Moers station
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| Location |
Moers, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany |
| Coordinates | 51°27′04″N 6°38′30″E / 51.450986°N 6.641625°ECoordinates: 51°27′04″N 6°38′30″E / 51.450986°N 6.641625°E |
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| Platforms | 4 |
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| Station code | 4148[1] |
| DS100 code | KMO[2] |
| Category | 5[1] |
| Website | www.bahnhof.de |
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Moers station is located on the Lower Rhine Railway, which was built in 1904 by the Prussian state railways. It lies on the eastern edge of central Moers in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the road to Duisburg-Homberg. The station is now a stop for the Regionalbahn service RB 31. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[1]
Behind the station building of 1904 there are the four platform tracks at a 230-metre-long platform and a 239-metre-long platform, both 38 cm high.[4] Opposite the station building on the other side of the station forecourt is the platform of the station of the former Moers District Railway (German: Moerser Kreisbahn), now owned by the Niederrheinische Verkehrsbetriebe (Lower Rhine Transport Operations, NIAG). It is still used for special excursions.
Sidings branch at Moers station to NIAG’s workshop and the Vossloh service center in Moers.
History
The first station of Moers was east of the present station on the line from the Ruhrort–Homberg train ferry to Moers, which opened in 1883.[5] The station was moved to its present location between 1904 and 1908.[3] The line to Homberg was closed in 1908[5] and replaced by a tram line.
In 1882, the station of the Krefeld Railway Company (Krefelder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) was built on the other side of the station forecourt. From there, trains ran via Niep and Hüls to Krefeld. A transfer track was built north of the station to the state railway in 1886. Passenger services were closed temporarily from 1932 to 1939 and permanently from 3 October 1949. Freight operations to Moers were closed on 15 February 1974 and the track was dismantled afterwards.
West of this station on the station forecourt, the terminal station of the Moerser Kreisbahn (Moers District Railway) operated from 1909 on the lines to Hörstgen-Sevelen and to Rheinberg via Orsoy. Regularly scheduled passenger service were abandoned on 28 September 1968. Again, there was a transfer track to the state railway north of the station, which is also still used today.
Rail services
The station is served by the Regionalbahn service RB 31, Der Niederrheiner. It is also called the Hippeland-Express, after the original name of the Lower Rhine Railway. The RB 31 runs from Duisburg via Moers to Xanten. The entire line is operated every hour. Between Duisburg and Moers an additional service runs hourly, with the two services jointly providing a service every 30 minutes. The RB 31 service was operated by Deutsche Bahn until December 2009. Since then, NordWestBahn has operated it. In addition, freight traffic operates through Moers station on a route from Duisburg-Beeck to Duisburg-Rheinhausen.[6]
| Preceding station | Deutsche Bahn | Following station | ||
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Rheinberg (Rheinl) toward Xanten | RB 31 Der Niederrheiner | Trompet toward Duisburg Hbf |
Bus services
The Moers Bahnhof bus stop is located next to the station. The stop is served by the buses of the NIAG, which has an administration building east of the station, and the buses of SWK MOBIL, Regionalverkehr Niederrhein and Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft (DVG). Buses run to central Moers and to Duisburg, Kamp-Lintfort, Krefeld, Neukirchen-Vluyn, Rheinberg, Rheurdt and Wesel.
| Line | Route | Operator |
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| 4 | Hülsdonk Hauptfriedhof – Königlicher Hof – Moers Bf – Meerbeck – Eick – Repelen Markt | NIAG |
| 7 | Moers Bf – Königlicher Hof – Hülsdonk – Neukirchen-Vluyn – Rheurdt – Kamp-Lintfort | NIAG |
| 32 | Moers Bf – Königlicher Hof – Utfort – Kamp-Lintfort – Sevelen – Issum – Geldern Bf | NIAG |
| 52 | Moers Bf – Königlicher Hof – Kapellen – KR-Traar – KR-Verberg – Krefeld Hbf – KR-Oppum | SWK |
| 68 | Moers Bf - Königlicher Hof - Utfort - Rheinkamp - Rheinberg - Rhb.-Ossenberg - Rhb.-Borth - Wes.-Büderich - Wesel Bf | RVN |
| 911 | DU-Ruhrort – DU-Homberg – Moers Bf – Königlicher Hof – Utfort – Repelen – Kamp-Lintfort | NIAG |
| 912 | DU-Rheinhausen – DU-Homberg – Moers Bf – Königlicher Hof – Hülsdonk – Neukirchen-Vluyn | NIAG |
| 913 | Hülsdonk Gewerbegebiet – Königlicher Hof – Moers Bf – Meerbeck – DU-Baerl – Rhb.-Vierbaum – Rhb.-Orsoy – Rhb.-Budberg – Rheinberg – Rhb.-Annaberg | NIAG |
| 914 | Königlicher Hof – Moers Bf – Schwafheim – DU-Bergheim – DU-Rheinhausen – Logport – DU-Friemersheim – DU-Gewerbegebiet Hohenbudberg | NIAG |
| 921 | Königlicher Hof – Moers Bf – Asberg – DU-Bergheim – DU-Rheinhausen – DU-Hochfeld – Duisburg Hbf | NIAG/DVG |
| 929 | Duisburg Hbf – DU-Ruhrort – DU-Homberg – Asberg – Moers Bf – Königlicher Hof – Hülsdonk – Neukirchen-Vluyn – Straelen-Herongen – Venlo Station | NIAG |
| NE6 | Moers Bf – Königlicher Hof – Kapellen – KR-Traar – KR-Verberg – Krefeld Hbf – KR-Oppum – Meerbusch-Bösinghoven | SWK |
Notes
- 1 2 3 "Stationspreisliste 2016" [Station price list 2016] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- 1 2 "Moers station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ↑ "Platform information for Moers station" (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- 1 2 "Line 24: Homberg - Moers". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ↑ "Moers station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. 9 July 2013.
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