Geilenkirchen station

Geilenkirchen
Deutsche Bahn
Through station
General information
LocationBahnhofstr. 1, Geilenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates50°57′40″N 6°7′27″E / 50.96111°N 6.12417°E / 50.96111; 6.12417
Line(s)Aachen–Mönchengladbach railway
Platforms3
Other information
Station code2037
DS100 codeKGEK[1]
IBNR8002206
Category4[2]
Fare zone
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened12 November 1852 [5]
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Aachen Hbf
Terminus
 ICE 10 Erkelenz
One-way operation
Herzogenrath
towards Aachen Hbf
 ICE 14 Erkelenz
towards Berlin Ostbahnhof
Preceding station National Express Germany Following station
Übach-Palenberg
towards Aachen Hbf
 RE 4 (Wupper-Express) Lindern
towards Dortmund Hbf
Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station
Übach-Palenberg
towards Aachen Hbf
 RB 33 Lindern
towards Essen-Steele

Geilenkirchen station is in Geilenkirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Aachen–Mönchengladbach railway. It is the only railway station in the town of Geilenkirchen. It provided an interchange between the mainline railway and the Geilenkirchen District Railway (Geilenkirchener Kreisbahn) until 1971 and was a stop for long-distance traffic until 2001. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.[2]

Geilenkirchen station has an entrance building that includes a waiting room, a ticket office and a fast food restaurant.

  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Liniennetzplan Region Heinsberg" (PDF). Aachener Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 12 June 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. ^ "Geilenkirchen station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 4 July 2013.