Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof
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Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof (usually translated from German as Düsseldorf Central Station, short form: Düsseldorf Hbf) is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Düsseldorf in Germany, state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia.
[edit] History
The station building dates back to the 1920s to 1930s, featuring a notable clock tower. The original station building, dating back to the 19th century, was torn down in favour of the new building in the early 1920s. 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 discotheque.
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 fit current fire protection standards.
[edit] Operational usage
| In brief | |
|---|---|
| DB station code: | ED |
| Number of tracks | 16 main line passenger, 4 Stadtbahn (below ground) 6 tramway (in front of station) |
| Passengers (daily): |
250,000 |
| Station type: | Bf |
| Street address: | Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 1 40210 Düsseldorf |
The station is frequented by roughly a quarter million passengers per day and is therefore Germany's fourth busiest station. All modes of rail transport are offered, like 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 is operating under the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr transport association. The subterranean station, operated by Rheinbahn, provides connections to the major Stadtbahn lines of Düsseldorf, whilst the tramway stop in front of the station connects the central station to the local tram network, also operated by Rheinbahn.
| Previous station | DB AG | Next station | ||
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Neuss Hbf
toward Horrem
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RB 38 | Terminus | ||
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Düsseldorf-Benrath
toward Aachen Hbf
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RE 1 |
Düsseldorf-Flughafen
toward Hamm
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| Terminus | RE 3 |
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Neuss Hbf
toward Aachen Hbf
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RE 4 |
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
toward Dortmund Hbf
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Düsseldorf-Benrath
toward Koblenz Hbf
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RE 5 |
Düsseldorf-Flughafen
toward Emmerich
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| Terminus | RE 6 |
Düsseldorf-Flughafen
toward Minden
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Neuss Hbf
toward Kleve
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RE 10 | Terminus | ||
| Terminus | RE 11 |
Düsseldorf-Flughafen
toward Paderborn Hbf
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Neuss Hbf
toward Venlo
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RE 13 |
Wuppertal Hbf
toward Hamm
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| Previous station |  Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn |
Next station | ||
| Terminus | S1 |
Düsseldorf-Wehrhahn
toward Dortmund Hbf
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Düsseldorf-Volksgarten
toward Köln-Nippes
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S6 |
Düsseldorf-Wehrhahn
toward Essen Hbf
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Düsseldorf-Friedrichstadt
toward Mönchengladbach Hbf
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S8 |
Düsseldorf-Flingern
toward Hagen Hbf
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Düsseldorf-Friedrichstadt
toward Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
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S11 |
Düsseldorf-Flingern
toward Bergisch Gladbach
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Düsseldorf-Friedrichstadt
toward Kaarster See
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S28 |
Düsseldorf-Flingern
toward Mettmann Stadtwald
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