Düsseldorf-Gerresheim station

Düsseldorf-Gerresheim station
Operations
Category 5 [1]
Type Through station
Platforms in use 2
DS100 code KDGE
Station code 1413
Construction and location
Opened 20 December 1838 [2]
Location Düsseldorf
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
Local authority Gerresheim
Route information
List of railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia

Düsseldorf-Gerresheim station is a through station in the district of Gerresheim in the city of Düsseldorf in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station was opened along with the Düsseldorf–Elberfeld railway from Düsseldorf to Erkrath by the Düsseldorf-Elberfeld Railway Company on 20 December 1838.[3] It has two platform tracks and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[1]

The station is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn lines S 8 between Mönchengladbach and Wuppertal-Oberbarmen or Hagen every 20 minutes, S 28 between Mettmann Stadtwald and Kaarster See every 20 and several S 68 services between Wuppertal-Vohwinkel and Langenfeld in the peak hour.[4]

Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station
S8
toward Hagen Hbf
S28
Erkrath Nord
toward Langenfeld
S68

It is also served by a tram line 703 (every 10 minutes) and four bus routes: 730 (10), 736 (20), 736 (20/40) and 737 (20), all operated by Rheinbahn.[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 1 November 2011. 
  2. ^ "Düsseldorf-Gerresheim station operations" (in German). NRW Rail Archive. André Joost. http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/kln/KDGE.htm. Retrieved 1 November 2011. 
  3. ^ "Line 2550: Aachen - Kassel" (in German). NRW Rail Archive. André Joost. http://home.arcor.de/nrwbahnarchiv/strecken/2550.htm. Retrieved 1 November 2011. 
  4. ^ a b "Düsseldorf-Gerresheim station" (in German). NRW Rail Archive. André Joost. http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/bf/8001590.htm. Retrieved 1 November 2011.