Aachen Hauptbahnhof

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 styleArt Nouveau
Other information
Station code1
DS100 codeKA[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
Herzogenrath
towards Berlin Ostbahnhof
 ICE 14
Terminus Düren
towards Berlin Ostbahnhof or Hamburg Hbf
ICE 19 Düren
towards 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 Netherlands Following station
Aachen West
towards Liège-Guillemins
 RE 18
LIMAX
Drielandentrein
Dreiländerzug
Train des trois pays 		Terminus
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.

  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  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.