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Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof

Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof

Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station of Düsseldorf, the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof
Through station
Duesseldorf main station Konrad-Adenauer-Platz Stadtmitte Duesseldorf Germany.jpg
Entrance hall of station
LocationDüsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates51°13′13″N 6°47′34″E [4]
Owned byDB Netz
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
  • Cologne–Duisburg
  • Düsseldorf–Elberfeld
  • Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf
Platforms
  • 16 rail
  • 4 tram
  • 4 Stadtbahn
Construction
ArchitectKrüger and Eduard Behne
Architectural styleNew Objectivity
Other information
Station code1401
DS100 codeKD
Category1
Websitewww.bahnhof.de [5]
History
Opened
  • 1891 (PSE)
  • 1936 (DRG)
Traffic
Passengers250,000 daily[1]
Services
Preceding stationThalysFollowing station
toward Paris-Nord
Thalys
Duisburg Hbf
toward Dortmund Hbf
Preceding stationDB FernverkehrFollowing station
TerminusICE 10
Düsseldorf Flughafen
towards Berlin-Gesundbrunnen
Köln Messe/Deutz
Select trains only
towards Aachen
Köln Messe/Deutz
towards Munich
ICE 41
Duisburg
towards Dortmund
Cologne
towards Dortmund
ICE 42
Duisburg
towards Munich
Cologne
towards Basel SBB
ICE 43
Duisburg
towards Amsterdam Centraal
Köln Messe/Deutz
towards Stuttgart
ICE 47
Duisburg
towards Dortmund
Cologne
towards Frankfurt
ICE 78
Duisburg
towards Amsterdam Centraal
Cologne
towards Vienna
ICE 91
Duisburg
towards Dortmund
Cologne
towards Zürich HB
IC/EC 30
Duisburg
towards Hamburg-Altona
Cologne
towards Stuttgart
IC/EC 32
Duisburg
towards Dortmund
Cologne
towards Koblenz
IC/EC 35
Düsseldorf-Flughafen
towards Emden
Cologne
Terminus
IC 50
Duisburg
towards Gera
Duisburg Hbf
toward Amsterdam Centraal
City Night Line 419
Köln Hbf
toward München Hbf/Zürich HB
Duisburg Hbf
toward Oberhausen Hbf
EuroNight 447
Köln Hbf
toward Warsaw
Duisburg Hbf
toward Oberhausen Hbf
City Night Line 457
Köln Hbf
toward Prague
Preceding stationDB Regio NRWFollowing station
Düsseldorf-Benrath
toward Aachen Hbf
RE 1
NRW-Express
Düsseldorf Airport
toward Hamm Hbf
TerminusRE 2
Rhein-Haard-Express
Duisburg Hbf
toward Münster Hbf
Neuss Hbf
toward Aachen Hbf
RE 4
Wupper-Express
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel Hbf
toward Dortmund Hbf
Düsseldorf-Benrath
toward Koblenz Hbf
RE 5
Rhein-Express
Düsseldorf Airport
toward Wesel
Neuss Hbf
toward Cologne/Bonn Airport
RE 6
Rhein-Weser-Express
Düsseldorf Airport
toward Minden Hbf
TerminusRE 11
Rhein-Hellweg-Express
Düsseldorf Airport
toward Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
Preceding stationEurobahnFollowing station
TerminusRE 3
Rhein-Emscher-Express
Düsseldorf Airport
toward Hamm Hbf
Neuss Hbf
toward Venlo
RE 13
Maas-Wupper-Express
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel Hbf
toward Hamm Hbf
Preceding stationNordWestBahnFollowing station
Meerbusch Osterath
toward Kleve
RE 10
Niers-Express
Terminus
Preceding stationAbellio DeutschlandFollowing station
TerminusRE 19
Rhein-IJssel-Express
Düsseldorf Airport
toward Arnhem Centraal
Preceding stationRhine-Ruhr S-BahnFollowing station
Düsseldorf Volksgarten
toward Solingen Hbf
S 1
Düsseldorf-Wehrhahn
toward Dortmund Hbf
Düsseldorf Volksgarten
toward Köln-Nippes Hbf
S 6
Düsseldorf-Wehrhahn
toward Essen Hbf
Düsseldorf-Friedrichstadt
toward Mönchengladbach Hbf
S 8
Düsseldorf-Flingern
toward Hagen Hbf
Düsseldorf-Friedrichstadt
toward Bergisch Gladbach Hbf
S 11
Düsseldorf-Wehrhahn
toward Düsseldorf Flughafen Terminal Hbf
Düsseldorf-Friedrichstadt
toward Kaarster See
S 28
Düsseldorf-Flingern
toward Mettmann Stadtwald
Düsseldorf Volksgarten
toward Langenfeld
S 68
Düsseldorf-Wehrhahn
toward Wuppertal-Vohwinkel Hbf
Location
Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof
Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof
Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

History

The station was opened on 1 October 1891. It replaced the three following stations:[2]

  • the Bergisch-Märkische station of the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (BME), originally opened by the Düsseldorf-Elberfeld Railway Company in 1838 in the area that is now Graf-Adolf-Platz as a through station on the company's east-west line from Elberfeld to its station at Rheinknie.

