Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof

Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof
Entrance hall
Operations
Category	1
Type	Crossing station
Platforms in use	16 rail 4 tram 4 U-Bahn
Daily trains	169 long distance[1] 423 regional[1] 550 S-Bahn[1]
Daily entry/exit	250,000[1]
DS100 code	KD
Construction and location
Opened	1891 station of PSE 1936 Bahnhof der DRG
Style of architecture	New Objectivity
Architect	Krüger and Eduard Behne
Location	Düsseldorf
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
Home page	www.bahnhof.de
51°13′13″N 6°47′34″E / 51.22028°N 6.79278°E / 51.22028; 6.79278
Route information
Cologne–Duisburg Düsseldorf–Elberfeld Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf Station hall
List of railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia

Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof (usually translated from German as Düsseldorf Central Station, short form: Düsseldorf Hbf) is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Düsseldorf in Germany, state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia.

History

Realigment of the lines, former BME line in red, former CME lines in yellow, former RhE line in orange, new combined lines in green

Original station in 1900

The station was opened on 1 October 1891 opened as Düsseldorf Central Station. It replaced the three following stations:^[2]

• the Bergisch-Märkische station of the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (BME), originally opened by the Dusseldorf-Elberfeld Railway Company in 1838 in the area that is now Graf-Adolf-Platz as a through station on the company’s east-west line from Elberfeld to its station at Rheinknie.
• the Cologne-Minden station which the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (CME) opened in 1845 southeast of the BME station as a terminus to which branches were built from the company’s north-south Cologne–Duisburg main line, and
• the Rhenish station built by the Rhenish Railway Company (RhE) in 1877 in Düsseldorf-Pempelfort at the end of a branch line from its north-south Troisdorf–Mülheim-Speldorf line. The branch line was the first section of a line to Dortmund, which two years later was completed as far as Mettmann.

Both the Bergisch-Märkische and the Cologne-Minden stations were on the southern edge of the city and were in the way of the construction of Friedrichstadt. The wish to clear the way for the new development was a reason to build a new central station in addition to the desire to bring together the stations and lines following the nationalisation of the railway companies of Rhineland-Westphalia between 1879 and 1882.

Construction of station building in the 1930s

The original central station was built in the Wilhelmine style. After three decades it had become too small and its style had become unfashionable. In November 1930, eight designs were submitted to the public as part of a competition to redesign the station. The station building was built from 1932-1936 conforming to a design dictated by the Reichsbahn directorate of Wuppertal and its architects, Krüger and Eduard Behne.^[2] It features a notable clock tower.

The station underwent major reconstruction in the 1980s, finishing in 1985, when the Stadtbahn lines passing under the station were opened. This reconstruction involved the remodeling of the old ticket offices into a food court, the installation of lifts and the opening of the station toward the city borough of Oberbilk, where, at the western exit of the station, new office buildings were erected on the site of a former steel works. The former 1st class waiting room has been remodeled into a hotel and a discotheque.

Some minor changes were carried out in the year 2005; the old toilets from 1985 were torn out to make room for a fast food restaurant, a small 1st class lounge was installed in the northern passenger tunnel also. The dated ceilings and information systems in the passenger tunnels are scheduled for replacement also, as they do not meet current fire protection standards.

Operational usage

The station is frequented by roughly a quarter million passengers per day and is therefore Germany's fourth busiest station. All modes of rail transport are offered on the 20 main line tracks (16 platforms currently in use), including InterCityExpress, InterCity and EuroCity trains for long distance travel, DB NachtZug, D-Nacht and EuroNight overnight trains as well as RegionalExpress, RegionalBahn and S-Bahn services for regional distribution. The station is integrated into the Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn network and local traffic operates under the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr transport association. The subterranean station, operated by Rheinbahn, has 4 tracks that are part of the Stadtbahn lines of Düsseldorf. The 6 tramway stops in front of the station connect the central station to the local tram network, also operated by Rheinbahn.

