Düsseldorf Central Station

Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof


Entrance hall of station
Operations
Category	1
Type	Crossing station
Platforms in use	16 rail 4 tram 4 U-Bahn
Daily trains	169 long distance^[1] 423 regional^[1] 550 S-Bahn^[1]
Daily entry/exit	250,000^[1]
DS100 code	KD
Station code	1401
Construction and location
Opened	1891 station of PSE 1936 Bahnhof der DRG
Style of architecture	New Objectivity
Architect	Krüger and Eduard Behne
Location	Düsseldorf
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
Home page	www.bahnhof.de
Route information
Cologne–Duisburg Düsseldorf–Elberfeld Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf
List of railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia

Düsseldorf Central Station (German: Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof) is a railway station for the city of Düsseldorf in Germany, state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia.

1 History
- 1.1 Construction of station building in the 1930s
2 Operational usage
3 References

History

The station was opened on 1 October 1891 opened as Düsseldorf Central Station. It replaced the three following stations:^[2]

the Bergisch-Märkische station of the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (BME), originally opened by the Dusseldorf-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 central 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 central station 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 fourth 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 central station to the local tram network, also operated by Rheinbahn.

Train services

The following services currently call at Düsseldorf Hbf (list not complete):

intercity services:
regional services:
- NRW-Express Aachen - Cologne - Düsseldorf - Duisburg - Essen - Dortmund - Hamm - Paderborn
- Rhein-Haard-Express Münster - Dülmen - Recklinghausen - Essen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf
- Rhein-Emscher-Express Hamm - Dortmund - Gelsenkirchen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf
- Wupper-Express Dortmund - Hagen - Wuppertal - Düsseldorf - Mönchengladbach - Aachen
- Rhein-Express Emmerich - Wesel - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Bonn - Koblenz
- Westfalen-Express Düsseldorf - Duisburg - Essen - Dortmund - Hamm - Bielefeld - Minden
- Maas-Wupper-Express Venlo - Viersen - Mönchengladbach - Düsseldorf - Wuppertal - Hagen - Hamm
local services (S-Bahn):
- S1 Solingen - Düsseldorf - Duisburg - Essen - Dortmund
- S6 Essen - Kettwig - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Köln-Nippes
- S8 Mönchengladbach - Neuss - Düsseldorf - Wuppertal - Hagen
- S11 Düsseldorf Airport Terminal - Düsseldorf - Neuss - Cologne - Bergisch Gladbach
- S28 Kaarster See - Neuss - Düsseldorf - Mettmann
- S68 Langenfeld - Düsseldorf - Wuppertal-Vohwinkel

Series	Operator	Route	Material	Frequency	Notes
ICE10	DB	Berlin Ostbahnhof - Berlin Hbf - Berlin-Spandau - Wolfsburg Hbf - Hannover Hbf - Bielefeld Hbf - Hamm - Dortmund Hbf - Bochum Hbf - Essen Hbf - Duisburg Hbf - Düsseldorf Flughafen - Düsseldorf Hbf - Köln Messe/Deutz - Köln/Bonn Flughafen	ICE 1	1x per hour
IC35	DB	Norddeich Mole - Norddeich - Norden - Emden Hbf - Leer - Papenburg - Meppen - Lingen (Ems) - Rheine - Münster Hbf - Recklinghausen Hbf - Wanne-Eickel Hbf - Gelsenkirchen Hbf - Oberhausen Hbf - Duisburg Hbf - Düsseldorf Hbf - Köln Hbf - Bonn Hbf - Remagen - Andernach - Koblenz Hbf - Cochem - Bullay - Wittlich Hbf - Trier Hbf - Wasserbillig - Luxembourg	DB Class 101, DB Class 120 and IC stock	Every 2 Hours
RB35 Der Weseler	DB Regio	Emmerich - Praest - Millingen - Empel-Rees - Haldern - Mehrhoog - Wesel-Feldmark - Wesel - Friedrichsfeld - Voerde - Dinslaken - Oberhausen-Holten - Oberhausen-Sterkrade - Oberhausen Hbf - Duisburg Hbf - Düsseldorf Flughafen - Düsseldorf Hbf	DB Class 425, DB Class 110 + Coaching Stock	1x per hour	Peak Times only (Monday - Friday)

