Opladen station

Opladen station
Operations
Category	4 [1]
Type	Through station
Platforms in use	2
DS100 code	KOPL
Station code	4770
Construction and location
Opened	25 August 1867[2]
Location	Opladen
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
51°03′57″N 7°00′31″E / 51.065714°N 7.008542°E / 51.065714; 7.008542
Route information
Gruiten–Köln-Deutz (KBS 455)
List of railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia

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.^[3] 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.^[2] It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.^[1]

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 hourly between 5am to 8pm by Regionalbahn RB 48 Rhein-Wupper-Bahn between Wuppertal and Bonn-Mehlem.^[4]

Preceding station		DB AG		Following station
Köln Messe/Deutz toward Krefeld Hbf		RE 7 Rhein-Münsterland-Express		Solingen Hbf toward Rheine
Leverkusen-Schlebusch toward Bonn-Mehlem		RB 48 Rhein-Wupper-Bahn		Leichlingen toward Wuppertal Hbf

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).^[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 23 October 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Opladen station operations" (in German). NRW Rail Archive. André Joost. http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/kln/KOPL.htm. Retrieved 24 October 2011. 
3. ^ "Line 2730: Gruiten - Neurather Ring" (in German). NRW Rail Archive. André Joost. http://home.arcor.de/nrwbahnarchiv/strecken/2730.htm. Retrieved 24 October 2011. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Opladen station" (in German). NRW Rail Archive. André Joost. http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/bf/8000853.htm. Retrieved 24 October 2011.