Erkelenz station

Erkelenz
Deutsche Bahn
Through station
Station building 2007
General information
LocationKonrad-Adenauer-Platz 1, Erkelenz, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates51°4′36.2″N 6°19′16.8″E / 51.076722°N 6.321333°E / 51.076722; 6.321333
Line(s)
Platforms2
Other information
Station code1643[1]
DS100 codeKERZ[2]
IBNR8001839
Category4[1]
Fare zone
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened12 November 1852[5]
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Geilenkirchen
towards Aachen Hbf
ICE 10 Rheydt Hbf
One-way operation
ICE 14 Rheydt Hbf
Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station
Hückelhoven-Baal
towards Aachen Hbf
RB 33 Herrath
towards Essen-Steele
Preceding station National Express Germany Following station
Hückelhoven-Baal
towards Aachen Hbf
RE 4 (Wupper-Express) Rheydt Hbf
towards Dortmund Hbf

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 InterRegio stop on the route towards eastern Germany (AachenChemnitz). With the conversion of the railway line to electronic interlocking operation in November 2007, the crossovers were taken out, so the station is now regarded operationally as a halt, and the new German Ks-Signal system of signalling was installed. The former third platform track was taken out of use during the remodelling so that trains can no longer overtake at the station. Later, the third track was completely dismantled.

  1. ^ a b c "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. ^ "Liniennetzplan Region Heinsberg" (PDF). Aachener Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Erkelenz station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 2 February 2017.