S6 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)

Route of S6
0.0
Essen Hbf S1S2S3S9
1.5
Essen Süd
3.5
Essen Stadtwald
5.9
Essen-Hügel
8.6
Essen-Werden
13.2
Kettwig
14.5
Kettwig Stausee
18.4
Hösel
23.8
Ratingen Ost
26.8
Düsseldorf-Rath
27.9
Düsseldorf-Rath Mitte
30.7
Düsseldorf-Derendorf S1S11
Düsseldorf Zoo S1S11
32.8
Düsseldorf Wehrhahn S1S11
33.9
Düsseldorf Hbf S1S8S11S28S68
Düsseldorf Volksgarten S1S68
Düsseldorf-Oberbilk S1S68
39.9
Düsseldorf-Eller Süd S68
42.5
Düsseldorf-Reisholz S68
44.9
Düsseldorf-Benrath S68
47.4
Düsseldorf-Garath S68
48.7
Düsseldorf-Hellerhof S68
50.7
Langenfeld-Berghausen S68
53.2
Langenfeld S68
Network change from VRR to VRS
57.4
Leverkusen-Rheindorf
60.1
Leverkusen-Küppersteg
61.7
Leverkusen Mitte
64.0
Leverkusen Chempark
65.9
Köln-Stammheim
69.9
Köln-Mülheim S11
Köln-Buchforst S11
73.4
Köln Messe/Deutz S11S12S13S19
73.6
Köln Hbf S11S12S13S19
74.4
Köln Hansaring S11S12S13S19
75.9
Köln-Nippes S11
Source: German railway atlas[1]

Line S 6 is a S-Bahn line in the Rhein-Ruhr network. It calls, among others, at the cities of Essen, Düsseldorf and Cologne and was the first S-Bahn line in the Rhine-Ruhr network, becoming operational on 28 September 1967 between Ratingen Ost and Düsseldorf-Garath. It is operated at 20-minute intervals using coupled sets of class 422 four-car electrical multiple units.

Line S 6 runs over lines built by various railway companies:

It was opened on 28 September 1967 between Ratingen Ost and Düsseldorf-Garath. It was extended from Ratingen Ost to Essen on 26 May 1968 and from Garath to Langenfeld (Rheinl) on 12 December 1968, from Langenfeld to Köln Hansaring on 2 June 1991 and from Hansaring to Köln-Nippes on 13 June 2004.

Map

  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 136–9. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.