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Köln-Weiden West Station
Köln-Weiden West is a railway station situated at Weiden, Cologne in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Cologne–Aachen railway. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station. Station The Stadtbahn station is on ground level just south of the line, enabling direct interchange. A light rail trip from Weiden West to the stop at the RheinEnergieStadion takes about ten minutes, so the stop is used by many football fans for home games of 1. FC Köln. Many commuters also use the stop because of the nearby ''Frechen-Nord'' junction on Autobahn 4. A park and ride facility with 430 parking spaces was therefore expanded to 680 parking spaces in 2008. As the occupancy of the parking lot is still very high during the week, a further increase in the number of parking lots is being discussed. According to the City of Cologne, this can only be done by establishing a parking garage since there are no more spaces available for expansion. This would require a g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 million people in the urban region. Centered on the left (west) bank of the Rhine, Cologne is about southeast of NRW's state capital Düsseldorf and northwest of Bonn, the former capital of West Germany. The city's medieval Catholic Cologne Cathedral (), the third-tallest church and tallest cathedral in the world, constructed to house the Shrine of the Three Kings, is a globally recognized landmark and one of the most visited sights and pilgrimage destinations in Europe. The cityscape is further shaped by the Twelve Romanesque churches of Cologne, and Cologne is famous for Eau de Cologne, that has been produced in the city since 1709, and "cologne" has since come to be a generic term. Cologne was founded and established in Germanic Ubii ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhenish Railway Company
The Rhenish Railway Company (German: ''Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', RhE) was along with the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (CME) and the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (BME) one of the railway companies that in the mid-19th century built the first railways in the Ruhr and large parts of today's North Rhine-Westphalia. Foundation The industrialists of the Rhineland and the Bergisches Land, then part of Prussia, sought to avoid paying the high tolls for using the Rhine imposed by the Netherlands and very early in its development, saw the possibility of the new means of transport, the railway. As early as the 1830s committees were established the cities of the Rhineland to promote proposals for building railways. Some of the members of the Cologne committee under David Hansemann (1790–1864)—a merchant and banker from Aachen—and the Aachen Committee favoured a railway line through Belgium to the seaport of Antwerp via Liege. Belgium, which had been established as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S12 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)
Line S12 is a S-Bahn line of the S-Bahn Köln network in Germany. It is operated by DB Regio using class 423 electric multiple units. The S12 runs from Horrem via Cologne to Au (Sieg). It shares this route for most of its run with the S 19. With over , it is the second longest S-Bahn line in North Rhine-Westphalia, after S9. The S12 operates every 20 minutes on workdays between Köln Ehrenfeld and Hennef (Sieg), with every third train continuing to Au (Sieg). The S19 also operates hourly between Au (Sieg) and Hennef, so there is a 30 minute clock. During rush hour, the S12 gets extended to Horrem, so with the S19 six trains operate hourly in each direction between Cologne and Horrem. Services operates every 20 minutes on Saturdays and every 30 minutes on Sundays and public holidays. On Sundays and public holidays the S12 operates every 30 minutes between Horrem and Au (Sieg). The route runs on the Cologne–Aachen line (opened by the Rhenish Railway Company between Cologne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Au (Sieg) Station
Au (Sieg) station is a railway junction in the town of Au in the municipality of Windeck, which is in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It lies on the Sieg Railway to Siegen, where the Engers–Au railway branches off to Altenkirchen, where it connects with the Upper Westerwald Railway (''Oberwesterwaldbahn''). Despite the town’s small population, the junction station is important for commuters from the districts of Altenkirchen, Neuwied and Westerwaldkreis for its connections towards Siegen, Cologne, Bonn, Düsseldorf and Aachen. History Au station was opened in August 1860 as part of the Deutz–Gießen railway by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (''Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft''). The Engers–Au railway (''Oberwesterwaldbahn'', Upper Westerwald Railway) to Altenkirchen was opened in May 1887, connecting to Engers. Thus, it became a railway junction with an enlarged track layout. Since 2 June 1991, Au station has been the terminus of Cologne S- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herchen Station
Herchen station is a through station in the town of Windeck in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station was opened in 1860 on a section of the Sieg Railway, opened by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (german: Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, ''CME'') between Eitorf and Wissen on 1 August 1861. It has two platform tracks and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station. The station is served by the Rhein-Sieg-Express (RE 9), S-Bahn S 12 services from Köln-Ehrenfeld (Horrem in the peak) to Au (Sieg) and S19 services on weekdays from Düren Düren (; ripuarian: Düre) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, between Aachen and Cologne on the river Rur. History Roman era The area of Düren was part of Gallia Belgica, more specifically the territory of the Eburones, a peopl ... to Herchen or Au (Sieg). The RE 9 and S12 services operate hourly, and the S19 services are less frequent. Notes Railway stations in North Rhine-We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blankenberg (Sieg) Station
Blankenberg (Sieg) station is a through station in the town of Hennef in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station was opened in 1860/61 on a section of the Sieg Railway, opened by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (german: Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, ''CME'') between Hennef (Sieg) and Eitorf on 1 August 1860. It has two platform tracks and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 6 station. The station is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn The Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn (german: S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr) is a polycentric and electrically driven S-train network covering the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region in the German federated state of North Rhine-Westphalia. This includes most of the Ruhr (and ... line S12 between Düren and Au (Sieg) hourly. Seven services each way of S19 start or finish in Blankenberg in the peaks. Other S19 services starting or finishing in Herchen or Au pass through without stopping. Notes Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn stations S12 (Rhine-Ruhr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hennef (Sieg) Station
