Duisburg-Großenbaum station

Duisburg-Großenbaum station
Operations
Category 4 [1]
Type Through station
Platforms in use 2 [2]
DS100 code EDGR
Station code 1379
Construction and location
Opened 9 February 1846[3]
Location Duisburg
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
Route information
List of railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia

Duisburg-Großenbaum station is a station in the district of Großenbaum of the city of Duisburg in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Cologne–Duisburg railway and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[1] The station was opened on 9 February 1846 as Großenbaum. It was renamed Duisburg-Großenbaum on 14 May 1950. A station building was built in 1856, but it is now used as a cafe, called Gleis drei (track three).[3]

The station is served by line S 1 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn, running between Dortmund and Solingen every 20 minutes during the day.[4]

Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station
S1

It is also served by three bus routes operated by Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft at 30 minute intervals: 934, 940 and 941.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Station catgories 2011" (in German) (PDF). Deutsche Bahn. http://www.deutschebahn.com/site/shared/de/dateianhaenge/infomaterial/sonstige/bahnhofskategorieliste__db__station__service__2011.pdf. Retrieved 23 October 2011. 
  2. ^ "Station track plan" (in German) (PDF). Deutsche Bahn. http://www.deutschebahn.com/site/bahn/de/geschaefte/infrastruktur__schiene/netz/netzzugang/dokumente/Bahnhof/SNB/E/EDGR__NBS.pdf. Retrieved 23 October 2011. 
  3. ^ a b "Duisburg-Großenbaum station operations" (in German). NRW Rail Archive. André Joost. http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/esn/EDGR.htm. Retrieved 23 October 2011. 
  4. ^ a b "Duisburg-Großenbaum station" (in German). NRW Rail Archive. André Joost. http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/bf/8001602.htm. Retrieved 23 October 2011.