- Düsseldorf Stadtbahn
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Düsseldorf Stadtbahn 
Info Locale Düsseldorf, Meerbusch, Krefeld, Neuss, Duisburg Transit type Light rail Number of lines 7 Number of stations 98 Operation Operator(s) Rheinbahn Technical Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) 
The undrground station Heinrich-Heine-Allee
The Düsseldorf Stadtbahn, together with the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn and the Düsseldorf Straßenbahn (Tram), is the backbone of the public transport system of Düsseldorf, Germany, and is integrated in the Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn network. The Stadtbahn opened in 1981 and currently consists of seven lines and 98 stations, 11 of which are underground stations.
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Current routes
The transparent lines are planned lines (U80) or lines which are under construction (U71-U73 (Low Floor)). The red line is a rush-hour-only express line.
Line Route Opening Length
(km)Stations
(Underground Station)U70 Krefeld, Rheinstraße – Heinrich-Heine-Allee - Steinstraße/Königsallee - Oststraße - Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof 1988 22,4 17 (5) U71 Gerresheim, Krankenhaus – Universität 2014 10,5 23 (6) U72 Ratingen Mitte – Volmerswerth 2014 15,4 32 (6) U73 D-Gerresheim (S) – Benrath, Betriebshof 2014 20,3 42 (6) U74 Meerbusch, Görgesheide – Heinrich-Heine-Allee - Steinstraße/Königsallee - Oststraße - Holthausen 1994 21,1 31 (8) U75 Neuss Hauptbahnhof – Heinrich-Heine-Allee - Steinstraße/Königsallee - Oststraße - Eller, Vennhauser Allee 1993 15,6 28 (7) U76 Krefeld, Rheinstraße – Heinrich-Heine-Allee - Steinstraße/Königsallee - Oststraße - Handelszentrum/Moskauer Straße 1988 23 28 (6) U77 Am Seestern – Heinrich-Heine-Allee - Steinstraße/Königsallee - Oststraße - Holthausen 1994 11,6 22 (8) U78 Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof – ESPRIT arena/Messe Nord 1988 7,6 15 (8) U79 Kaiserslauterner Straße – Duisburg-Meiderich 1988 38,1 45 (21) U80 Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof – ESPRIT arena/Messe Nord planned 7,6 12 (8) Future expansion
A hole for the new Wehrhahn-Linie; photo from 2008The current expansion project under construction is a new tunnel from the Düsseldorf-Bilk station in the south of the city to the Düsseldorf-Wehrhahn station. The name of this underground track is Wehrhahn-Linie. This 3.5 km tunnel is due to be completed in 2014. Just as every other underground line opened previously in Düsseldorf, the "Wehrhahn-Linie" will be a replacement for current surface tram lines. With completion of the project, trams on this line will enter the new tunnel over a ramp at Bilk railway station and run from there underneath the city centre towards the north-east, where they will emerge shortly before Wehrhahn railway station. Five new underground stations are under construction for the new line, which will serve a daily passenger volume of approximately 53,000.
See also
- List of rapid transit systems
- Trams in Düsseldorf
References
- German
- Dieter Höltge: Straßen- und Stadtbahnen in Deutschland Band 4: Ruhrgebiet von Dortmund bis Duisburg, EK-Verlag, 1994, ISBN 3-88255-334-0.
- Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf Amt für Verkehrsmanagement: Nahverkehrsplan 2002–2007. Veröffentlichung, Düsseldorf 2003
- Hans G. Nolden: Die Düsseldorfer Straßenbahn. GeraMond Verlag, München 1998, ISBN 3-932785-02-9.
- Axel Schild, Dieter Waltking: Die Rheinbahn Stadtverkehr in und um Düsseldorf. alba, Düsseldorf 1996, ISBN 3-87094-355-6.
- Richard Jacobi, Dieter Zeh: Die Geschichte der Düsseldorfer Straßenbahn Von der Pferdetram zur Stadtbahn. EK-Verlag, Freiburg 1995, ISBN 3-88255-401-0.
- Friedhelm Blennemann: U-Bahnen und Stadtbahnen in Deutschland Planung Bau Betrieb. alba, Düsseldorf 1975, ISBN 3-87094-304-1.
- Fritz D. Kegel: U-Bahnen in Deutschland Planung Bau Betrieb. alba, Düsseldorf 1971.
- Robert Schwandl: Schnellbahnen in Deutschland. Robert Schwandl Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-936573-18-3.
External links
- Informations from duesseldorf.de
- Private homepage at Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn
- U-Bahn and Stadtbahn in Germany
- Metro Bits: Photosession of the Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn
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