Erkelenz station

Erkelenz
Through station
Station building 2007
Location	Erkelenz, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	51°4′36.2″N 6°19′16.8″E / 51.076722°N 6.321333°ECoordinates: 51°4′36.2″N 6°19′16.8″E / 51.076722°N 6.321333°E
Line(s)	Aachen–Mönchengladbach
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	1643[1]
DS100 code	KERZ[2]
IBNR	8001839
Category	4[1]
History
Opened	1852
Services
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station Hückelhoven-Baal toward Aachen Hbf RE 4 Wupper-Express Rheydt Hbf toward Dortmund Hbf Hückelhoven-Baal toward Aachen Hbf RB 33 Rhein-Niers-Bahn Herrath toward Wesel

Erkelenz station is a station in the town of Erkelenz in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It lies on the Aachen–Mönchengladbach railway and has been classified by Deutsche Bahn since January 2011 as a category 4 station.^[1] The station is served by the Wupper-Express and the Rhein-Niers-Bahn.

It consists of a simple station building from the 1950s with two platforms. Close to the station there are a park and ride lot and transfer facilities to express, regional and city buses.

While freight has declined in importance at Erkelenz station with the relocation of heavy traffic from rail to road in the 1980s, passenger traffic has developed to such an extent that the station today is the most important stop between Aachen and Moenchengladbach, based on entry and exit numbers. From 1992 to 2001, Erkelenz station was an InterRegio stop on the route towards eastern Germany (Aachen–Chemnitz). With the conversion of the railway line to electronic interlocking operation in November 2007, the crossovers were taken out, so the station is now regarded operationally as a halt, and the new German Ks-Signal system of signalling was installed. The former third platform track was taken out of use during the remodelling so that trains can no longer overtake at the station. Later, the third track was completely dismantled.

Rail services

Line	Line name	Linienverlauf
RE 4	Wupper-Express	Aachen – Herzogenrath – Geilenkirchen – Erkelenz – Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal – Hagen – Dortmund
RB 33	Rhein-Niers-Bahn	Aachen Hbf – Herzogenrath – Übach-Palenberg – Geilenkirchen – Hückelhoven-Baal – Erkelenz – Rheydt – Mönchengladbach Hbf – Viersen – Krefeld – Rheinhausen – Duisburg

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  Entrance building and bus station

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  Platforms

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  Ticket office

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  Station hall

Notes

1. "Stationspreisliste 2016" [Station price list 2016] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.

External links

• "Erkelenz station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 8 September 2011.