Horrem station
Horrem | |
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| Through station | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Horrem, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany |
| Coordinates | 50°54′59″N 6°42′53″E / 50.916492°N 6.714768°E |
| Line(s) | |
| Other information | |
| Station code | 2919 |
| DS100 code | KHR[1] |
| Category | 3[2] |
| Website | www.bahnhof.de |
| History | |
| Opened | 6 September 1841[3] |
Horrem station is a station in the Kerpen district of Horrem in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is a railway junction of the Cologne–Aachen high-speed railway and the Erft Railway (Horrem–Bedburg, connecting with Neuss). The Trianglular station of Horrem is served by regional services and by S-Bahn trains of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn. Long-distance trains run through on the high-speed line without stopping. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station.[2]
Entrance building
The station was opened on 6 September 1841 along with the Lövenich–Aachen section of the Cologne–Aachen railway.[3] The station building was demolished in 2012 and completely rebuilt in 2013. The new station building was built as part of a pilot project of Deutsche Bahn’s StationGreen XL-Modul program, strictly according to ecological principles and equipped with eco-friendly technology.[4]
In front of the station, there is a bus station with six platforms served by VRS bus routes towards Bergheim, Bedburg, Elsdorf, Erftstadt, Frechen, Hücheln, Hürth, Kerpen, Königshoven and Sindorf. The station forecourt and bus station have being rebuilt and completely redesigned since 2010.
Nord-Süd-Bahn
On the eastern edge of Horrem is the North-South Railway (Nord-Süd-Bahn) of RWE Power (formerly Rheinbraun). Lignite and overburden are transported on this industrial railway between mines and coal-fired power stations. At the point where it crosses the railway line between Cologne and Aachen, the then longest reinforced concrete bridge in Germany built was built in 1953/54. This was necessary, because the roof of the 1623-metre long Königendorf tunnel was removed to enable its electrification and it was converted into a deep cutting. The tunnel was built in 1840 for the Belgium–Aachen–Cologne railway.
Operations
Horrem station is served by the following lines (as of 9 December 2012):[5]
| Line | Line name | Route |
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| RE 1 | NRW-Express | Aachen Hbf – Düren – Horrem – Cologne Hbf – Düsseldorf Hbf – Duisburg Hbf – Essen Hbf – Dortmund Hbf – Hamm (Westf) – Paderborn Hbf |
| RE 9 | Rhein-Sieg-Express | Aachen Hbf – Düren – Horrem – Cologne Hbf – Siegburg/Bonn – Siegen |
| RB 38 | Erft-Bahn | Cologne Hbf – Horrem – Bedburg (Erft) – Grevenbroich – Neuss Hbf – Düsseldorf Hbf |
| Template:S-Bahn-NRW | Düren – Horrem – Cologne Hbf – Troisdorf – Hennef (Sieg) – Au (Sieg) | |
| Template:S-Bahn-NRW | (Aachen – Düren – )Horrem – Cologne Hbf – Cologne/Bonn Airport station – Troisdorf |
Notes
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Horrem operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ^ "Empfangsgebäude wird abgerissen" (in German). Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ^ "Horrem station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. 15 June 2013.
References
- Helmut Weingarten (1987). Die Eisenbahn zwischen Rhein und Erft. Ein Lesebuch für Eisenbahnfreunde (in German). Cologne: Rheinland-Verlag. pp. 36–47. ISBN 3-7927-0973-2. (Contributions to the History of the Erft district 5).
External links
- "Information on Horrem station" (in German). Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- Helmut Weingarten. "Mit Volldampf durch den Kreis" (in German). Retrieved 15 June 2013.
