Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof
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is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...

 in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

.

History

The station was opened on 1 October 1891 opened as Düsseldorf Central Station. It replaced the three following stations:
  • the Bergisch-Märkische station of the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (BME), originally opened by the Dusseldorf-Elberfeld Railway Company
    Düsseldorf-Elberfeld Railway Company
    The Düsseldorf-Elberfeld Railway Company was founded in October 1835 and officially recognised by a Prussian government statute on 23 September 1837. This gave the company a concession for the construction and operation of the 26 kilometre long Düsseldorf–Elberfeld line via Erkrath, Hochdahl and...

     in 1838 in the area that is now Graf-Adolf-Platz as a through station on the company’s east-west line
    Düsseldorf–Elberfeld railway
    The Düsseldorf–Elberfeld railway is a 27 km long main line railway in Germany, originally built by the Düsseldorf-Elberfeld Railway Company, connecting Düsseldorf and Elberfeld via Erkrath, Hochdahl and Vohwinkel...

     from Elberfeld
    Elberfeld
    Elberfeld is a municipal subdivision of the German city of Wuppertal; it was an independent town until 1929.-History:The first official mentioning of the geographic area on the banks of today's Wupper River as "elverfelde" was in a document of 1161...

     to its station at Rheinknie.
  • the Cologne-Minden station which the Cologne-Minden Railway Company
    Cologne-Minden Railway Company
    The Cologne-Minden Railway Company was along with the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company and the Rhenish Railway Company one of the railway companies that in the mid-19th century built the first railways in the Ruhr and large parts of today's North Rhine-Westphalia.-Founding :The founding of the...

     (CME) opened in 1845 southeast of the BME station as a terminus to which branches were built from the company’s north-south Cologne–Duisburg main line
    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...

    , and
  • the Rhenish station built by the Rhenish Railway Company
    Rhenish Railway Company
    The Rhenish Railway Company was along with the Cologne-Minden Railway Company and the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company one of the railway companies that in the mid-19th century built the first railways in the Ruhr and large parts of today's North Rhine-Westphalia.-Foundation :The...

     (RhE) in 1877 in Düsseldorf-Pempelfort
    Düsseldorf-Pempelfort
    Pempelfort is a city part in the North-east of the central District 1 of Düsseldorf.It borders on Stadtmitte, Derendorf, the Cologne–Duisburg railway, connecting Flingern and Düsseltal, Oberbilk, Golzheim and the river Rhine....

     at the end of a branch line from its north-south Troisdorf–Mülheim-Speldorf line. The branch line was the first section of a line to Dortmund, which two years later was completed as far as Mettmann
    Mettmann
    Mettmann is a Rhenish town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Mettmann, Germany's most densely populated rural district...

    .


Both the Bergisch-Märkische and the Cologne-Minden stations were on the southern edge of the city and were in the way of the construction of Friedrichstadt
Düsseldorf-Friedrichstadt
Friedrichstadt is an urban borough of Düsseldorf. It is in the south of the Central District of Düsseldorf, north of Bilk, west of Oberbilk, and east of Unterbilk....

. The wish to clear the way for the new development was a reason to build a new central station in addition to the desire to bring together the stations and lines following the nationalisation of the railway companies of Rhineland-Westphalia between 1879 and 1882.

Construction of station building in the 1930s

The original central station was built in the Wilhelmine style. After three decades it had become too small and its style had become unfashionable. In November 1930, eight designs were submitted to the public as part of a competition to redesign the station. The station building was built from 1932-1936 conforming to a design dictated by the Reichsbahn directorate of Wuppertal and its architects, Krüger and Eduard Behne. It features a notable clock tower
Clock tower
A clock tower is a tower specifically built with one or more clock faces. Clock towers can be either freestanding or part of a church or municipal building such as a town hall. Some clock towers are not true clock towers having had their clock faces added to an already existing building...

.

