Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof

Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station of Düsseldorf, the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof
Through station
Entrance hall of station
General information
LocationDüsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates51°13′13″N 6°47′34″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms
  • 16 rail
  • 4 tram
  • 4 Stadtbahn
Construction
ArchitectKrüger and Eduard Behne
Architectural styleNew Objectivity
Other information
Station code1401
DS100 codeKD
Category1
Fare zone
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened
Services
Preceding station   Thalys   Following station
toward Paris-Nord
Thalys
toward Dortmund Hbf
Preceding station   DB Fernverkehr   Following station
TerminusICE 10
via Düsseldorf/Wuppertal - Hamm (Westf) - Hannover
Select trains only
towards Aachen
towards Munich
ICE 41
towards Dortmund
towards Dortmund
ICE 42
towards Munich
towards Basel SBB
ICE 43
towards Stuttgart
ICE 47
via Frankfurt (Main) Airport - Düsseldorf
towards Dortmund
towards Frankfurt
ICE 78
towards Vienna
ICE 91
towards Dortmund
towards Zürich HB
IC/EC 30
towards Stuttgart
IC/EC 32
towards Dortmund
towards Koblenz
IC/EC 35
towards Emden
Terminus
IC 50
towards Gera
City Night Line 419
EuroNight 447
toward Warsaw
City Night Line 457
toward Prague
Preceding station Following station
Köln Hbf
Terminus
FLX 20 Duisburg Hbf
towards Hamburg Hbf
Köln Hbf
towards Aachen Hbf
FLX 30 Duisburg Hbf
Preceding station National Express Germany Following station
Düsseldorf-Benrath
towards Aachen Hbf
Düsseldorf Airport
Neuss Hbf
towards Aachen Hbf
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
towards Dortmund Hbf
Düsseldorf-Benrath
towards Koblenz Hbf
Düsseldorf Airport
towards Wesel
Neuss Hbf Düsseldorf Airport
Terminus Düsseldorf Airport
Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station
Terminus Düsseldorf Airport
Preceding station Eurobahn Following station
Terminus Düsseldorf Airport
Neuss Hbf
towards Venlo
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
Preceding station NordWestBahn Following station
Meerbusch-Osterath
towards Kleve
Terminus
Preceding station VIAS Following station
Terminus Düsseldorf Airport
Neuss Hbf
towards Bedburg
Terminus
Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station
Düsseldorf Volksgarten
towards Solingen Hbf
S1 Düsseldorf-Wehrhahn
towards Dortmund Hbf
Düsseldorf Volksgarten S6 Düsseldorf-Wehrhahn
towards Essen Hbf
Düsseldorf-Friedrichstadt S8 Düsseldorf-Flingern
towards Hagen Hbf
Düsseldorf-Friedrichstadt
towards Kaarster See
S28 Düsseldorf-Flingern
Düsseldorf Volksgarten S68 Düsseldorf-Wehrhahn
Preceding station Cologne S-Bahn Following station
Düsseldorf-Friedrichstadt S11 Düsseldorf-Wehrhahn
Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn Following station
Oststraße
towards Krefeld Rheinstraße
U70 Terminus
Oststraße
towards Meerbusch-Görgesheide
U74 Oberbilker Markt/​Warschauer Straße
towards Holthausen
Oststraße
towards Neuss Hbf
U75 Handelszentrum/​Moskauer Straße
towards Eller Vennhauser Allee
Oststraße
towards Krefeld Rheinstraße
U76 Handelszentrum/​Moskauer Straße
Terminus
Oststraße
towards Am Seestern
U77 Oberbilker Markt/​Warschauer Straße
towards Holthausen
Oststraße U78 Terminus
Oststraße U79
Oberbilker Markt/​Warschauer Straße
towards Universität Ost/Botanischer Garten
Location
Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof
Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

History

Realignment 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. It replaced the three following stations:[4]

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 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 Hauptbahnhof 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 to 1936 conforming to a design dictated by the Reichsbahn directorate of Wuppertal and its architects, Krüger and Eduard Behne.[4] 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 discothèque.

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

Station hall

The station is frequented by roughly a quarter million passengers per day and is therefore Germany's sixth 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 Hauptbahnhof to the local tram network, also operated by Rheinbahn.

Long-distance

The station is served by the following long-distance services:[5]

