Erkelenz station
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Location | Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 1, Erkelenz, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°4′36.2″N 6°19′16.8″E / 51.076722°N 6.321333°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | 1643 DS100 code KERZ[2] | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
IBNR | 8001839 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Category | 4[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Website | www.bahnhof.de | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 12 November 1852[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Erkelenz station on the Aachen–Mönchengladbach railway is in the town of Erkelenz in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has been classified by Deutsche Bahn since January 2011 as a category 4 station.[1] The station is served by the Wupper-Express and the Rhein-Niers-Bahn.
It consists of a simple station building from the 1950s with two platforms. Close to the station there are a park and ride lot and transfer facilities to express, regional and city buses.
While freight has declined in importance at Erkelenz station with the relocation of heavy traffic from rail to road in the 1980s, passenger traffic has developed to such an extent that the station today is the most important stop between Aachen and Moenchengladbach, based on entry and exit numbers. From 1992 to 2001, Erkelenz station was an
Rail services
The following services stop at the station:[6]
Line | Line name | Route | ||
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RE 4 | Wupper-Express | Aachen – Herzogenrath – Geilenkirchen – Erkelenz – Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal – Hagen – Dortmund | ||
RB 33 | Rhein-Niers-Bahn | Aachen Hbf – Herzogenrath – Übach-Palenberg – Geilenkirchen – Hückelhoven-Baal – Erkelenz – Rheydt – Mönchengladbach Hbf – Viersen – Krefeld – Rheinhausen – Duisburg – Mülheim – Essen |
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Entrance building and bus station
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Platforms
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Ticket office
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Station hall
Notes
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- ^ a b c "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ^ "Liniennetzplan Region Heinsberg" (PDF). Aachener Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 200. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ "Erkelenz station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ^ "Erkelenz station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 2 February 2017.