Preceding station	Thalys	Following station
Köln Hbf toward Paris-Nord	Thalys	Duisburg Hbf toward Essen Hbf
Preceding station	DB AG	Following station
Köln Messe/Deutz toward Köln/Bonn Flughafen	ICE 10	Düsseldorf-Flughafen toward Berlin Ostbahnhof
Köln Hbf toward München Hbf	ICE 31	Duisburg Hbf toward Kiel Hbf
Köln Messe/Deutz toward München Hbf	ICE 41	Duisburg Hbf toward Dortmund Hbf
Köln Hbf toward München Hbf	ICE 42	Duisburg Hbf toward Hamburg-Altona
Köln Hbf toward Basel SBB	ICE 43	Duisburg Hbf toward Amsterdam Centraal
Köln Hbf toward Frankfurt (Main) Hbf	ICE 78	Duisburg Hbf toward Amsterdam Centraal
Köln Hbf toward Wien Westbf	ICE 91	Duisburg Hbf toward Dortmund Hbf
Köln Hbf Terminus	IC 26 Köln-Hamburg	Duisburg Hbf toward Hamburg-Altona
Köln Hbf toward Chur	IC/EC 30	Duisburg Hbf toward Ostseebad Binz or Seebad Heringshof
Köln Hbf toward Innsbruck Hbf	IC/EC 32	Duisburg Hbf toward Berlin Südkreuz
Köln Hbf toward Karlsruhe Hbf, Stuttgart Hbf, or Luxembourg	IC/EC 35	Düsseldorf-Flughafen toward Emden Außenhafen or Norddeich Mole
Köln Hbf Terminus	IC 55	Duisburg Hbf toward Leipzig Hbf
Köln Hbf Terminus	IC 51	Düsseldorf-Flughafen toward Ostseebad Binz

Regional trains

Düsseldorf Airport S-Bahn service

Duisburg Hbf

Duisburg-Rahm

Düsseldorf-Angermund

Düsseldorf Airport

SkyTrain Parkhaus 4

SkyTrain Terminal A/B

SkyTrain Terminal C

Düsseldorf Airport Terminal C

Düsseldorf Hbf

Preceding station	DB AG	Following station
Düsseldorf-Benrath toward Aachen Hbf	RE 1 NRW-Express	Düsseldorf-Flughafen toward Paderborn Hbf
Terminus	RE 2 Rhein-Haard-Express	Duisburg Hbf toward Münster Hbf
Neuss Hbf toward Aachen Hbf	RE 4 Wupper-Express	Wuppertal-Vohwinkel toward Dortmund Hbf
Düsseldorf-Benrath toward Koblenz	RE 5 Rhein-Express	Düsseldorf-Flughafen toward Emmerich
Terminus	RE 6 Westfalen-Express	Düsseldorf-Flughafen toward Minden
Terminus	RE 11 Rhein-Hellweg-Express	Düsseldorf-Flughafen toward Hamm
Terminus	RB 35 Der Weseler	Düsseldorf-Flughafen toward Emmerich
Neuss toward Köln	RB 38 Erft-Bahn	Terminus
Preceding station	eurobahn	Following station
Terminus	RE 3 Rhein-Emscher-Express	Düsseldorf-Flughafen toward Hamm
Neuss toward Venlo	RE 13 Maas-Wupper-Express	Wuppertal-Vohwinkel toward Hamm
Preceding station	NordWestBahn	Following station
Meerbusch Osterath toward Kleve	RE 10 Niers-Express	Terminus

S-Bahn trains

Preceding station	Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn	Following station
Düsseldorf Volksgarten toward Solingen	S1	Düsseldorf-Wehrhahn toward Dortmund
Düsseldorf Volksgarten toward Köln-Nippes	S6	Düsseldorf-Wehrhahn toward Essen
Düsseldorf-Friedrichstadt toward Mönchengladbach	S8	Düsseldorf-Flingern toward Hagen
Düsseldorf-Friedrichstadt toward Bergisch Gladbach	S11	Düsseldorf-Wehrhahn toward Düsseldorf Flughafen Terminal
Düsseldorf-Friedrichstadt toward Kaarster See	S28	Düsseldorf-Flingern toward Mettmann Stadtwald
Düsseldorf Volksgarten toward Langenfeld	S68	Düsseldorf-Wehrhahn toward Wuppertal-Vohwinkel

Local trains

Preceding station	Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn	Following station
Oststraße toward Krefeld Rheinstraße	U70	Terminus
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	U78	Terminus
Oststraße toward Meiderich Bahnhof	U79	Oberbilker Markt - Warschauer Straße toward Kaiserslauterner Straße

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof – Tor zur Landeshauptstadt Nordrhein-Westfalens. Accessed 13 December 2008
^ ^a ^b "Der Hauptbahnhof" (in German). Stadtarchiv Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf. http://www.duesseldorf.de/stadtarchiv/stadtgeschichte/gestern_heute/42_bilddokumentation.shtml. Retrieved 4 April 2010.