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Düsseldorf Central Station

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:

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 to 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 tenth busiest station.

All modes of rail transport are offered on the 20 main line tracks (16 platforms currently in use), including InterCityExpress, InterCity, EuroCity trains for long-distance travel, austrian operated ÖBB Nightjet overnight trains, motorail 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 2 DüsseldorfKöln Messe/DeutzFrankfurt AirportNurembergMunich 2 train pairs
ICE 10 Berlin Ostbahnhof – Berlin – (Wolfsburg –) Hannover – Bielefeld – Hamm – Dortmund – Bochum – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf (– Cologne) Hourly
IC 32 Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – BonnKoblenzMainzMannheimHeidelbergStuttgartUlmMemmingenKemptenOberstdorf 1 train pair
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
ICE 39 Cologne – Düsseldorf – Duisburg – Essen – Münster – HamburgHamburg-Altona Some trains
ICE 41 (Dortmund –) Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Köln Messe/Deutz – Frankfurt Airport – Frankfurt – Würzburg – Nuremberg – Munich Hourly
ICE 42 (Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – BremenMünster –) Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Siegburg/Bonn – Frankfurt Flughafen – Mannheim – Stuttgart – Munich Every 2 hours
ICE 43 Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Bremen – Osnabrück – Münster – Dortmund – Essen – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Siegburg/Bonn – Frankfurt Airport – Mannheim – KarlsruheFreiburgBasel Some trains
ICE 47 Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Köln Messe/Deutz – Frankfurt Airport – Mannheim – Stuttgart Every 2 hours
IC 51 Gera – Jena-Göschwitz – Weimar – Erfurt – Eisenach – Kassel – Dortmund – Düsseldorf (– Cologne) 2 train pairs
ICE 78 Amsterdam – Utrecht – Arnhem – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Frankfurt Airport – Frankfurt Every 2 hours
ICE 91 Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Frankfurt Flughafen – Frankfurt – Würzburg – Nürnberg – Passau – Vienna – Vienna Airport Some trains
Eurostar Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – (Düsseldorf Airport –) Düsseldorf – Cologne – Aachen – Liège-Guillemins – Brussels – Paris-Nord Some trains
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
Nightjet Amsterdam – Utrecht – Arnhem – Düsseldorf – Cologne Messe/Deutz – Nuremberg – Regensburg – Passau – WelsLinzSt. Pölten – Vienna 1 train pair
Augsburg – Munich – KufsteinInnsbruck
Nightjet Amsterdam – Utrecht – Arnhem – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Freiburg – Basel – Zürich 1 train pair

Regional services

In local passenger service, Düsseldorf is served by the following regional and S-Bahn lines (as of 2022):

Line Route Frequency
RE 1
NRW-Express
AachenEschweilerDürenHorremCologneDüsseldorf HbfDüsseldorf AirportDuisburgMülheimEssenBochumDortmundHamm 60 min
RE 2
Rhein-Haard-Express
Düsseldorf Hbf – Düsseldorf Airport – Duisburg – Mülheim – Essen – GelsenkirchenRecklinghausenMünsterOsnabrück 60 min
RE 3
Rhein-Emscher-Express
Düsseldorf Hbf – Duisburg – OberhausenWanne-Eickel – Gelsenkirchen – Herne – Dortmund – Hamm 60 min
RE 4
Wupper-Express
Aachen – MönchengladbachDüsseldorf HbfWuppertalHagen – 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 13
Maas-Wupper-Express
Venlo – Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf Hbf – Wuppertal – Hagen – Hamm 60 min
RE 19
Rhein-IJssel-Express
ArnhemEmmerich – 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)
RE 47
Düssel-Wupper-Express
Düsseldorf HbfDüsseldorf-Eller Mitte – Hilden – Solingen Hbf – Solingen MitteRemscheidRemscheid-Lennep 60 min (Currently not in service)
S1 Dortmund (1) – Bochum – Essen (2) – Mülheim – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf Hbf (3) – Hilden  – Solingen Hbf (4) 15 min (1–2),
30 min (2–3),
20 min (3–4)
S6 Köln-Nippes – Cologne – LangenfeldDüsseldorf HbfRatingen Ost – Essen 20 min
S8 Mönchengladbach – Neuss – Düsseldorf Hbf – Wuppertal – Wuppertal-OberbarmenGevelsberg – Hagen 20 min
S11 Düsseldorf Flughafen TerminalDüsseldorf Hbf – Neuss – Dormagen – Cologne – Bergisch Gladbach 20 min
S28 Kaarster See – Neuss – Düsseldorf Hbf – Mettmann Stadtwald (– Wuppertal Hbf) 20 min
S68 Langenfeld – Düsseldorf Hbf – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel Some peak services (Currently not in service)
Düsseldorf Airport rail services
Duisburg Hbf
Düsseldorf Airport
SkyTrain Parkhaus 4
SkyTrain Terminal A/B
SkyTrain Terminal C
Düsseldorf Airport Terminal C
Düsseldorf Hbf

Stadtbahn services

Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof station of Stadtbahn Düsseldorf

The following Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn services stop at Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof:

In addition, Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof is also served by Tram lines 704, 707, 708 and 709.

References

  1. ^ "Wabenplan für das Rheinbahn-Bedienungsgebiet" (PDF). Rheinbahn. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Ticket Überblick" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 1 January 2020. p. 17. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  3. ^ Joost, André. "Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Der Hauptbahnhof" (in German). Stadtarchiv Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf. Archived from the original on 20 October 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  5. ^ "Verlässlichkeit des Schienenverkehrs an Knotenbahnhöfen" (PDF).
  6. ^ Timetables for Düsseldorf Hbf station
  7. ^ Joost, André. "Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof". NRW rail archive (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2020.