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°E / 51.065714; 7.008542Coordinates: 51°03′57″N 7°00′31″E / 51.065714°N 7.008542°E / 51.065714; 7.008542
Line(s)
Platforms 2
Other information
Station code 4770
DS100 codeKOPL[1]
IBNR8000853
Category4 [2]
Website www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened 25 August 1867[3]
Services
Preceding station   National Express   Following station
toward Krefeld Hbf
RE 7
Rhein-Münsterland-Express
toward Rheine Hbf
toward Bonn-Mehlem
RB 48
Rhein-Wupper-Bahn

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. 1 2 "Stationspreisliste 2016" [Station price list 2016] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "Opladen station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
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