Hennef (Sieg) station is located on the Sieg Railway in the town of Hennef (Sieg) in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was opened in 1859 for passenger and freight traffic by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company along with the Sieg Railway. Station building The listed building station building was opened in 1859 by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company and has been privately owned since 2004. The station has a Deutsche Bahn The (; abbreviated as DB or DB AG) is the national railway company of Germany. Headquartered in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company ( AG). The Federal Republic of Germany is its single shareholder. describes itself as the ... ticket counter, a bar and a fast food restaurant. Next to the station there is a parking garage. Platforms The station has a side and a central platform serviced by three tracks for passenger trains. They have lifts and are free of barriers for the disabled. The disused track four has no platform. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S19 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)
Line S19 is a S-Bahn line of the S-Bahn Köln network in Germany. It is the youngest line in that network. It is operated by DB Regio DB Regio AG is a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn which operates regional and commuter train services in Germany. DB Regio AG, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. It is a 100% subsidiary of the Deutsche Bahn Group and there part of the DB Regio bu ... with DBAG Class 423, class 423 electric multiple units. The S19 runs until the early evening from Düren station, Düren via Köln Hauptbahnhof, Cologne to Blankenberg (Sieg) station, Blankenberg (Sieg), Herchen station, Herchen or Au (Sieg) station, Au (Sieg) on working days and between Düren and Hennef (Sieg) station, Hennef (Sieg) on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. Services to/from Herchen or Au do not stop in Blankenberg. It shares most of this route with S12 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn), line S12, but it runs through Cologne/Bonn Airport station, Cologne/Bonn Airport instead of through Porz (Rhein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troisdorf Station
Troisdorf station is a railway junction in the town of Troisdorf in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, where the line from Cologne separates into the East Rhine Railway to Neuwied Neuwied () is a town in the north of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, capital of the District of Neuwied. Neuwied lies on the east bank of the Rhine, 12 km northwest of Koblenz, on the railway from Frankfurt am Main to Cologne. Th ... and the Sieg Railway to Siegen. In addition to various regional rail services Troisdorf is served by the S 12 and S 13. Both lines operate towards Cologne at 20-minute intervals, so together they provide a 10-minute-interval S-Bahn service to Cologne. It is also served on working days by the S 19 service between Düren and Au (Sieg), running hourly and substituting for one of the S13 services. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station. The Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed line also passes through Troisdorf, but without stop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Düren Station
Düren station is located to the north of the centre of Düren and is the largest station in the city and the district of Düren. It is located at the intersection of the Cologne–Aachen high-speed line with the lines to Linnich, Heimbach and Euskirchen. Until 1992 it was also connected to the Erft Railway. The train is served by Regional-Express, Regionalbahn and S-Bahn trains. It is the terminus of line S19 Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn. The station was opened on 1 September 1841 by the Rhenish Railway Company on its original line from Cologne to Belgium. History Düren station was established on 1 September 1841 with the opening of the Aachen–Düren–Cologne line. The station became more and more important during the period of industrialisation. This resulted in the opening of the following lines: Due to its ever-improving accessibility Düren was served by increasing numbers of express trains on the various lines. Thus, there were express trains via Euskirchen to Bonn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sindorf Station
Sindorf station is a train station in the town of Sindorf in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Cologne–Aachen high-speed railway. The station is in the south-east of the Kerpen district of Sindorf and has a side platform on the south side of the S-Bahn line. This is bounded to the south by a noise barrier and the entrances and exits are at the ends of the platform. History The original Sindorf station was opened at line-km 22.4 of the Cologne–Aachen railway in 1912 and had a platform north and south of the original line. With the commissioning of the S-Bahn tracks in 2002, the station was relocated to line-km 21.4 and redesignated as a halt. In 2004, citizens complained to the then Minister of Transport Axel Horstmann about the width of the platform. They considered that the three-metre-wide platform was too narrow, which was particularly evident in peak hour traffic. As a result, the ticket machines were relocated. After renewed criticism, the ''Zweckverband ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S13 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)
Line S 13 was an S-Bahn line of the S-Bahn Köln network. It was operated by DB Regio with class 423 electric multiple units. At peak times, the S13 services began or end at Düren and run via Cologne to Troisdorf. In the off peak, half the S13 trains began or end at Sindorf. It ran with line S12 for most of its route, splitting from it only to run through Cologne/Bonn Airport. On working days, two services operated every hour (20 or 40 minutes apart) and together with an hourly service on line S19, services operated at 20-minute intervals. Between the peaks the S12, S13 and S19 services provided a service every 10 minutes on the central section between Köln-Ehrenfeld and Köln-Trimbornstraße. It operated every 60 minutes on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays between Düren and Troisdorf; lines S13 and S19 jointly provided a service every 30 minutes. The S12, S13 and S19 services provided a service every 15 minutes on the central section between Köln-Ehrenfeld and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
