Aachen Hauptbahnhof

Coordinates: 50°46′03″N 6°05′28″E / 50.767635°N 6.091179°E / 50.767635; 6.091179
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Aachen
Deutsche Bahn
Hbf
Station forecourt and main entrance
General information
LocationBahnhofplatz 2a
52064 Aachen
Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates50°46′03″N 6°05′28″E / 50.767635°N 6.091179°E / 50.767635; 6.091179
Line(s)
Platforms7
Construction
ArchitectFriedrich Mettegang
Architectural style
DS100 code
KA[1]
IBNR8000001
Category2[2]
Fare zone
  • AVV: Aachen City-XL-Zone[3]
  • VRS: 3100 (AVV transitional tariff)[4]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1905; 119 years ago (1905)
Services
Preceding station Eurostar Following station
Liège-Guillemins
towards Paris-Nord
 Eurostar
 Köln Hbf
towards Dortmund Hbf
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Geilenkirchen
One-way operation
 ICE 10 Terminus
Berlin Ostbahnhof
 ICE 14
Terminus
Berlin Ostbahnhof or Hamburg Hbf
ICE 19
Berlin Ostbahnhof
Liège-Guillemins
towards Brussels-South
 ICE 79 Köln Hbf
towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
Preceding station Following station
Terminus FLX 30 Köln Hbf
towards Leipzig Hbf
Preceding station
DB Regio NRW
 Following station
Terminus RE 9 Aachen-Rothe Erde
towards Siegen Hbf
Aachen Schanz
towards Heerlen or Alsdorf Poststraße
 RB 20 Aachen-Rothe Erde
towards Langerwehe/Düren or Stolberg Altstadt
Aachen Schanz
towards Essen Hbf
 RB 33 Terminus
Preceding station Arriva Following station
Terminus RE 18 LIMAX
Aachen West
towards Maastricht
Preceding station National Express Germany Following station
Terminus RE 1 (NRW-Express) Aachen-Rothe Erde
towards Hamm (Westf) Hbf
RE 4 (Wupper-Express) Aachen Schanz
towards Dortmund Hbf
Preceding station NMBS/SNCB Following station
Hergenrath
(Belgium)
towards Liège-Guillemins
 RE 29 euregioAIXpress Terminus
Map
Location
Aachen Hauptbahnhof is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Aachen Hauptbahnhof
Aachen Hauptbahnhof
Location in North Rhine-Westphalia
Aachen Hauptbahnhof is located in Germany
Aachen Hauptbahnhof
Aachen Hauptbahnhof
Location in Germany
Aachen Hauptbahnhof is located in Europe
Aachen Hauptbahnhof
Aachen Hauptbahnhof
Location in Europe

Aachen Hauptbahnhof (German for Aachen main station) is the most important railway station for the city of Aachen, in the far west of Germany near the Dutch and Belgian border. It is the largest of the four currently active Aachen stations, and is integrated into the long-distance network.

History

A station at Aachen was first opened in 1841, when the Rheinische Eisenbahngesellschaft opened its line from Cologne. The line first was extended to Herbesthal (near the Belgian border) and on 15 October 1843 to Antwerp. The first station was built outside of the city walls, however the city soon grew and the station eventually became surrounded by new buildings. The Prussian state railways deemed that rather impractical and decided to build a new station situated on a hillside. Embankments and new bridges were built from 1901 onward, and on 21 December 1905 the station opened at its new location.

The station remained largely undisturbed until suffering from damage in 1944, when German troops were retreating. However, since the rail link was highly valued by the Allied forces, damage was cleared up rather quickly and in 1950 all war damage had been removed from the site. Since 2002 the Cologne–Aachen high-speed railway line allows connections to Cologne with speeds up to 250 km/h (160 mph).

Electrification

In 1966, Aachen Hauptbahnhof was electrified. Due to its proximity to

ICE and Regional-Express
services.

Renovations

The station hall was renovated from 2000 to 2006. In 2007 a new electronic

signal box
was built, enabling more streamlined operations and automatic switching of the correct voltages. The cost estimate for the revamp was around €40 million. The main changes were:

  • Construction of 400m long platforms for international traffic, replacing the old 250m platforms that did not allow economic usage due to their limited length.
  • Special through tracks (tracks 3 and 4) for freight trains to the Netherlands and Belgium (via Montzen) to Aachen West.
  • Constructional changes to the system changeover point to Belgium; a new track layout, which allows the smooth changeover of electric locomotives and is capable of handling the increasing number of through carriages.
  • Improvement of the layout to remove operating problems, especially in the sidings.

Train services

Frankfurt
in Aachen Hauptbahnhof.
Regional-Express trains in Aachen Hauptbahnhof.

