Opladen station

Opladen station
Through station
Location	Bahnhofstr. 35, Opladen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	51°03′57″N 7°00′31″E / 51.065714°N 7.008542°ECoordinates: 51°03′57″N 7°00′31″E / 51.065714°N 7.008542°E
Line(s)	Gruiten–Köln-Deutz (KBS 455)
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	4770
DS100 code	KOPL[1]
IBNR	8000853
Category	4 [2]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	25 August 1867[3]
Services
Preceding station   National Express   Following station Köln Messe/Deutz toward Krefeld Hbf RE 7 Rhein-Münsterland-Express Solingen Hbf toward Rheine Hbf Leverkusen-Schlebusch toward Bonn-Mehlem RB 48 Rhein-Wupper-Bahn Leichlingen toward Wuppertal-Oberbarmen

Opladen station is in the suburb of Opladen of the city of Leverkusen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Gruiten–Köln-Deutz railway, which was opened on 25 September 1867 from Ohligs by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (BME). It was extended to Mülheim BME station on 8 April 1868.^[4] The station was also opened on 25 August 1867. The original station building was demolished in 1965 and replaced by the current building built in 1968.^[3] It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.^[2]

The station is served hourly by Regional-Express line RE 7 Rhein-Münsterland-Express between Krefeld and Münster via Cologne and Hamm. It is also served every 30 minutes between 5am to 8pm by Regionalbahn RB 48 Rhein-Wupper-Bahn, stopping at all stations between Wuppertal-Oberbarmen and Cologne, continuing every hour to Bonn-Mehlem.^[5]

It is served by seven bus routes, operated by Wuppertaler Stadtwerke: 201 (at 20 minute intervals), 202 (20), 203 (60), 222 (20), 223 (60), 231 (20) and 239 (20). It is also served by two routes operated by Wiedenhoff: 250 (60) and 255 (20) and by two routes operated by Hüttebräucker: 251 (5 trips) and 253 (at 30 minute intervals).^[5]

Notes

1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
2. "Stationspreisliste 2016" [Station price list 2016] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
3. "Opladen station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
4. "Line 2730: Gruiten - Neurather Ring". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
5. "Opladen station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 24 October 2011.