Train services

The following services currently call at Düsseldorf Hbf (list not complete):

• intercity services:
• regional services:
  • NRW-Express Aachen - Cologne - Düsseldorf - Duisburg - Essen - Dortmund - Hamm - Paderborn
  • Rhein-Haard-Express Münster - Dülmen - Recklinghausen - Essen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf
  • Rhein-Emscher-Express Hamm - Dortmund - Gelsenkirchen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf
  • Wupper-Express Dortmund - Hagen - Wuppertal - Düsseldorf - Mönchengladbach - Aachen
  • Rhein-Express Emmerich - Wesel - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Bonn - Koblenz
  • Westfalen-Express Düsseldorf - Duisburg - Essen - Dortmund - Hamm - Bielefeld - Minden
  • Maas-Wupper-Express Venlo - Viersen - Mönchengladbach - Düsseldorf - Wuppertal - Hagen - Hamm
• local services (S-Bahn):
  • S1 Solingen - Düsseldorf - Duisburg - Essen - Dortmund
  • S6 Essen - Kettwig - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Köln-Nippes
  • S8 Mönchengladbach - Neuss - Düsseldorf - Wuppertal - Hagen
  • S11 Düsseldorf Airport Terminal - Düsseldorf - Neuss - Cologne - Bergisch Gladbach
  • S28 Kaarster See - Neuss - Düsseldorf - Mettmann
  • S68 Langenfeld - Düsseldorf - Wuppertal-Vohwinkel

Series	Operator	Route	Material	Frequency	Notes
ICE10	DB	Berlin Ostbahnhof - Berlin Hbf - Berlin-Spandau - Wolfsburg Hbf - Hannover Hbf - Bielefeld Hbf - Hamm - Dortmund Hbf - Bochum Hbf - Essen Hbf - Duisburg Hbf - Düsseldorf Flughafen - Düsseldorf Hbf - Köln Messe/Deutz - Köln/Bonn Flughafen	ICE 1	1x per hour
IC35	DB	Norddeich Mole - Norddeich - Norden - Emden Hbf - Leer - Papenburg - Meppen - Lingen (Ems) - Rheine - Münster Hbf - Recklinghausen Hbf - Wanne-Eickel Hbf - Gelsenkirchen Hbf - Oberhausen Hbf - Duisburg Hbf - Düsseldorf Hbf - Köln Hbf - Bonn Hbf - Remagen - Andernach - Koblenz Hbf - Cochem - Bullay - Wittlich Hbf - Trier Hbf - Wasserbillig - Luxembourg	DB Class 101, DB Class 120 and IC stock	Every 2 Hours
RB35 Der Weseler	DB Regio	Emmerich - Praest - Millingen - Empel-Rees - Haldern - Mehrhoog - Wesel-Feldmark - Wesel - Friedrichsfeld - Voerde - Dinslaken - Oberhausen-Holten - Oberhausen-Sterkrade - Oberhausen Hbf - Duisburg Hbf - Düsseldorf Flughafen - Düsseldorf Hbf	DB Class 425, DB Class 110 + Coaching Stock	1x per hour	Peak Times only (Monday - Friday)

Preceding station		Thalys		Following station
Köln Hbf toward Paris-Nord		Thalys		Duisburg Hbf toward Essen Hbf
Preceding station		DB AG		Following station
Köln Messe/Deutz toward Köln/Bonn Flughafen		ICE 10		Düsseldorf-Flughafen toward Berlin Ostbahnhof
Köln Hbf toward München Hbf		ICE 31		Duisburg Hbf toward Kiel Hbf
Köln Messe/Deutz toward München Hbf		ICE 41		Duisburg Hbf toward Dortmund Hbf
Köln Hbf toward München Hbf		ICE 42		Duisburg Hbf toward Hamburg-Altona
Köln Hbf toward Basel SBB		ICE 43		Duisburg Hbf toward Amsterdam Centraal
Köln Hbf toward Frankfurt (Main) Hbf		ICE 78		Duisburg Hbf toward Amsterdam Centraal
Köln Hbf toward Wien Westbf		ICE 91		Duisburg Hbf toward Dortmund Hbf
Köln Hbf Terminus		IC 26 Köln-Hamburg		Duisburg Hbf toward Hamburg-Altona
Köln Hbf toward Chur		IC/EC 30		Duisburg Hbf toward Ostseebad Binz or Seebad Heringshof
Köln Hbf toward Innsbruck Hbf		IC/EC 32		Duisburg Hbf toward Berlin Südkreuz
Köln Hbf toward Karlsruhe Hbf, Stuttgart Hbf, or Luxembourg		IC/EC 35		Düsseldorf-Flughafen toward Emden Außenhafen or Norddeich Mole
Köln Hbf Terminus		IC 55		Duisburg Hbf toward Leipzig Hbf
Köln Hbf Terminus		IC 51		Düsseldorf-Flughafen toward Ostseebad Binz

