Grevenbroich station

Grevenbroich
Through station

Entrance from the station forecourt (April 2007)
Location Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates 51°5′35″N 6°34′50″E / 51.09306°N 6.58056°ECoordinates: 51°5′35″N 6°34′50″E / 51.09306°N 6.58056°E
Line(s)
Platforms 4
Other information
Station code n/a
DS100 codeKGRB[1]
Category4[2]
History
Opened 1 September 1869 [3]

Grevenbroich station is a junction station in the city of Grevenbroich in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located at the junction of the Cologne–Mönchengladbach railway and the Düren–Neuss railway. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.[2]

With stops by Busverkehr Rheinland (BVR, a bus operator owned by Deutsche Bahn) in the five bays of the bus station in the station forecourt, Grevenbroich station is the transport hub of Grevenbroich.

History

The first entrance building of Grevenbroich station was demolished after the Second World War, probably as a result of war damage. It was replaced by the existing station building.[3]

The area of the former goods yard, which lay to the west of the platforms, has been reduced dramatically in recent years, so that today it is no longer used. Only a large brownfield area indicates its former size.

With the commissioning of electronic interlocking at Grevenbroich on the Rheydt-Ehrenfeld route in 2007, the Gnf and Gs signal boxes were closed, but they still exist.[3]

The station was partially restored in the period from July to September 2012. A new floor covering with a tactile guidance system for the visually impaired and blind was installed and the entrance area was renovated. The middle entrance door was replaced by an automatically opening door, it allows wheelchair users and people with restricted mobility to enter the station. Deutsche Bahn invested about €300,000 for this project.

Operations

Grevenbroich station is served by the following three services:[4]

Line Line name Route Frequency
RE 8 Rhein-Erft-Express Mönchengladbach Grevenbroich – Cologne Cologne/Bonn Airport – Linz (Rhein) Neuwied – Koblenz Hourly
RB 27 Rhein-Erft-Bahn Mönchengladbach – Grevenbroich – Cologne – Bonn-Beuel – Linz (Rhein) – Neuwied – Koblenz Only in peak, hourly
RB 38 Erft-Bahn Düsseldorf – Neuss – Grevenbroich – Bedburg – Bergheim – Horrem – Cologne – Köln Messe/Deutz Ever half hour to Neuss (Mon-Fri), otherwise every hour, Sundays and public holidays only to Horrem
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station
Jüchen
RE 8
Rhein-Erft-Express
Rommerskirchen
toward Koblenz Hbf
RB 27
Rhein-Erft-Bahn
Kapellen-Wevelinghoven
RB 38
Erft-Bahn
Gustorf
toward Cologne Hbf

Planning

There have been plans to the replace the RB 38 service by a new Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 18 from Horrem via Bedburg to Düsseldorf, which would involve electrifying the Düren–Neuss railway through Grevenbroich station, although this plan is not currently being pursued.

Platform usage

In general, rail services use the platforms as follows:

Platform Line Use
1 RE 8 RB 27 to Mönchengladbach
2 RB 38 to Düsseldorf, Horrem and Cologne
3 RB 38 to Düsseldorf, Horrem and Cologne
4 RE 8 RB 27 to Koblenz

Bus routes

The station is served by the following bus routes operated by Busverkehr Rheinland:[4]

Line Route Frequency
869 Neuss Stadthalle – Holzheim – Grevenbroich Kapellen – Wevelinghoven – Grevenbroich Bf Every 60 or 120 minutes
871 Grevenbroich Bf – Rommerskirchen Vanikum – Rom. Postamt/Bf – Dormagen Delhoven – Dormagen Bf – Marktplatz/Cologne Every 60 or 120 minutes
877 Neuss Landestheater – NE-Süd Bf – Holzheim – Grevenbroich Kapellen – Wevelinghoven (– Grevenbroich Bf) Every 60 or 120 minutes
879 Neuss Stüttgen – Elvekum – Norf – Hoisten – Grevenbroich Neukirchen – Wevelinghoven (– Grevenbroich Bf) (small bus)
891 Rommerskirchen Grevenbroich Bf − Kapellen-Wevelinghoven Bf Every 30 or 60 minutes
892 Gindorf – Gustorf – Grevenbroich Bf – Allrath – Rommerskirchen Oekoven – Evinghoven Every 30 or 60 minutes
893 Kapellen-Wevelinghoven Bf – Wevelinghoven – Grevenbroich Bf Every 60 minutes

Notes

  1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Stationspreisliste 2015" [Station price list 2015] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Grevenbroich operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Grevenbroich station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. 15 June 2013.