The station underwent major reconstruction in the 1980s, finishing in 1985, when the Stadtbahn
Stadtbahn
A ' is a tramway or light railway that includes segments built to rapid transit standards, usually as part of a process of conversion to a metro railway, mainly by the building of tunnels in the central city area....

 lines passing under the station were opened. This reconstruction involved the remodeling of the old ticket offices into a food court
Food court
A food court is generally an indoor plaza or common area within a facility that is contiguous with the counters of multiple food vendors and provides a common area for self-serve dining. Food courts may be found in shopping malls and airports, and in various regions may be a standalone development...

, the installation of lifts
Elevator
An elevator is a type of vertical transport equipment that efficiently moves people or goods between floors of a building, vessel or other structures...

 and the opening of the station toward the city borough of Oberbilk, where, at the western exit of the station, new office buildings were erected on the site of a former steel works. The former 1st class waiting room has been remodeled into a hotel and a discothèque.

Some minor changes were carried out in the year 2005; the old toilets from 1985 were torn out to make room for a fast food restaurant, a small 1st class lounge was installed in the northern passenger tunnel also. The dated ceilings and information systems in the passenger tunnels are scheduled for replacement also, as they do not meet current fire protection standards.

Operational usage

The station is frequented by roughly a quarter million passengers per day and is therefore Germany's fourth busiest station. All modes of rail transport are offered on the 20 main line
Main line (railway)
The Mainline or Main line of a railway is a track that is used for through trains or is the principal artery of the system from which branch lines, yards, sidings and spurs are connected....

 tracks (16 platforms currently in use), including InterCityExpress
InterCityExpress
The Intercity-Express or ICE is a system of high-speed trains predominantly running in Germany and neighbouring countries. It is the highest service category offered by DB Fernverkehr and is the flagship of Deutsche Bahn...

, InterCity
Intercity (Deutsche Bahn)
Intercity is the second-highest train classification in Germany, after the ICE. Intercity services are loco-hauled express services, usually over long-distances. There are Intercity routes throughout Germany, and routes generally operate with a two-hour frequency, with multiple routes giving a more...

 and EuroCity
EuroCity
EuroCity, abbreviated EC, denotes an international train service within the European inter-city rail network. In contrast to trains with the "IC" label, "EC" trains are international trains that meet certain criteria. The EuroCity label replaces the older Trans Europ Express name for...

 trains for long distance travel, DB NachtZug
DB NachtZug
City Night Line is a category of night trains in Europe. They were originally operated by the former railway company CityNightLine AG...

, D-Nacht and EuroNight
EuroNight
EuroNight, abbreviated EN, denotes all main-line national and international night train services within the European inter-city rail network. Unlike the equivalent day-running counterparts EuroCity and InterCity trains, the EuroNight trains tend to run during the nighttime and are equipped with...

 overnight trains as well as RegionalExpress
RegionalExpress
The term Regional-Express denotes a type of regional train in Germany and Austria .It is best compared to a semi-fast train, as it calls at fewer stations than Regionalbahn or S-Bahn trains, but stops more often than InterCity services...

, RegionalBahn
RegionalBahn
The Regionalbahn is a type of local passenger train in Germany.-Service:Regionalbahn trains usually call at all stations on a given line, with the exception of RB trains within S-Bahn networks, these may only call at selected stations...

 and S-Bahn
S-Bahn
S-Bahn refers to an often combined city center and suburban railway system metro in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Denmark...

 services for regional distribution. The station is integrated into the Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn
Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn
The Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn is a polycentric S-Bahn network covering the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region in the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. This includes most of the Ruhr , the Berg cities of Wuppertal and Solingen and parts of the Rhineland...

 network and local traffic operates under the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr
Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr
The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr is the public transport association covering the area of the Rhine-Ruhr megalopolis in Germany...

 transport association. The subterranean station, operated by Rheinbahn
Rheinbahn
The Rheinbahn is a public transport provider operating in and around Düsseldorf. Its network consists of 7 Stadtbahn lines as well as 13 tram and 92 bus services and is integrated in the Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn network. The total rail network length is...

, has 4 tracks that are part of the Stadtbahn
Düsseldorf Stadtbahn
The Düsseldorf Stadtbahn, together with the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn and the Düsseldorf Straßenbahn , is the backbone of the public transport system of Düsseldorf, Germany, and is integrated in the Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn network...

 lines of Düsseldorf. The 6 tramway stops in front of the station connect the central station to the local tram
Tram
A tram is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way. It may also run between cities and/or towns , and/or partially grade separated even in the cities...

 network, also operated by Rheinbahn.

