Emmerich (german: Bahnhof Emmerich) is a
railway station
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in
Emmerich am Rhein
Emmerich am Rhein ( Low Rhenish and nl, Emmerik) is a city and municipality in the northwest of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The city has a harbour and a quay at the Rhine. In terms of local government organization, it i ...
,
North Rhine-Westphalia
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,
Germany
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.
The Station
Emmerich station is the
German
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**Ge ...
railway station closest to the
Dutch
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* Dutch people ()
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border on the
Arnhem-Oberhausen railway. It is served hourly by trains operating the
Rhein-IJssel-Express
The Rhein-IJssel-Express is a Regional-Express service in German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Dutch province of Gelderland. It runs from Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof, Düsseldorf to Arnhem Centraal railway station, Arnhem, with a section s ...
between Arnhem and Düsseldorf.
The station is largely used by freight and features both the Dutch and German voltages on most tracks. In the past all trains had to change from a Dutch to a German locomotive and vice versa at Emmerich, but now there are more Dual Voltage locomotives that can operate in many countries, so through running often happens now without stopping.
The
ICE from
Amsterdam
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to
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 millio ...
,
Frankfurt/Main
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and
Basel
, french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese
, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (B ...
all pass through the station without stopping.
With the introduction of
ICE 3
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trains in 2000 the service between the Netherlands and Emmerich stopped, From the timetable change in December 2005, Dutch train operator
Syntus
Keolis Nederland is a public transport company operating bus and passenger train services in the Netherlands. Originally created as Syntus and owned by Connexxion, Keolis and Nederlandse Spoorwegen, since 2012 Keolis Nederland has been a 100% subs ...
started a weekend service between
Arnhem
Arnhem ( or ; german: Arnheim; South Guelderish: ''Èrnem'') is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands about 55 km south east of Utrecht. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland, located on both ban ...
and Emmerich. However, the service was unsuccessful and terminated after 6 months.
In early 2014 platforms 1 and 2 were modernised, including new paving and the construction of a waiting shelter.
In December 2016
Abellio Deutschland
Abellio Deutschland is a public transit operator in Germany operating bus and rail networks. Headquartered in Berlin, it is a subsidiary of the Dutch state-owned Abellio.
History
Abellio Deutschland was formed by the Essen public transit com ...
began operating the RB35 between Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Emmerich and Arnhem.
Train services
The station is served by the following service(s):
Timetables for Emmerich station
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*Regional services ''Arnhem - Emmerich - Wesel - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf''
Bus Services
A number of bus services are operated by NIAG and LOOK to the surrounding area. These are:
* SB58 (Emmerich - Kleve - Kranenburg - Nijmegen
Nijmegen (;; Spanish and it, Nimega. Nijmeegs: ''Nimwèège'' ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole, located on the Waal river close to the German border. It is about 6 ...
(NL) )
* 88 (Emmerich - Vrasselt - Praest - Rees)
* 91 (Emmerich - 's-Heerenberg
s-Heerenberg is a city on the Dutch-German border, in the Province of Gelderland, Netherlands. It is located about 5 km north of the German Emmerich, and about south of Doetinchem. It received city rights in 1379.
's-Heerenberg is the loca ...
(NL) )
* 92 (Emmerich - Speelberg)
* 93 (Emmerich - Vrasselt - Praest)
* 94 (Emmerich - Borghees - Elten)
Gallery
File:DB RE Train at Emmerich.JPG, RE5 service at Emmerich calls at platform 1
File:DB 189 082 at Emmerich.JPG, A freight train passing through Emmerich
File:Emmerich Yard.JPG, A view of the yard and station from the east
References
External links
DB Website
Verkehrsgemeinschaft Niederrhein
NIAG Website
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Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia