Düsseldorf Zoo station

Düsseldorf Zoo
Through station
General information
Location	Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	51°14′11.3″N 6°47′48.9″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Cologne–Duisburg (KBS 415) Düsseldorf–Essen
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	1404
DS100 code	KDZ
Category	4
Fare zone	VRR: 430 VRS: 1430 (VRR transitional tariff)
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1969
Services
Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station Düsseldorf Wehrhahn towards Solingen Hbf S1 Düsseldorf-Derendorf towards Dortmund Hbf Düsseldorf Wehrhahn towards Köln-Nippes S6 Düsseldorf-Derendorf towards Essen Hbf Düsseldorf Wehrhahn towards Bergisch Gladbach S11 Düsseldorf-Derendorf towards Düsseldorf Airport Terminal
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Düsseldorf Zoo station is located about two kilometres north of Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof in central Düsseldorf in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Cologne–Duisburg line and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station. The station is defined by Deutsche Bahn as a Haltepunkt (roughly "halt") as it is not a junction and has no crossovers.

History

In 1877, the Rhenish Railway Company opened its Düsseldorf station at the modern Franklinbrücke (Franklin Bridge) just a few metres west of the modern Düsseldorf Zoo station. In 1889, the Prussian state railways opened Düsseldorf-Derendorf station (not to be confused with the current Düsseldorf-Derendorf S-Bahn station) at this site. In 1890, Düsseldorf–Derendorf freight yard was opened at the station.

Along with Bilk station and the central station (opened in 1891), it became one of three train main stations in Düsseldorf. Derendorf freight yard was the destination during the First World War for many hospital trains; the wounded were transferred there to converted tram cars to run to the urban hospitals.

Düsseldorf-Derendorf station was transferred in 1936 to its present location on Münsterstraße. The current Düsseldorf Zoo station was opened beneath Franklinbrücke in 1969 with the launch of the network of Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn. Its current name commemorates the Düsseldorf Zoological Garden, which was located nearby to the north east between 1876 and 1943, when it was destroyed in an air raid.

Location

The station is located between the districts of Düsseldorf-Düsseltal and Düsseldorf-Pempelfort. It has a central platform next to the Franklinbrücke. Crossing over the railway tracks is a tram line, which connects with the trains at the station.

Lines

Currently the station is served by three lines of the S-Bahn, S 1, S 6 and S 11. Tram line 706 of the Rheinbahn stops at the adjacent Franklinbrücke stop.

Line	Route	Frequency
S1	Dortmund Hbf (1) – Bochum Hbf – Essen Hbf (2) – Duisburg Hbf – Düsseldorf Zoo – Düsseldorf Hbf (3) – Hilden  – Solingen (4)	15 min (1–2), 30 min (2–3), 20 min (3–4)
S6	Essen Hbf – Kettwig – Ratingen Ost – Düsseldorf Zoo – Düsseldorf Hbf – Cologne Hbf – Köln-Nippes	20 min
S11	Düsseldorf Airport Terminal – Düsseldorf Zoo – Düsseldorf Hbf – Neuss Hbf – Dormagen – Cologne Hbf – Bergisch Gladbach	20 min
706	Düsseldorf-Hamm station –Schadowstraße–Düsseldorf Zoo– Brehmplatz– Am Steinberg	10 min

References

• Amt für Verkehrsmanagement - Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf (2003). Nahverkehrsplan 2002–2007 (in German). Düsseldorf: Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf.
• Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (1999). Argumente für den ÖPNV (in German). Vol. 9, Zielnetz 2015. VRR GmbH.
• Dr. Rudolf Weber (1966). "Derendorf im Wandel der Zeit". Derendorf einst und jetzt (in German). Düsseldorf: Derendorfer Jonges 1956 e.V.