The following services currently call at Aachen Hbf:

Series Operator Route Material Frequency Notes
Eurostar Eurostar Paris Nord – Brussels-South – Liège-Guillemins – Aachen Hauptbahnhof – Cologne – (Düsseldorf – Duisburg – Essen – Dortmund)
Thalys PBKA
 5x per day high speed service
ICE 79 DB Brussels-South – Brussels-North – Liège-Guillemins – Aachen Hauptbahnhof – Cologne – (Siegburg/Bonn – Montabaur – Limburg –) Frankfurt Airport – Frankfurt ICE 3M – Class 406 Every 2 hours high speed service
ICE 14 DB Aachen Hauptbahnhof –
Hamm – Gütersloh – Bielefeld – Herford – Hannover – Wolfsburg – Berlin-Spandau – Berlin Hbf – Berlin Ostbahnhof
 ICE T 1x per day
FLX 30
Flixtrain
 Aachen Hauptbahnhof –
Berlin Südkreuz – Lutherstadt Wittenberg – Leipzig
 Siemens Vectron BR193 + railway coaches 3x per week
NJ 425
Nightjet
 Brussels-South – Brussels-North – Liège-Guillemins – Aachen Hauptbahnhof – Cologne-Ehrenfeld – Bonn Hbf – Koblenz Hbf – Mainz Hbf – Mannheim Hbf only operational stop/Dividing train – Frankfurt South – Erfurt Hbf – Halle (Saale) Hbf – Berlin Südkreuz – Berlin Hbf Compartment coaches, Couchette cars, Sleeping cars 3x per week Night Train
NJ 40425
Vienna
RE 1

NRW-Express

National Express Aachen Hauptbahnhof –
Hamm
 2x
BR462 Siemens Desiro HC
 1x per hour
RE 4

Wupper-Express

National Express Aachen Hauptbahnhof – Herzogenrath – Rheydt – Mönchengladbach – Neuss – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal – Hagen – Witten – Dortmund 1-2x
BR462 Siemens Desiro HC
 1x per hour
RE 9

Rhein-Sieg-Express

DB Regio NRW Aachen Hauptbahnhof – Eschweiler – Düren – Horrem – Cologne – Troisdorf – Siegburg/Bonn – Hennef – Au (Sieg) – Siegen Talent 2, DB Class 146.0 + 5-6x Double-deck Coach 1x per hour
RE 18

LIMAX

Arriva Nederland Aachen Hauptbahnhof – Aachen West – Herzogenrath – Eygelshoven Markt – Landgraaf – Heerlen – Valkenburg – Meerssen – Maastricht Stadler FLIRT 3 2x per hour
RB 20

Euregiobahn

DB Regio NRW Alsdorf-Annapark – Alsdorf-Busch – Herzogenrath-August-Schmidt-Platz – Herzogenrath-Alt-Merkstein – Herzogenrath – Kohlscheid – Aachen West – Aachen Schanz – Aachen Hauptbahnhof – Aachen-Rothe Erde – Eilendorf – Stolberg (Rheinland) – Eschweiler-West – Eschweiler Talbahnhof – Eschweiler-Nothberg – Eschweiler-Weisweiler – Langerwehe – Düren DB Class 643 2x per hour
Stolberg-Schneidmühle – Stolberg-Mühlener Bahnhof – Stolberg-Rathaus – Stolberg-Altstadt 2x per hour
RE 29

S 41
euregioAIXpress

SNCB/NMBS Liège-St.-Lambert – Liège-Guillemins – Angleur – Chaudfontaine – Pepinster – Verviers – Welkenraedt – Hergenrath – Aachen Hauptbahnhof SNCB Class 18 + 4x I11 Coaches 1x per hour
RB 33

Rhein-Niers-Bahn

DB Regio NRW Essen – Mülheim (Ruhr) – Mülheim-Styrum – Duisburg – Duisburg-Hochfeld Süd – Rheinhausen Ost – Rheinhausen – Krefeld-Hohenbudberg Chempark – Krefeld-Uerdingen – Krefeld-Linn – Krefeld-Oppum – Krefeld – Forsthaus – Anrath – Viersen – Mönchengladbach – Rheydt – Wickrath – Herrath – Erkelenz – Hückelhoven-Baal – Brachelen – Lindern – Geilenkirchen – Übach-Palenberg – Herzogenrath – Kohlscheid – Aachen West – Aachen Schanz – Aachen Hauptbahnhof 2x
BR1440 Alstom Coradia Continental
 1x per hour
Heinsberg – 1x per hour
S19

Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn

DB Regio NRW Aachen Hauptbahnhof – Aachen-Rothe Erde – Stolberg (Rheinland) – Langerwehe – Düren – Horrem – Cologne – Cologne/Bonn Airport station – Troisdorf (–Hennef(Sieg)) DB Class 423 2x per night

Operational usage

Aachen Hauptbahnhof is served by the following lines:

References

  1. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0
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  2. ^ "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Liniennetzplan Region Aachen" (PDF). Aachener Verkehrsverbund. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  4. ^ "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 197. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.

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