Train services

The following services currently call at Düsseldorf Hbf (list not complete):
  • intercity services:
  • regional services:
    • NRW-Express Aachen - Cologne - Düsseldorf - Duisburg - Essen - Dortmund - Hamm - Paderborn
    • Rhein-Haard-Express Münster - Dülmen - Recklinghausen - Essen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf
    • Rhein-Emscher-Express Hamm - Dortmund - Gelsenkirchen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf
    • Wupper-Express Dortmund - Hagen - Wuppertal - Düsseldorf - Mönchengladbach - Aachen
    • Rhein-Express Emmerich - Wesel - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Bonn - Koblenz
    • Westfalen-Express Düsseldorf - Duisburg - Essen - Dortmund - Hamm - Bielefeld - Minden
    • Maas-Wupper-Express Venlo - Viersen - Mönchengladbach - Düsseldorf - Wuppertal - Hagen - Hamm
  • local services (S-Bahn):
    • S1 Solingen - Düsseldorf - Duisburg - Essen - Dortmund
    • S6 Essen - Kettwig - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Köln-Nippes
    • S8 Mönchengladbach - Neuss - Düsseldorf - Wuppertal - Hagen
    • S11 Düsseldorf Airport Terminal - Düsseldorf - Neuss - Cologne - Bergisch Gladbach
    • S28 Kaarster See - Neuss - Düsseldorf - Mettmann
    • S68 Langenfeld - Düsseldorf - Wuppertal-Vohwinkel

Series Operator Route Material Frequency Notes
ICE10 DB Berlin Ostbahnhof - Berlin Hbf
Berlin Hauptbahnhof
' , is the main railway station in Berlin, Germany. It began full operation two days after a ceremonial opening on 26 May 2006. It is located on the site of the historic Lehrter Bahnhof, and until it opened as a main line station, it was a stop on the Berlin S-Bahn suburban railway temporarily...

 - Berlin-Spandau
Berlin-Spandau railway station
Berlin-Spandau is a railway station situated in the Spandau district of Berlin, Germany located at the western end of the S-Bahn lines and .-Overview:...

 - Wolfsburg Hbf
Wolfsburg Hauptbahnhof
Wolfsburg Hauptbahnhof or Wolfsburg Hbf is a railway station located in Wolfsburg, Germany.-History:The station was opened in 1929 and was rebuilt, with the new building being opened in 1957. It is protected as a heritage site. In 2010, a sculpture by Quinto Provenziani honouring Italian immigrants...

 - Hannover Hbf
Hannover Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Hanover in Lower Saxony, Germany.-History:The first station on the current site, a temporary building serving the line to Lehrte, was erected in 1843...

 - Bielefeld Hbf
Bielefeld Hauptbahnhof
is the central railway station of the city of Bielefeld in Germany. The station was opened in 1847 as part of the Cologne-Minden trunk line. The current building was built in 1910 in the Art Nouveau style.-Train services:...

 - Hamm - Dortmund Hbf
Dortmund Hauptbahnhof
is the central station for the city of Dortmund in Germany.The station's origins lie in a joint station of the Köln-Mindener Eisenbahn and Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn which was built north of the city centre in 1847. That station was replaced by a new station, erected in 1910 at the current site....

 - Bochum Hbf
Bochum Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Bochum in western Germany. In its current incarnation, it was built from 1955 to 1957 and is one of the most notable 1950s railway stations in Germany....

 - Essen Hbf
Essen Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Essen in western Germany. It is situated south of the old town centre, next to the A 40 motorway.It was opened in 1862 by the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn...

 - Duisburg Hbf
Duisburg Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof of the city of Duisburg in western Germany. It is situated at the meeting point of many important national and international railway lines in the Northwestern Ruhr valley.- Lines :...

