| Siegen station | |
|---|---|
| Entrance building from Sieg Carré | |
| Operations | |
| Category | 3 |
| Type | Through station |
| Platforms in use | 6 |
| Daily trains | 128 (Mo–Fr), 103 (Sa), 77 (Su) |
| DS100 code | ESIE |
| Construction and location | |
| Opened | 1861 |
| Location | Siegen |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Route information | |
| List of railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia | |
Siegen station is the main station of the town of Siegen, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is in close to the modern centre of Siegen, which includes the bus station and the Sieg Carré and City Galerie shopping centres.
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The station was opened on 10 January 1861 simultaneously with the opening of the branch line from Siegen to Betzdorf, now part of the Sieg Railway. The Altena–Siegen section of the Ruhr–Sieg line was opened in August 1861.
Jews were deported from Siegen station from 1942 to 1944. This is recalled on a plaque on track 3.
Today the station has six platform tracks. Track 1 (a dock platform) and track 2 are next to the main station building. The other four tracks are located on the island platform, a through platform and a terminating platform on each side of the platform. Platforms are 38 cm high and the maximum usable length of platforms varies from 118 to 344 m. The station is not wheelchair accessible and has no lifts or escalators. It is planned to modernise the station at a cost of € 11.4 million, with work due to be carried out between 2013 and 2017.[1]
The Siegen station is a transport node and connects with the Siegen bus network.
The following regional services serve the station:
| Line | Service | Route |
|---|---|---|
| RE 9 | Rhein-Sieg-Express | Aachen – Düren – Cologne – Siegburg/Bonn – Hennef – Siegen |
| RE 16 | Ruhr-Sieg-Express | Essen – Bochum – Witten – Hagen – Letmathe – (Finnentrop – Siegen) / Iserlohn |
| RE 40/99 | Main-Sieg-Express | Siegen – Gießen – Friedberg (Hessen) – Frankfurt (Main) |
| RB 91 | Ruhr-Sieg-Bahn | Hagen – Letmathe – (Finnentrop – Siegen) / Iserlohn |
| RB 93 | Rothaarbahn | Siegen – Kreuztal – Hilchenbach – Erndtebrück – Bad Berleburg |
| RB 95 | Sieg-Dill-Bahn | Au (Sieg) – Betzdorf – Siegen – Dillenburg |
Since 13 December 2009, a EuroCity service has run every morning from Siegen via Giessen, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Munich and Salzburg to Klagenfurt. One carriage runs directly to Zagreb.[2] The return service from Croatia / Klagenfurt reaches Siegen at 21:57. This service is limited initially to two years.[3]
| Line | Route | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| EC 62 | Siegen – Gießen – Frankfurt – Stuttgart – Munich – Salzburg – Klagenfurt | one pair |
| Preceding station | DB AG | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Niederschelden
toward Aachen Hbf
|
RE 9 Rhein-Sieg-Express |
Terminus | ||
|
Siegen-Weidenau
toward Bad Berleburg
|
RB 93 Rothaar-Bahn |
Terminus | ||
|
Eiserfeld (Sieg)
toward Au (Sieg)
|
RB 95 Sieg-Dill-Bahn |
Rudersdorf (Siegen)
toward Dillenburg
|
||
| Preceding station | Abellio | Following station | ||
|
Siegen-Weidenau
toward Essen Hbf
|
RE 16 Ruhr-Sieg-Express |
Terminus | ||
|
Siegen-Weidenau
toward Hagen Hbf
|
RB 91 Ruhr-Sieg - Bahn |
Terminus | ||
| Preceding station | Hessische Landesbahn | Following station | ||
| Terminus | RE 40/99 Main-Sieg-Express |
toward Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
|
In the station there is a DB travel centre, a McDonald's, a restaurant and a newsstand.
The Siegen station is not called a Hauptbahnhof (central station) by Deutsche Bahn. Nevertheless, the term Siegen Hauptbahnhof is used at some signs at the station, on road maps and in on-train announcements. It is planned to officially rename the station Siegen Hauptbahnhof at the completion of the refurbishment works in 2017.