Regional trains

Düsseldorf Airport S-Bahn service
Duisburg Hbf Duisburg-Rahm Düsseldorf-Angermund Düsseldorf Airport SkyTrain Parkhaus 4 SkyTrain Terminal A/B SkyTrain Terminal C Düsseldorf Airport Terminal C Düsseldorf-Unterrath Düsseldorf-Derendorf Düsseldorf Zoo Düsseldorf-Wehrhahn Düsseldorf Hbf

Preceding station		DB AG		Following station
Düsseldorf-Benrath toward Aachen Hbf		RE 1 NRW-Express		Düsseldorf-Flughafen toward Paderborn Hbf
Terminus		RE 2 Rhein-Haard-Express		Duisburg Hbf toward Münster Hbf
Neuss Hbf toward Aachen Hbf		RE 4 Wupper-Express		Wuppertal-Vohwinkel toward Dortmund Hbf
Düsseldorf-Benrath toward Koblenz Hbf		RE 5 Rhein-Express		Düsseldorf-Flughafen toward Emmerich
Terminus		RE 6 Westfalen-Express		Düsseldorf-Flughafen toward Minden
Terminus		RE 11 Rhein-Hellweg-Express		Düsseldorf-Flughafen toward Hamm
Terminus		RB 35 Der Weseler		Düsseldorf-Flughafen toward Emmerich
Neuss Hbf toward Köln Hbf		RB 38 Erft-Bahn		Terminus
Preceding station		eurobahn		Following station
Terminus		RE 3 Rhein-Emscher-Express		Düsseldorf-Flughafen toward Hamm
Neuss Hbf toward Venlo		RE 13 Maas-Wupper-Express		Wuppertal-Vohwinkel toward Hamm
Preceding station		NordWestBahn		Following station
Meerbusch Osterath toward Kleve		RE 10 Niers-Express		Terminus

S-Bahn trains

Preceding station		Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn		Following station
Düsseldorf Volksgarten toward Solingen Hbf		S1		Düsseldorf-Wehrhahn toward Dortmund Hbf
Düsseldorf Volksgarten toward Köln-Nippes		S6		Düsseldorf-Wehrhahn toward Essen Hbf
Düsseldorf-Friedrichstadt toward Mönchengladbach Hbf		S8		Düsseldorf-Flingern toward Hagen Hbf
Düsseldorf-Friedrichstadt toward Bergisch Gladbach		S11		Düsseldorf-Wehrhahn toward Düsseldorf Flughafen Terminal
Düsseldorf-Friedrichstadt toward Kaarster See		S28		Düsseldorf-Flingern toward Mettmann Stadtwald
Düsseldorf Volksgarten toward Langenfeld		S68		Düsseldorf-Wehrhahn toward Wuppertal-Vohwinkel

Local trains

Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof station of Stadtbahn Düsseldorf

Preceding station		Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn		Following station
Oststraße toward Krefeld Rheinstraße		U70		Terminus
Oststraße toward Meerbusch-Görgesheide		U74		Oberbilker Markt - Warschauer Straße toward Benrath Betriebshof
Oststraße toward Neuss Hbf		U75		Handelszentrum/Moskauer Straße toward Eller/Vennhauser Allee
Oststraße toward Krefeld Rheinstraße		U76		Handelszentrum/Moskauer Straße Terminus
Oststraße toward Am Seestern		U77		Oberbilker Markt - Warschauer Straße toward Holthausen
Oststraße toward ESPRIT arena/Messe Nord		U78		Terminus
Oststraße toward Meiderich Bahnhof		U79		Oberbilker Markt - Warschauer Straße toward Kaiserslauterner Straße

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof – Tor zur Landeshauptstadt Nordrhein-Westfalens. Accessed 13 December 2008
2. ^ ^{a b} "Der Hauptbahnhof" (in German). Stadtarchiv Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf. http://www.duesseldorf.de/stadtarchiv/stadtgeschichte/gestern_heute/42_bilddokumentation.shtml. Retrieved 4 April 2010. 

Coordinates: 51°13′13″N 6°47′34″E / 51.22028°N 6.79278°E / 51.22028; 6.79278