Line Route Frequency
ICE 10 Berlin-Gesundbrunnen Berlin – (Wolfsburg –) Hannover Bielefeld Hamm Dortmund Bochum Essen Duisburg Düsseldorf Airport Düsseldorf (– Cologne Aachen) Hourly
ICE 30 Hamburg Bremen Osnabrück Münster – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg Düsseldorf – Cologne 1 train
ICE 41 (Dortmund –) Essen – Duisburg Düsseldorf Köln Messe/Deutz Frankfurt Airport Frankfurt Würzburg Nuremberg Munich Hourly
ICE 42 (Hamburg – Bremen – Münster –) Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg Düsseldorf – Cologne Siegburg/Bonn – Frankfurt Flughafen Mannheim Stuttgart – Munich Every 2 hours
ICE 43 (Amsterdam Utrecht Arnhem Oberhausen – Duisburg –) or (Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg –) Düsseldorf – Cologne – Siegburg/Bonn – Frankfurt Airport – Mannheim KarlsruheFreiburgBasel Individual services
ICE 47 Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg Düsseldorf Köln Messe/Deutz – Frankfurt Airport – Mannheim – Stuttgart Every 2 hours
ICE 78 Amsterdam – Utrecht – Arnhem – Oberhausen – Duisburg Düsseldorf – Cologne – Frankfurt Airport – Frankfurt Every 2 hours
THA 80 Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – (Düsseldorf Airport –) Düsseldorf – Cologne – Aachen Liège-Guillemins Brussels Paris-Nord Individual services
ICE 91 Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg Düsseldorf – Frankfurt Flughafen – Frankfurt – Würzburg – Nürnberg Passau Vienna Vienna Airport Individual services
IC/EC 30 (Westerland –) Hamburg – Bremen – Münster – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg Düsseldorf – Cologne Bonn Koblenz Mainz – Mannheim – Stuttgart (/ – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel Zürich/Interlaken Ost) Every 2 hours
IC 32 (Berlin – Hannover – Bielefeld –) Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim Heidelberg – Stuttgart Ulm (– Oberstdorf/Innsbruck) Every 2 hours
IC 35 Norddeich Mole Emden – Münster Recklinghausen Gelsenkirchen – Oberhausen – Duisburg Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz Every 2 hours
IC 37Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz Wittlich Trier Luxembourg 1 train pair
IC 50 Gera – Jena – Weimar Erfurt – Eisenach – Kassel – Dortmund Düsseldorf (– Cologne) 2 train pairs
FLX 20 Hamburg Hbf Hamburg-Harburg Osnabrück Münster Gelsenkirchen Essen Duisburg Düsseldorf Cologne 1-3 train pairs
FLX 30 Leipzig Lutherstadt Wittenberg Berlin Südkreuz Berlin Hbf Berlin-Spandau Hannover Bielefeld Dortmund Essen Duisburg Düsseldorf Cologne Aachen 1-2 train pairs
EN ÖBB Nightjet
Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz Frankfurt Airport – Frankfurt Süd Nuremberg – Regensburg – Passau Wels – Linz Amstetten St. Pölten Wien Meidling Vienna (car train)
1 train pair
EN ÖBB Nightjet
Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz Frankfurt Airport – Frankfurt Süd – Nuremberg – Augsburg – Munich Kufstein Wörgl Jenbach Innsbruck
1 train pair

Regional services

In local passenger service, Dortmund is served by the following regional and S-Bahn lines (as of 2020):[6][5]

Line Route Frequency
RE 1
NRW-Express
AachenEschweilerDürenHorremCologneDüsseldorf HbfDüsseldorf AirportDuisburgMülheimEssenBochumDortmundHamm60 min
RE 2
Rhein-Haard-Express
Düsseldorf Hbf – Düsseldorf Airport – Duisburg – Mülheim – Essen – GelsenkirchenRecklinghausenMünster60 min
RE 3
Rhein-Emscher-Express
Düsseldorf Hbf – Duisburg – OberhausenWanne-Eickel – Gelsenkirchen – Herne – Dortmund – Hamm60 min
RE 4
Wupper-Express
Aachen – MönchengladbachDüsseldorf HbfWuppertalHagen – Dortmund 60 min
RE 5
Rhein-Express
Wesel – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf Hbf – Cologne – Bonn Remagen Andernach Koblenz 60 min
RE 6
Rhein-Weser-Express
Minden Herford Bielefeld – Hamm – Dortmund – Essen – Mülheim – Duisburg Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf Hbf – Neuss – Cologne Cologne/Bonn Airport60 min
RE 10
Niers-Express
Düsseldorf Hbf Krefeld – Geldern Kleve30 min
RE 11
Rhein-Hellweg-Express
Düsseldorf Hbf – Düsseldorf Airport – Duisburg – Mülheim – Essen – Dortmund – Hamm Paderborn (– Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe)60 min
RE 13
Maas-Wupper-Express
Venlo – Mönchengladbach Düsseldorf Hbf – Wuppertal – Hagen – Hamm60 min
RE 19
Rhein-IJssel-Express
ArnhemEmmerich – Wesel – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf Hbf 60 min
RB 39
Düssel-Erft-Bahn
(Düsseldorf Hbf (1) –) Neuss (2) Grevenbroich (3) (– Bedburg (4))60 min (1–2),
30 min (2–3),
60 min (3–4)
S 1Dortmund (1) – Bochum – Essen (2) – Mülheim – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf Hbf (3) Hilden Solingen (4)15 min (1–2),
30 min (2–3),
20 min (3–4)
S 6 Köln-Nippes – Cologne – LangenfeldDüsseldorf HbfRatingen Ost – Essen20 min
S 8 Mönchengladbach – Neuss – Düsseldorf Hbf – Wuppertal – Wuppertal-OberbarmenGevelsberg – Hagen 20 min
S 11 Düsseldorf Flughafen TerminalDüsseldorf Hbf – Neuss – Dormagen – Cologne – Bergisch Gladbach 20 min
S 28 Kaarster See – Neuss Düsseldorf Hbf Mettmann Stadtwald (– Wuppertal Hbf) 20 min
S 68 Langenfeld Düsseldorf Hbf Wuppertal-Vohwinkel Some peak services
Düsseldorf Airport rail services
Duisburg Hbf
Düsseldorf Airport
SkyTrain Parkhaus 4
SkyTrain Terminal A/B
SkyTrain Terminal C
Düsseldorf Airport Terminal C
Düsseldorf Hbf

Stadbahn services

Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof station of Stadtbahn Düsseldorf

The following Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn services stop at Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof:

References

  1. "Wabenplan für das Rheinbahn-Bedienungsgebiet" (PDF). Rheinbahn. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  2. "Ticket Überblick" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 1 January 2020. p. 17. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  3. Joost, André. "Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  4. "Der Hauptbahnhof" (in German). Stadtarchiv Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf. Archived from the original on 20 October 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  5. Timetables for Düsseldorf Hbf station
  6. Joost, André. "Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof". NRW rail archive (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2020.
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