Voerde is a
railway station
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 prep ...
in
Voerde
Voerde ([]) is a town in the Wesel (district), district of Wesel, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, approximately south-east of Wesel, and 20 km north of Duisburg.
City structure
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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 ...
,
Germany
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. The station is located on the
Arnhem-Oberhausen railway. The train services are operated by
Deutsche Bahn and
Abellio Deutschland.
History
The station appears to have been opened sometime between 1880 and 1897
on the Oberhausen–Arnhem line, which was 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 ...
(''Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', CME) on 20 October 1856.
It was opened under the name of ''Vörde'', but it had been renamed ''Vörde (Bez.Düsseldorf)'' by 1905. It was renamed ''Vörde (Niederrh)'' by 1914 and ''Voerde (Niederrh)'' by 1936.
Transport services
Voerde station is served (as of 2020) by the following lines (the
Wupper-Lippe-Express
The Wupper-Lippe-Express is an hourly Regional-Express service in German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, which forms part of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn. It connects Wesel with Wuppertal Hauptbahnhof via Oberhausen and Essen.
The line is operated by ...
operates on weekdays only):
Buses
It is also served by two bus routes operated by NIAG at hourly intervals:
* 16 (Friedrichsfeld – Heidesiedlung/Oberemmelsum)
* 25 (Friedrichsfeld – Möllen - Dinslaken - Hiesfeld)
See also
*
List of railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia
Notes
External links
NIAG Website
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Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia
Buildings and structures in Wesel (district)