Düsseldorf-Flingern station

Düsseldorf-Flingern station
Operations
Category	5 [1]
Type	Through station
Platforms in use	2
DS100 code	KDFL
Station code	1410
Construction and location
Opened	29 May 1988 [2]
Location	Düsseldorf
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
Local authority	Flingern
51°13′34″N 6°48′41″E / 51.226211°N 6.811489°E / 51.226211; 6.811489
Route information
Düsseldorf–Elberfeld (KBS 450.8 S 8S 28S 68)
List of railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia

Düsseldorf-Flingern station is a through station in the district of Flingern in the city of Düsseldorf in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station was opened on 29 May 1988 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.^[3] It has two platform tracks and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.^[1]

The station is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn lines S 8 between Mönchengladbach and Wuppertal-Oberbarmen or Hagen every 20 minutes, S 28 between Mettmann Stadtwald and Kaarster See every 20 and several S 68 services between Wuppertal-Vohwinkel and Langenfeld in the peak hour.^[4]

Preceding station		Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn		Following station
Düsseldorf Hbf toward Mönchengladbach Hbf		S8		Düsseldorf-Gerresheim toward Hagen Hbf
Düsseldorf Hbf toward Kaarster See		S28		Düsseldorf-Gerresheim toward Mettmann Stadtwald
Düsseldorf Hbf toward Langenfeld		S68		Düsseldorf-Gerresheim toward Wuppertal-Vohwinkel

It is also served by two tram lines: 706 and 709, operated by Rheinbahn at 10 minute intervals. There are also two peak hour tram routes: 716 and 719.^[4]

Notes

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. ^ "Düsseldorf-Flingern station operations" (in German). NRW Rail Archive. André Joost. http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/kln/KDFL.htm. Retrieved 1 November 2011. 
3. ^ "Line 2550: Aachen - Kassel" (in German). NRW Rail Archive. André Joost. http://home.arcor.de/nrwbahnarchiv/strecken/2550.htm. Retrieved 1 November 2011. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Düsseldorf-Flingern station" (in German). NRW Rail Archive. André Joost. http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/bf/8001598.htm. Retrieved 1 November 2011.