 - Düsseldorf Flughafen - Düsseldorf Hbf - Köln Messe/Deutz - Köln/Bonn Flughafen
ICE 1 1x per hour
IC35 DB Norddeich Mole
Norddeich Mole railway station
Norddeich Mole is a railway station located in Norddeich .-History:The station is located on the Emsland line . The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn.-Train services:...

 - Norddeich - Norden
Norden station (Germany)
Norden station is a through station in the town of Norden in the German state of Lower Saxony on the Emsland Railway. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station....

 - Emden Hbf
Emden Hauptbahnhof
is the main station of Emden in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is the terminus of the Emsland Railway, connecting Emden with Münster and the Ruhr and the starting point of the East Frisian coastal railway from Emden to Norden and Norddeich, both of which are electrified...

 - Leer - Papenburg
Papenburg railway station
Papenburg is a railway station located in Papenburg, Germany.The station is located on the Emsland line . The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn.-History:In the 1850en the station was build as part of the hannoversche westbahn...

 - Meppen
Meppen railway station
-History:The station was opened in 1856 and is located on the Emsland line . The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn.-Train services:The following services currently call at Meppen:...

 - Lingen (Ems)
Lingen (Ems) railway station
Lingen is a railway station located in Lingen, Germany.-History:The station was opened in 1856 and is located on the Emsland line . The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn.-Train services:...

 - Rheine
Rheine railway station
Rheine is a railway station located in Rheine, Germany. The station is located on the Löhne–Rheine, Emsland Railway and the Münster–Rheine lines...

 - Münster Hbf
Münster Hauptbahnhof
-History:The original Münster station was opened in 1848 by the Münster-Hamm Railway Company, when it opened by the Münster–Hamm railway to the then capital of the Prussian Province of Westphalia as a terminus of its branch line from Hamm, where it connected with Cologne-Minden trunk line. The...

 - Recklinghausen Hbf
Recklinghausen Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Recklinghausen in Germany.-History:The original station opened in 1870 by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company as part of the construction of the Hamburg-Venlo railway....

 - Wanne-Eickel Hbf
Wanne-Eickel Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof of the former city of Wanne-Eickel, now part of Herne in western Germany.-History :The station grew out of the Pluto-Thies freight yard, opened in 1856 on the Duisburg–Dortmund line section of the Cologne-Minden Railway Company's trunk line, which was opened in 1847. In 1864, a...

 - Gelsenkirchen Hbf
Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof
Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof is the central railway station and Hauptbahnhof for the German city of Gelsenkirchen...

 - Oberhausen Hbf - Duisburg Hbf
Duisburg Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof of the city of Duisburg in western Germany. It is situated at the meeting point of many important national and international railway lines in the Northwestern Ruhr valley.- Lines :...

 - Düsseldorf Hbf - Köln Hbf
Köln Hauptbahnhof
Köln Hauptbahnhof is the central railway station in Cologne, Germany.The station is an important local, national and international hub, with many ICE, Thalys and Intercity trains calling there, as well as regional RegionalExpress, RegionalBahn and local S-Bahn trains...

 - Bonn Hbf
Bonn Hauptbahnhof
is a railway station located on the left bank of the Rhine along the Cologne–Mainz line. It is the principal station serving the city of Bonn. In addition to extensive rail service from Deutsche Bahn it acts as a hub for local bus, tram, and Stadtbahn services....

 - Remagen - Andernach - Koblenz Hbf
Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Koblenz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is the focal point of rail transport in the Rhine-Moselle-Lahn area. It is a through station in southern Koblenz built below Fort Großfürst Konstantin and opened in 1902 in the Neustadt , which was built...

 - Cochem - Bullay - Wittlich Hbf
Wittlich Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Wittlich in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and is on the Koblenz–Trier line . Until the closure of the Wengerohr–Daun and Wengerohr–Bernkastel-Kues lines, it was a junction station and a regional rail node...

 - Trier Hbf
Trier Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Trier, in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is a through station located about east of the inner city and the Porta Nigra.-History:...

 - Wasserbillig
Wasserbillig railway station
Wasserbillig railway station is a railway station serving Wasserbillig, in the commune of Mertert, in eastern Luxembourg. It is operated by Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, the state-owned railway company....

