messe Nord
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U78 | Terminus | ||
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toward Meiderich Bahnhof
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U79 |
toward Kaiserslauterner Straße
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof – Tor zur Landeshauptstadt Nordrhein-Westfalens. Accessed 13 December 2008
- ^ a b "Der Hauptbahnhof" (in German). Stadtarchiv Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf. http://www.duesseldorf.de/stadtarchiv/stadtgeschichte/gestern_heute/42_bilddokumentation.shtml. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
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