  • the Cologne-Minden station which the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (CME) opened in 1845 southeast of the BME station as a terminus to which branches were built from the company's north-south Cologne–Duisburg main line, and

  • the Rhenish station built by the Rhenish Railway Company (RhE) in 1877 in Düsseldorf-Pempelfort at the end of a branch line from its north-south Troisdorf–Mülheim-Speldorf line. The branch line was the first section of a line to Dortmund, which two years later was completed as far as Mettmann.

Both the Bergisch-Märkische and the Cologne-Minden stations were on the southern edge of the city and were in the way of the construction of Friedrichstadt. The wish to clear the way for the new development was a reason to build a new station in addition to the desire to bring together the stations and lines following the nationalisation of the railway companies of Rhineland-Westphalia between 1879 and 1882.

Construction of station building in the 1930s

The original Hauptbahnhof was built in the Wilhelmine style. After three decades it had become too small and its style had become unfashionable. In November 1930, eight designs were submitted to the public as part of a competition to redesign the station. The station building was built from 1932-1936 conforming to a design dictated by the Reichsbahn directorate of Wuppertal and its architects, Krüger and Eduard Behne.[2] It features a notable clock tower.

The station underwent major reconstruction in the 1980s, finishing in 1985, when the Stadtbahn lines passing under the station were opened. This reconstruction involved the remodeling of the old ticket offices into a food court, the installation of lifts and the opening of the station toward the city borough of Oberbilk, where, at the western exit of the station, new office buildings were erected on the site of a former steel works. The former 1st class waiting room has been remodeled into a hotel and a discothèque.

Some minor changes were carried out in the year 2005; the old toilets from 1985 were torn out to make room for a fast food restaurant, a small 1st class lounge was installed in the northern passenger tunnel also. The dated ceilings and information systems in the passenger tunnels are scheduled for replacement also, as they do not meet current fire protection standards.

Operational usage

The station is frequented by roughly a quarter million passengers per day and is therefore Germany's sixth busiest station. All modes of rail transport are offered on the 20 main line tracks (16 platforms currently in use), including InterCityExpress, InterCity and EuroCity trains for long distance travel, DB NachtZug, D-Nacht and EuroNight overnight trains as well as RegionalExpress, RegionalBahn and S-Bahn services for regional distribution. The station is integrated into the Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn network and local traffic operates under the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr transport association. The subterranean station, operated by Rheinbahn, has 4 tracks that are part of the Stadtbahn lines of Düsseldorf. The 6 tramway stops in front of the station connect the Hauptbahnhof to the local tram network, also operated by Rheinbahn.

The station is served by the following services:[3]

