Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof

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Mönchengladbach Hbf

Architectural information
Location	Mönchengladbach
State	NRW
Country	Germany
Operations
DS100 code	KM
Type	Bf
Category	4
Deutsche Bahn - Stations in Germany
BW BY BE BR HB HH HE MV NI NW RP SL SN ST SH TH

Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof (usually translated from German as Mönchengladbach Central Station, short form: Mönchengladbach Hbf) is a railway station in the city of Mönchengladbach in western Germany.

The station is the largest railway station in the city and, along with Rheydt Hbf, one of the two Hauptbahnhof stations in Mönchengladbach. Mönchengladbach is the only city with two stations designated as a Hauptbahnhof on its soil, due to the merger between the cities of Mönchengladbach and Rheydt in the 1970s, and the subsequent reluctancy of the Deutsche Bundesbahn to rename Rheydt Hauptbahnhof. Mönchengladbach Hbf also is the largest (in terms of passengers) station in Germany to lack long-distance trains.

[edit] Railway lines calling at the station

Line	Line name	Route
RE2	Rhein-Haard-Express	Mönchengladbach Hbf–Viersen–Krefeld Hbf–Duisburg Hbf–Essen Hbf–Münster (Westf.) Hbf
RE4	Wupper-Express	Aachen Hbf–Mönchengladbach Hbf–Neuss Hbf–Düsseldorf Hbf–Wuppertal Hbf–Hagen Hbf–Dortmund Hbf
RE8	Rhein-Erft-Express	Mönchengladbach Hbf–Köln Hbf–Köln/Bonn Flughafen–Koblenz Hbf
RE13	Maas-Wupper-Express	Venlo–Viersen –Mönchengladbach Hbf–Neuss Hbf–Düsseldorf Hbf–Wuppertal Hbf–Hagen Hbf–Hamm
RB27	Rhein-Erft-Bahn	Mönchengladbach Hbf–Köln Hbf–Koblenz Hbf
RB33	Rhein-Niers-Bahn	(Aachen Hbf–)Mönchengladbach Hbf–Viersen–Krefeld Hbf–Duisburg Hbf(–Wesel)
RB39	Schwalm-Nette-Bahn	Mönchengladbach Hbf–Rheydt Hbf–Wegberg–Dalheim
S8	S 8	Mönchengladbach Hbf–Neuss Hbf–Düsseldorf Hbf–Wuppertal Hbf–Hagen Hbf