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Düsseldorf-Derendorf Station
Düsseldorf-Derendorf is a railway station situated at Derendorf, Düsseldorf in western Germany. It is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn lines S1 (every 30 minutes during the day), S6 (every 20 minutes) and S11 (every 20 minutes). It is also served by tram line 701 and various bus lines, all operated by Rheinbahn Rheinbahn is a German public transport operator operating in Düsseldorf, Meerbusch and Kreis Mettmann. Its network consists of the Düsseldorf Stadtbahn, a network of 11 Stadtbahn (light rail) lines which are integrated in the Rhine-Ruhr St .... References Railway stations in Düsseldorf Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn stations S1 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn) S6 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn) S11 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn) Railway stations in Germany opened in 1936 {{NorthRhineWestphalia-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city in Germany, with a 2022 population of 629,047. The Düssel, from which the city and the borough of Düsseltal take their name, divides into four separate branches within the city, each with its own mouth into the Rhine (Lower Rhine). Most of Düsseldorf lies on the right bank of the Rhine, and the city has grown together with Neuss, Ratingen, Meerbusch, Erkrath and Monheim am Rhein. Düsseldorf is the central city of the metropolitan region Rhine-Ruhr, the List of EU metropolitan regions by GDP#2021 ranking of top four German metropolitan regions, second biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union, that stretches from Bonn via Cologne and Düsseldorf to the Ruhr (from Duisburg via Essen to Dortmund). The ''-dorf'' suffix mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most populous state in Germany. Apart from the city-states (Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen), it is also the List of German states by population density, most densely populated state in Germany. Covering an area of , it is the List of German states by area, fourth-largest German state by size. North Rhine-Westphalia features 30 of the 81 German municipalities with over 100,000 inhabitants, including Cologne (over 1 million), the state capital Düsseldorf (630,000), Dortmund and Essen (about 590,000 inhabitants each) and other cities predominantly located in the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area, the largest urban area in Germany and the fourth-largest on the European continent. The location of the Rhine-Ruhr at the heart of the European Blue Banana make ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cologne–Duisburg Railway
The 64 km long Cologne–Duisburg railway is one of the most important lines in Germany. It is the main axis for long distance and urban passenger rail services between Cologne and the Ruhr, served by Intercity Express, Intercity, Regional Express, regionalbahn and S-Bahn trains. It was the first section built of the Cologne-Minden trunk line and is one of the oldest railways in Germany. It was opened in 1845/46 and has been repeatedly modernized and expanded. Today the route (partly blended with lines of other former railway companies) comprises two or three double lines and is electrified throughout. History On 18 December 1843, the Prussian government granted a concession to the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (German, old spelling: ''Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', CME) for the line, which began at what was then the CME station in Deutz (now a suburb of Cologne) with the construction of the first section to Düsseldorf, which was opened on 20 December 1845. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruhr Valley Railway
The Ruhr Valley Railway () is a partly abandoned railway line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, running from Düsseldorf-Rath station, Düsseldorf-Rath via Old Kupferdreh station, Bochum-Dahlhausen station, Bochum-Dahlhausen, Witten-Herbede, Hagen-Vorhalle station, Hagen-Vorhalle and Schwerte to Warburg station, Warburg. It was built between 1872 and 1876 by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (''Bergisch-Märkischen Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft''), one of the three major private railway companies in the Ruhr area. The railway tracks that were built along the Ruhr (river), Ruhr river had a relatively uniform grade that was suitable for railway operations at the time. The Ruhr Valley line primarily served the transport of coal to the port of Ruhrort, bypassing the Heißen hills. In the heyday of coal mining in the Ruhr, sidings provided a high volume of coal traffic and the line also served the, now closed, Henrichshütte steel works in Hattingen. In addition to the Ruhr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr
The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (), abbreviated VRR, is a public transport association (Verkehrsverbund) in the Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It covers large parts of the Ruhr, Ruhr area, the Lower Rhine region including Düsseldorf and the Rhine-Ruhr conurbation. It was founded on , and is Europe’s largest public Transport association, covering an area of some with more than 8.1 million inhabitants, spanning as far as Dorsten in the north, Dortmund in the east, Langenfeld (Rhineland), Langenfeld in the south, and the Netherlands, Dutch border in the west and northwest. Structure and responsibilities The VRR is tasked with coordinating public transport in its area. This means the following: * setting and developing the fare system (VRR tariff) ** redistributing ticket revenue onto the transport companies * coordinating local train services (''Schienenpersonennahverkehr'', SPNV) within its area as Public service obligation, public service obligations (PSO) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg
