Krefeld-Uerdingen station is a regional station in the district of

Uerdingen Uerdingen () is a district of the city of Krefeld, Germany, with a population of 17,888 (2019). Originally a separate city in its own right, Uerdingen merged with the city of Krefeld in 1929. Today, Uerdingen is best known for a local distillery ...

, which has been part of the city of

Krefeld Krefeld ( , ; li, Krieëvel ), also spelled Crefeld until 1925 (though the spelling was still being used in British papers throughout the Second World War), is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, i ...

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 state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

since 1929. It is located in the north-east of Krefeld, near the border with the

Duisburg Duisburg () is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine and the Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruhr Region, Duisburg is the 5th largest city in No ...

district of

Rheinhausen Rheinhausen () is a district of the city of Duisburg in Germany, with a population of 78,203 (December 31, 2020) and an area of 38.68 km². It lies on the left bank of the river Rhine. Rheinhausen consists of the neighbourhoods: Rumeln-Kald ...

History

The station was opened on 29 September 1849 with the name of ''Uerdingen''. From 5 October 1849, the

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

ran from Uerdingen to Homberg. From 1852 until 1885, it also ran to the former Rheinhausen–Hochfeld train ferry, but this section was closed in 1961. From 1 September 1866, Uerdingen was a stop on the

Osterath–Dortmund Süd railway The Osterath–Dortmund-Süd railway is a historically significant line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Parts of it are closed, much of it is now used for freight only, but several sections are still used for Regional-Express, Reg ...

from Meerbusch-Osterath to Essen and since 1874 to Dortmund, originally running over the Rheinhausen–Hochfeld train ferry and from 1873 over the

Duisburg-Hochfeld Railway Bridge The Duisburg–Hochfeld railway bridge (german: Duisburg-Hochfelder Eisenbahnbrücke) spans the Rhine in the German city of Duisburg on the Duisburg-Ruhrort–Mönchengladbach line. The first bridge was built by the Rhenish Railway Company and p ...

. The current entrance building, which is no longer in use, was built in 1899 by the ''Königliche Eisenbahn-Direction Köln'' (Royal Railway Division of Cologne). It replaced the first building built in 1849. The

–Uerdingen section went into operations on 29 May 1849. The heritage-listed platform canopy was supported by 32 columns, decorated with stylised floral motifs, built originally on four-edged pedestals, later replaced by eight-edged pedestals, and was produced by the Johannes Wöller iron foundry of Uerdingen. The station was renamed ''Uerdingen (Rh)'' in 1927. After the merger of the two cities of Crefeld and Uerdingen am Rhein in 1929, the station was renamed in accordance with the joint agreement of the two cities as ''Krefeld-Uerdingen-Rheinbahnhof''. In 1939, it was given its current name of ''Krefeld-Uerdingen''. Barrier-free infrastructure began to be installed at the station at the end of the 1990s. The platform was raised to a height of 70 centimetres in 2009/2010. The historic platform canopy had to be dismantled during this work. The station building, which is also a listed monument, has been empty for a long time. Plans since 2011 for an investment group to convert it into a brewery had not yet implemented as of the autumn of 2015.

Rail services

The station is on the Duisburg–Mönchengladbach railway and is only served by regional services.

Public transport

The station, under the name of Uerdingen Bf, is the terminus of tram line 043 (Bockum – Hauptbahnhof). The following bus routes also stop at the station: 054 (Willich–Anrath), 058 (Gartenstadt–Traar), 831 (Meerbusch–Chempark), 927 (Bockum–Duisburg-Rheinhausen) 941 (Duisburg–Buchholz) and SB 80 (Moers via Rumeln–Kaldenhausen) as well as night lines NE8 and NE27. These services are covered by the fares of the VRR.

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