Herchen station is a through station in the town of

Windeck Windeck is a municipality in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approx. 35 km east of Bonn and 35 km west of Siegen. Many think the municipality is named after the ruined cast ...

in the German state of

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

. The station was opened in 1860 on a section of the

Sieg Railway The Sieg Railway (german: Siegstrecke is a long, electrified Rail transport in Germany, German main line railway between Köln Messe/Deutz station, Cologne-Deutz via Porz (Rhein) station, Porz, Troisdorf railway station, Troisdorf, Siegburg/Bonn s ...

, opened by the

Cologne-Minden Railway Company The Cologne-Minden Railway Company (German, old spelling: ''Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', ''CME'') was along with the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company and the Rhenish Railway Company one of the railway companies that in the mid-19th ...

(german: Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, ''CME'') between

Eitorf Eitorf is a municipality in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approx. 25 km east of Bonn city. History Early History The area encompassing Eitorf was originally inhabited by the ...

and

Wissen Wissen is a town in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approximately 12 km northeast of Altenkirchen. Wissen is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") ...

on 1 August 1861. It has two platform tracks and is classified by

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 se ...

as a category 5 station. The station is served by the

Rhein-Sieg-Express The Rhein-Sieg-Express is a Regional-Express service in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate running from Aachen via Düren, Cologne, Troisdorf, Siegburg and Betzdorf to Siegen. It is operated by DB Regio NRW. Histor ...

(RE 9), S-Bahn S 12 services from

Köln-Ehrenfeld Ehrenfeld ( ; ) is a borough ('' Stadtbezirk'') of the City of Cologne in Germany. It includes the seven quarters Bickendorf, Bocklemünd, Mengenich, Ehrenfeld, Neuehrenfeld, Ossendorf and Vogelsang. It has about 109,500 inhabitants (as of Dec ...

(

Horrem Kerpen (; Ripuarian: ''Kerpe'') is the most populated town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). It is located about 20 kilometres southwest from Cologne. Division of the town The town of Kerpen was created in 1975, whe ...

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 people ...

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-Westphalia Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn stations S12 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn) Railway stations in Germany opened in 1860 1860 establishments in Prussia Buildings and structures in Rhein-Sieg-Kreis {{NorthRhineWestphalia-railstation-stub