Mönchengladbach Central Station
Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof (German for Mönchengladbach main station) is a railway station in the city of Mönchengladbach in western Germany.
Overview
The station is the largest railway station in the city and, along with Rheydt Hbf, one of the two Hauptbahnhof stations in Mönchengladbach. Mönchengladbach is the only city with two stations designated as a Hauptbahnhof on its soil, due to the merger between the cities of Mönchengladbach and Rheydt in the 1970s, and the subsequent reluctance of Deutsche Bundesbahn to rename Rheydt Hauptbahnhof. Mönchengladbach Hbf also is the busiest (in terms of passengers) station in Germany to lack long-distance trains.
Railway lines calling at the station
The station is on the following routes:
- Aachen–Mönchengladbach (KBS 485)
- Duisburg-Ruhrort–Mönchengladbach (KBS 425)
- Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf (KBS 485, 450.8)
- Mönchengladbach–Cologne (KBS 465)
Line | Line name | Route | Frequency |
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RE 4 | Wupper-Express | Aachen Hbf–Mönchengladbach Hbf–Neuss Hbf–Düsseldorf Hbf–Wuppertal Hbf–Hagen Hbf–Dortmund Hbf | hourly |
RE 8 | Rhein-Erft-Express | Mönchengladbach Hbf–Grevenbroich–Rommerskirchen–Köln Hbf–Porz (Rhein)–Bonn-Beuel–Koblenz Stadtmitte–Koblenz Hbf | hourly |
RE 13 | Maas-Wupper-Express | Venlo–Viersen –Mönchengladbach Hbf–Neuss Hbf–Düsseldorf Hbf–Wuppertal Hbf–Hagen Hbf–Hamm | hourly |
RE 42 | Niers-Haard-Express | Osnabrück – Münster – Haltern am See – Recklinghausen – Gelsenkirchen – Essen Hbf – Mülheim (Ruhr) Hbf – Duisburg Hbf – Krefeld Hbf – Mönchengladbach Hbf | hourly |
RB 27 | Rhein-Erft-Bahn | Mönchengladbach Hbf–Grevenbroich–Rommerskirchen–Cologne–Köln/Bonn Flughafen–Bonn-Beuel–Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein–Koblenz Hbf | hourly |
RB 33 | Rhein-Niers-Bahn | Essen – Mülheim – Duisburg – Krefeld – Viersen – Mönchengladbach – Aachen | hourly |
RB 34 | Schwalm-Nette-Bahn | Mönchengladbach Hbf–Rheydt Hbf–Wegberg–Dalheim | hourly |
RB 35 | Emscher-Niederrhein-Bahn | Gelsenkirchen – Oberhausen Hbf – Duisburg – Krefeld – Mönchengladbach Hbf | hourly |
S8 | S 8 | Mönchengladbach Hbf–Neuss Hbf–Düsseldorf Hbf–Wuppertal Hbf–Hagen Hbf | to Wuppertal-Oberbarmen: every 20 minutes, to Hagen: every 60 minutes |
References
- ^ "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ^ "Fahrplan 2019/2020: Mönchengladbach/Jüchen/Korschenbroich" (PDF). NEW mobil und aktiv Mönchengladbach. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ "Ticketberater". Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ^ "Mönchengladbach Hbf". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ "Mönchengladbach Hbf". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 1 February 2017.