Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof

Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof
Through station
Entrance hall of station
General information
Location	Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	51°13′13″N 6°47′34″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Cologne–Duisburg Düsseldorf–Elberfeld Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf
Platforms	16 rail 4 tram 4 Stadtbahn
Construction
Architect	Krüger and Eduard Behne
Architectural style	New Objectivity
Other information
Station code	1401
DS100 code	KD
Category	1
Fare zone	VRR: 430 VRS: 1430 (VRR transitional tariff)
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1891 (PSE) 1936 (DRG)
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Location Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station of Düsseldorf, the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

History

Realignment of the lines, former BME line in red, former CME lines in yellow, former RhE line in orange, new combined lines in green

Original station in 1900

The station was opened on 1 October 1891. It replaced the three following stations:

• the Bergisch-Märkische station of the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (BME), originally opened by the Düsseldorf-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 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.

Construction of station building in the 1930s

The original Hauptbahnhof 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. 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.

Operational usage

Station hall

The station is frequented by roughly a quarter million passengers per day and is therefore Germany's sixth 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 Hauptbahnhof to the local tram network, also operated by Rheinbahn.

Long-distance

The station is served by the following long-distance services:

Line	Route	Frequency
ICE 10	Berlin-Gesundbrunnen – Berlin – (Wolfsburg –) Hannover – Bielefeld – Hamm – Dortmund – Bochum – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf (– Cologne – Aachen)	Hourly
ICE 30	Hamburg – Bremen – Osnabrück – Münster – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne	1 train
ICE 41	(Dortmund –) Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Köln Messe/Deutz – Frankfurt Airport – Frankfurt – Würzburg – Nuremberg – Munich	Hourly
ICE 42	(Hamburg – Bremen – Münster –) Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Siegburg/Bonn – Frankfurt Flughafen – Mannheim – Stuttgart – Munich	Every 2 hours
ICE 43	(Amsterdam – Utrecht – Arnhem – Oberhausen – Duisburg –) or (Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg –) Düsseldorf – Cologne – Siegburg/Bonn – Frankfurt Airport – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel	Individual services
ICE 47	Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Köln Messe/Deutz – Frankfurt Airport – Mannheim – Stuttgart	Every 2 hours
ICE 78	Amsterdam – Utrecht – Arnhem – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Frankfurt Airport – Frankfurt	Every 2 hours
THA 80	Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – (Düsseldorf Airport –) Düsseldorf – Cologne – Aachen – Liège-Guillemins – Brussels – Paris-Nord	Individual services
ICE 91	Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Frankfurt Flughafen – Frankfurt – Würzburg – Nürnberg – Passau – Vienna – Vienna Airport	Individual services
IC/EC 30	(Westerland –) Hamburg – Bremen – Münster – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Stuttgart (/ – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel – Zürich/Interlaken Ost)	Every 2 hours
IC 32	(Berlin – Hannover – Bielefeld –) Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Stuttgart – Ulm (– Oberstdorf/Innsbruck)	Every 2 hours
IC 35	Norddeich Mole – Emden – Münster – Recklinghausen – Gelsenkirchen – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz	Every 2 hours
IC 37	Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Wittlich – Trier – Luxembourg	1 train pair
IC 50	Gera – Jena – Weimar – Erfurt – Eisenach – Kassel – Dortmund – Düsseldorf (– Cologne)	2 train pairs
FLX 20	Hamburg Hbf – Hamburg-Harburg – Osnabrück – Münster – Gelsenkirchen – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne	1-3 train pairs
FLX 30	Leipzig – Lutherstadt Wittenberg – Berlin Südkreuz – Berlin Hbf – Berlin-Spandau – Hannover – Bielefeld – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Aachen	1-2 train pairs
EN	ÖBB Nightjet Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Frankfurt Airport – Frankfurt Süd – Nuremberg – Regensburg – Passau – Wels – Linz – Amstetten – St. Pölten – Wien Meidling – Vienna (car train)	1 train pair
EN	ÖBB Nightjet Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Frankfurt Airport – Frankfurt Süd – Nuremberg – Augsburg – Munich – Kufstein – Wörgl – Jenbach – Innsbruck	1 train pair

Regional services

In local passenger service, Dortmund is served by the following regional and S-Bahn lines (as of 2020):

Line	Route	Frequency
RE 1 NRW-Express	Aachen – Eschweiler – Düren – Horrem – Cologne – Düsseldorf Hbf – Düsseldorf Airport – Duisburg – Mülheim – Essen – Bochum – Dortmund – Hamm	60 min
RE 2 Rhein-Haard-Express	Düsseldorf Hbf – Düsseldorf Airport – Duisburg – Mülheim – Essen – Gelsenkirchen – Recklinghausen – Münster	60 min
RE 3 Rhein-Emscher-Express	Düsseldorf Hbf – Duisburg – Oberhausen – Wanne-Eickel – Gelsenkirchen – Herne – Dortmund – Hamm	60 min
RE 4 Wupper-Express	Aachen – Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf Hbf – Wuppertal – Hagen – Dortmund	60 min
RE 5 Rhein-Express	Wesel – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf Hbf – Cologne – Bonn – Remagen – Andernach – Koblenz	60 min
RE 6 Rhein-Weser-Express	Minden – Herford – Bielefeld – Hamm – Dortmund – Essen – Mülheim – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf Hbf – Neuss – Cologne – Cologne/Bonn Airport	60 min
RE 10 Niers-Express	Düsseldorf Hbf – Krefeld – Geldern – Kleve	30 min
RE 11 Rhein-Hellweg-Express	Düsseldorf Hbf – Düsseldorf Airport – Duisburg – Mülheim – Essen – Dortmund – Hamm – Paderborn (– Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe)	60 min
RE 19 Rhein-IJssel-Express	Arnhem – Emmerich – Wesel – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf Hbf	60 min
RB 39 Düssel-Erft-Bahn	(Düsseldorf Hbf (1) –) Neuss (2) – Grevenbroich (3) (– Bedburg (4))	60 min (1–2), 30 min (2–3), 60 min (3–4)
Template:S-Bahn-NRW	Dortmund (1) – Bochum – Essen (2) – Mülheim – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf Hbf (3) – Hilden  – Solingen (4)	15 min (1–2), 30 min (2–3), 20 min (3–4)
Template:S-Bahn-NRW	Köln-Nippes – Cologne – Langenfeld – Düsseldorf Hbf – Ratingen Ost – Essen	20 min
Template:S-Bahn-NRW	Mönchengladbach – Neuss – Düsseldorf Hbf – Wuppertal – Wuppertal-Oberbarmen – Gevelsberg – Hagen	20 min
Template:S-Bahn-NRW	Düsseldorf Flughafen Terminal – Düsseldorf Hbf – Neuss – Dormagen – Cologne – Bergisch Gladbach	20 min
Template:S-Bahn-NRW	Kaarster See – Neuss – Düsseldorf Hbf – Mettmann Stadtwald	20 min
Template:S-Bahn-NRW	Langenfeld – Düsseldorf Hbf – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel	Some peak services

Düsseldorf Airport rail services
Duisburg Hbf Duisburg-Rahm Düsseldorf-Angermund Düsseldorf Airport SkyTrain Parkhaus 4 SkyTrain Terminal A/B SkyTrain Terminal C Düsseldorf Airport Terminal C Düsseldorf-Unterrath Düsseldorf-Derendorf Düsseldorf Zoo Düsseldorf-Wehrhahn Düsseldorf Hbf

Stadbahn services

Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof station of Stadtbahn Düsseldorf

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