Düsseldorf-Gerresheim station

Düsseldorf-Gerresheim station
Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn
Through station
Location Düsseldorf, Gerresheim, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates 51°13′13″N 6°51′51″E / 51.220172°N 6.864098°E / 51.220172; 6.864098Coordinates: 51°13′13″N 6°51′51″E / 51.220172°N 6.864098°E / 51.220172; 6.864098
Line(s) Düsseldorf–Elberfeld (KBS 450.8
Platforms 3
Other information
Station code 1413[1]
DS100 codeKDGE[2]
IBNR8001590
Category3[1]
History
Opened 20 December 1838 [3]
Services
Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station
S 8
toward Hagen Hbf
toward Kaarster See
S 28
toward Langenfeld
S 68

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.[4] It has two platform tracks and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[1] Its station building, which has been refurbished as Kulturbahnhof (culture station) is the oldest extant station building in Germany.

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.[5]

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.[5]

Notes

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  1. 1 2 3 "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.
  3. "Düsseldorf-Gerresheim station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  4. "Line 2550: Aachen - Kassel". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  5. 1 2 "Düsseldorf-Gerresheim station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
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