Long-distance

LineRouteFrequency
ICE 10Berlin-Gesundbrunnen – Berlin – (Wolfsburg –) Hannover – Bielefeld – Hamm – Dortmund – Bochum – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf (– Cologne – Aachen)Hourly
ICE 30Hamburg – Bremen – Osnabrück – Münster – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne1 train
ICE 41(Dortmund –) Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Köln Messe/Deutz – Frankfurt Airport – Frankfurt – Würzburg – Nuremberg – MunichHourly
ICE 42(Hamburg – Bremen – Münster –) Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Siegburg/Bonn – Frankfurt Flughafen – Mannheim – Stuttgart – MunichEvery 2 hours
ICE 43(Amsterdam – Utrecht – Arnhem – Oberhausen – Duisburg –) or (Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg –) Düsseldorf – Cologne – Siegburg/Bonn – Frankfurt Airport – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – BaselIndividual services
ICE 47Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf –Köln Messe/Deutz –Frankfurt Airport –Mannheim – StuttgartEvery 2 hours
ICE 78Amsterdam – Utrecht – Arnhem – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Frankfurt Airport – FrankfurtEvery 2 hours
THA 80Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – (Düsseldorf Airport –) Düsseldorf – Cologne – Aachen – Liège-Guillemins – Brussels – Paris-NordIndividual services
ICE 91Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Frankfurt Flughafen – Frankfurt – Würzburg – Nürnberg – Passau – Vienna – Vienna AirportIndividual services
IC/EC 30(Westerland –) Hamburg – Bremen – Münster – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Stuttgart (/ – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel – Zürich/Interlaken Ost)Every 2 hours
IC 32(Berlin – Hannover – Bielefeld –) Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Stuttgart – Ulm (– Oberstdorf/Innsbruck)Every 2 hours
IC 35Norddeich Mole – Emden – Münster – Recklinghausen – Gelsenkirchen – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – KoblenzEvery 2 hours
IC 37Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Wittlich – Trier – Luxembourg1 train pair
IC 50Gera – Jena – Weimar – Erfurt – Eisenach – Kassel – Dortmund – Düsseldorf (– Cologne)2 train pairs
FLX 20Hamburg – Osnabrück – Münster – Gelsenkirchen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne1–2 train pairs
FLX 30Berlin Südkreuz – Berlin – Berlin-Spandau – Wolfsburg – Hannover – Bielefeld – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne1 train pair
ENÖBB Nightjet
Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz –Frankfurt Airport –Frankfurt Süd –Nuremberg – Regensburg – Passau – Wels – Linz – Amstetten –St. Pölten –Wien Meidling –Vienna (car train)
1 train pair
ENÖBB Nightjet
Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz –Frankfurt Airport –Frankfurt Süd –Nuremberg – Augsburg – Munich – Kufstein – Wörgl – Jenbach – Innsbruck
1 train pair

Regional

  • Regional services RE 1 NRW-Express Aachen - Cologne - Düsseldorf - Duisburg - Essen - Dortmund - Hamm

  • Regional services RE 2 Rhein-Haard-Express Münster - Dülmen - Recklinghausen - Essen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf

  • Regional services RE 3 Rhein-Emscher-Express Hamm - Dortmund - Gelsenkirchen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf

  • Regional services RE 4 Wupper-Express Dortmund - Hagen - Wuppertal - Düsseldorf - Mönchengladbach - Aachen

  • Regional services RE 5 Rhein-Express Wesel - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Bonn - Koblenz

  • Regional services RE 6 Rhein-Weser-Express Cologne/Bonn Airport - Cologne - Neuss - Düsseldorf - Duisburg - Essen - Dortmund - Hamm - Bielefeld - Minden

  • Regional services RE 10 Niers-Express Kleve - Weeze - Krefeld - Düsseldorf

  • Regional services RE 11 Rhein-Hellweg-Express Hamm - Dortmund - Essen - Duisburg - Krefeld - Mönchengladbach

  • Regional services RE 13 Maas-Wupper-Express Venlo - Viersen - Mönchengladbach - Düsseldorf - Wuppertal - Hagen - Hamm

  • Regional services RE 19 Rhein-IJssel-Express Arnhem – Emmerich – Wesel – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf

  • Local services RB 39 Düssel-Erft-Bahn Bedburg - Grevenbroich - Neuss - Düsseldorf

  • Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn services S 1 Solingen - Düsseldorf - Duisburg - Essen - Dortmund

  • Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn services S 2 Duisburg - Oberhausen - Essen - Gelsenkirchen - Dortmund

  • Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn services S 6 Essen - Kettwig - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Köln-Nippes

  • Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn services S 8 Mönchengladbach - Neuss - Düsseldorf - Wuppertal - Hagen

  • Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn services S 11 Düsseldorf Airport Terminal - Düsseldorf - Neuss - Cologne - Bergisch Gladbach

  • Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn services S 28 Kaarster See - Neuss - Düsseldorf - Mettmann

  • Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn services S 68 Langenfeld - Düsseldorf - Wuppertal-Vohwinkel

Stadbahn services

Preceding stationRhine-Ruhr StadtbahnFollowing station
Oststraße
toward Krefeld Rheinstraße
U70Terminus
Oststraße
toward Meerbusch-Görgesheide
U74
Oberbilker Markt - Warschauer Straße
toward Benrath Betriebshof
Oststraße
toward Neuss Hbf
U75
Handelszentrum/Moskauer Straße
toward Eller/Vennhauser Allee
Oststraße
toward Krefeld Rheinstraße
U76
Handelszentrum/Moskauer Straße
Terminus
Oststraße
toward Am Seestern
U77
Oberbilker Markt - Warschauer Straße
toward Holthausen
Oststraße
toward ESPRIT arena/Messe Nord
U78Terminus
Oststraße
toward Meiderich Bahnhof
U79
Oberbilker Markt - Warschauer Straße
toward Kaiserslauterner Straße

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