The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (VRS), in English ''Rhine-Sieg Transport Association'', is the public transport association covering the area of the Cologne/Bonn Region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Besides ''Aachener Verkehrsverbund'' (''AVV''), VRS belongs to the special purpose association ''go.Rheinland''. It was founded on 1 September 1987, and covers an area of some with around 3.5 million inhabitants. For the year 2019, 556 million passengers were carried through the network of VRS. Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg is named after the rivers Rhine The Rhine ( ) is one of the List of rivers of Europe, major rivers in Europe. The river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps. It forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein border, then part of the Austria–Swit ... (Rhein) and Sieg. Associated transport companies The following transport companies operate within the area of Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg: cities and district towns in the VRS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road transport. It is used for about 8% of passenger and rail freight transport, freight transport globally, thanks to its Energy efficiency in transport, energy efficiency and potentially high-speed rail, high speed.Rolling stock on rails generally encounters lower friction, frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, allowing rail cars to be coupled into longer trains. Power is usually provided by Diesel locomotive, diesel or Electric locomotive, electric locomotives. While railway transport is capital intensity, capital-intensive and less flexible than road transport, it can carry heavy loads of passengers and cargo with greater energy efficiency and safety. Precursors of railways driven by human or an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Düsseldorf-Derendorf
Derendorf is a quarter of Düsseldorf, Germany, part of the central Borough 1 (Düsseldorf), Borough 1. It is located north of Düsseldorf-Pempelfort, Pempelfort and Düsseldorf-Golzheim, Golzheim, west of Düsseldorf-Mörsenbroich, Mörsenbroich and south of Düsseldorf-Unterrath, Unterrath. Derendorf has an area of , and 20,584 inhabitants (2020). Derendorf was mentioned as a settlement first time in 1100. In 1384 Derendorf became a part of Düsseldorf. There has been a slaughterhouse in Derendorf since 1602. The main growth of Derendorf was in the time of Industrial Revolution. Derendorf is traditionally an industrial area of Düsseldorf, inhabited mostly by a working-class population. The steelworks of Rheinmetall, the slaughterhouse and the brewery Schlösser are located here . Many inhabitants of Derendorf are immigrants from Turkey, and the borough houses the central mosque of the Muslims in Düsseldorf. See also * Düsseldorf-Derendorf station References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn
The Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn () is a polycentric S-bahn network covering the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region in the German federated state of North Rhine-Westphalia. This includes most of the Ruhr (and cities such as Dortmund, Duisburg and Essen), the Berg cities of Wuppertal and Solingen and parts of the Rhineland (with cities such as Cologne and Düsseldorf). The easternmost city within the S-Bahn Rhine-Ruhr network is Unna, the westernmost city served is Mönchengladbach. The S-Bahn operates in the areas of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr and Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg tariff associations, touching areas of the Aachener Verkehrsverbund (AVV) at Düren and Westfalentarif at Unna. The network was established in 1967 with a line connecting Ratingen Ost to Düsseldorf-Garath. The system consists of 16 lines. With a system length of , it is the second-largest S-Bahn network in Germany, behind ''S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland''. Most of them are operated by DB Regio NRW, while line S28 is op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S1 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)
Line S1 is a S-Bahn line on the Rhine-Ruhr network. It is operated by DB Regio. It runs from Dortmund via Bochum and Essen to Duisburg. From there it travels south to Düsseldorf and Hilden before continuing to Solingen. It is operated on weekdays at 15-minute intervals between Dortmund Hbf and Essen Hbf, at 20-minute intervals between Düsseldorf Hbf and Solingen and at 30-minute intervals between Düsseldorf and Essen, using coupled sets of class 422 four-car electrical multiple units. Line S 1 runs over lines built by various railway companies: * from Dortmund Hauptbahnhof to Duisburg over the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway, opened by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company in 1862, * from Duisburg to Düsseldorf-Oberbilk over the Cologne–Duisburg railway, opened by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company in 1845 and * from Düsseldorf-Oberbilk to Solingen over the Düsseldorf–Solingen railway opened by the Prussian state railways The term Prussian stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S6 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)
Line S 6 is a S-Bahn line in the Rhein-Ruhr network. It calls, among others, at the cities of Essen, Düsseldorf and Cologne and was the first S-Bahn line in the Rhine-Ruhr network, becoming operational on 28 September 1967 between Ratingen Ost and Düsseldorf-Garath Garath () is a suburb of Düsseldorf, Germany, south of the city centre and part of Borough 10 (Düsseldorf), Borough 10. It has an area of , and 19,048 inhabitants (2020). Geography Garath adjoins the Düsseldorf suburbs of Düsseldorf-Urde .... It is operated at 20-minute intervals using coupled sets of class 422 four-car electrical multiple units. Line S 6 runs over lines built by various railway companies: * from Essen Hauptbahnhof to Essen-Werden over the Essen-Werden–Essen railway, opened by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company in 1877, * from Essen-Werden to Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof over the Ruhr Valley Railway, opened by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company in 1872 and 1874, * from Düssel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S11 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)
Line S 11 is a S-Bahn line operated by DB Regio on the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn network. It connects Düsseldorf Airport Terminal with Bergisch Gladbach, running via Düsseldorf Neuss, Dormagen and Cologne. Before 13 December 2009, the service operated from Wuppertal-Vohwinkel in peak time, sharing the Wuppertal-Düsseldorf run with the S8 trains. Normal operation, though, started at Düsseldorf-Wehrhahn. Since the introduction of the new 2010 Schedule the service starts at Düsseldorf Airport Terminal replacing the line S 7 to Düsseldorf Hbf. The former run to Wuppertal-Vohwinkel is now conducted by the S 68. The S11 runs are normally operated with DBAG Class 423 stock, usually with two coupled sets per train. The Line runs over lines built by various railway companies: *from Düsseldorf Airport Terminal to Düsseldorf-Unterrath over the Düsseldorf-Unterrath–Düsseldorf Airport Terminal railway, opened on 27 October 1975 by Deutsche Bundesbahn, *from Düsseldorf-Unterrath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
