S68 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)

Route of S68^[1]

Legend

0.0

Wuppertal-Vohwinkel S 8 S 9

5.0

Gruiten S 8

8.2

Hochdahl-Millrath S 8

9.7

Hochdahl S 8

12.7

Erkrath S 8

15.3

Düsseldorf-Gerresheim S 8 S 28

19.3

Düsseldorf-Flingern S 8 S 28

20.8

Düsseldorf Hbf S 1 S 6 S 8 S 11 S 28

Düsseldorf Volksgarten S 1 S 6

Düsseldorf-Oberbilk S 1 S 6

26.8

Düsseldorf-Eller Süd S 6

19.4

Düsseldorf-Reisholz S 6

31.8

Düsseldorf-Benrath S 6

34.3

Düsseldorf-Garath S 6

35.6

Düsseldorf-Hellerhof S 6

37.6

Langenfeld-Berghausen S 6

40.1

Langenfeld (Rheinland) S 6

Line S 68 is an S-Bahn line on the Rhine-Ruhr network. It is operated by DB Regio. It was established on 13 December 2009. It is a relief service operating during peak hours on weekdays between Wuppertal-Vohwinkel Hbf and Langenfeld via Düsseldorf Hbf. It is operated using class 143 locomotives hauling four x-Wagen carriages, and a double set of class 420.^[2]

Line S 68 runs:

from Wuppertal-Vohwinkel to Düsseldorf over the Düsseldorf–Elberfeld railway opened by the Düsseldorf-Elberfeld Railway Company between 1838 and 1841,
from Düsseldorf to Langenfeld over the Cologne–Duisburg railway, opened by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company in 1845.

References

↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
↑ "S68: W-Vohwinkel - Düsseldorf - Langenfeld". NRW rail archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 22 September 2011.

Wuppertal-Vohwinkel station

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