Düsseldorf-Bilk station

Düsseldorf-Bilk station
Operations
Category	5 [1]
Type	Through station
Platforms in use	2
DS100 code	KDBI
Station code	1410
Construction and location
Opened	1891
Location	Düsseldorf
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
Local authority	Bilk
51°12′28″N 6°46′37″E / 51.207713°N 6.776874°E / 51.207713; 6.776874
Route information
Düsseldorf–Elberfeld (KBS 450.8 S 8S 11S 28)
List of railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia

Düsseldorf-Bilk station is a through station in the district of Bilk in the city of Düsseldorf in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has two platform tracks and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.^[1]

History

The station is on the new line opened by the Prussian state railways on 1 October 1891 between the Hamm Railway bridge and Gerresheim as part of the construction of Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof.^[2] The station building built in 1891 was demolished in 1986,^[3] as part of the rebuilding of the line for the establishment of Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn lines S 8.

Services

The station is served by S-Bahn lines S 8 between Mönchengladbach and Wuppertal-Oberbarmen or Hagen, S 11 between Düsseldorf Airport and Bergisch Gladbach and S 28 between Mettmann Stadtwald and Kaarster See, each every 20 minutes.^[4]

Preceding station		Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn		Following station
Düsseldorf Völklinger Straße toward Mönchengladbach Hbf		S8		Düsseldorf-Friedrichstadt toward Hagen Hbf
Düsseldorf Völklinger Straße toward Bergisch Gladbach		S11		Düsseldorf-Friedrichstadt toward Düsseldorf Flughafen Terminal
Düsseldorf Völklinger Straße toward Kaarster See		S28		Düsseldorf-Friedrichstadt toward Mettmann Stadtwald

It is also served by four tram lines, operated by Rheinbahn generally at 10 minute intervals: 706, 707, 708 and 712. It is served by two bus routes operated by Rheinbahn at 20 minute intervals: 835 and 835.^[4]

Project

The trench for the new Wehrhahn line (2008)

The Düsseldorf Stadtbahn is being expanded with a new tunnel from Düsseldorf-Bilk station to Düsseldorf-Wehrhahn station, known as the Wehrhahn line (German: 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 line 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 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 an estimated daily passenger volume of approximately 53,000.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Station catgories 2011" (in German) (PDF). Deutsche Bahn. http://www.deutschebahn.com/site/shared/de/dateianhaenge/infomaterial/sonstige/bahnhofskategorieliste__db__station__service__2011.pdf. Retrieved 1 November 2011. 
2. ^ "Line 2550: Aachen - Kassel" (in German). NRW Rail Archive. André Joost. http://home.arcor.de/nrwbahnarchiv/strecken/2550.htm. Retrieved 1 November 2011. 
3. ^ "Düsseldorf-Bilk station operations" (in German). NRW Rail Archive. André Joost. http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/kln/KDBI.htm. Retrieved 1 November 2011. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Düsseldorf-Bilk station" (in German). NRW Rail Archive. André Joost. http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/bf/8001585.htm. Retrieved 1 November 2011.