 - Luxembourg
Luxembourg railway station
Luxembourg railway station is the main railway station serving Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is operated by Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, the state-owned railway company....

DB Class 101
DBAG Class 101
DBAG Class 101 is a class of three-phase electric locomotives built by Adtranz and operated by DB Fernverkehr in Germany. 145 locomotives were built between 1996 and 1999 to replace the 30-year old and aging Class 103 as the flagship of DB AG...

, DB Class 120
DB Class 120
The DB Baureihe 120 is a class of electric locomotives operated by DB Fernverkehr in Germany.-Background and design:The locomotives' prototypes, delivered in 1979 , were one of the first electric locomotives with three-phase motors. They were based on experiences made in the 1970s with...

 and IC stock
Every 2 Hours
RB35 Der Weseler DB Regio Emmerich
Emmerich railway station
Emmerich is a railway station in Emmerich am Rhein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-The Station:The station is located on the Arnhem-Oberhausen railway and is the first station after crossing the Dutch/German border...

 - Praest
Praest railway station
Praest is a railway station in Praest, Emmerich am Rhein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-The Station:The station is located on the Arnhem-Oberhausen railway is served by RB services operated by DB.-Train Services:...

 - Millingen
Millingen (bei Rees) railway station
Millingen is a railway station in Millingen , North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The station is located on the Arnhem-Oberhausen railway is served by RE and RB services operated by DB.-Train services:The following services currently call at Millingen:...

 - Empel-Rees
Empel-Rees railway station
Empel-Rees is a railway station in Empel near Rees, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The station is located on the Arnhem-Oberhausen railway is served by RE and RB services operated by DB.-Train services:The following services currently call at Empel-Rees:...

 - Haldern
Haldern (Rheinland) railway station
Haldern is a railway station in Haldern, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The station is located on the Arnhem-Oberhausen railway is served by RE and RB services operated by DB.-Train services:The following services currently call at Haldern:...

 - Mehrhoog
Mehrhoog railway station
Mehrhoog is a railway station in Mehrhoog, part of Hamminkeln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The station is located on the Arnhem-Oberhausen railway is served by RE and RB services operated by DB.-Train services:...

 - Wesel-Feldmark
Wesel-Feldmark railway station
Wesel-Feldmark is a railway station in Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The station is located on the Arnhem-Oberhausen railway is served by RE and RB services operated by DB.-Train services:The following services currently call at Wesel-Feldmark:...

 - Wesel
Wesel railway station
Wesel is a railway station in Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The station is located on the Arnhem-Oberhausen railway and Bocholt-Wesel railway and is served by RE and RB services operated by DB.-Train services:...

 - Friedrichsfeld
Friedrichsfeld (Niederrhein) railway station
Friedrichsfeld is a railway station in Friedrichsfeld, part of Voerde, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The station is located on the Arnhem-Oberhausen railway and is served by RE and RB services operated by DB.-Train services:...

 - Voerde
Voerde (Niederrhein) railway station
Voerde is a railway station in Voerde, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The station is located on the Arnhem-Oberhausen railway and is served by RE and RB services operated by DB.-Train Services:The following services currently call at Voerde:...

 - Dinslaken
Dinslaken railway station
Dinslaken is a railway station in Dinslaken, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The station is located on the Arnhem-Oberhausen railway and is served by RE and RB services operated by DB.-Train services:The following services currently call at Dinslaken:...

 - Oberhausen-Holten
Oberhausen-Holten railway station
Oberhausen-Holten is a railway station in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The station is located on the Arnhem-Oberhausen railway and is served by RE and RB services operated by DB.-Train services:...

 - Oberhausen-Sterkrade
Oberhausen-Sterkrade railway station
Oberhausen-Sterkrade is a railway station in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The station opened on 1 July 1856 and is located on the Arnhem-Oberhausen railway and is served by RE and RB services operated by DB.-Train services:...

 - Oberhausen Hbf - Duisburg Hbf
Duisburg Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof of the city of Duisburg in western Germany. It is situated at the meeting point of many important national and international railway lines in the Northwestern Ruhr valley.- Lines :...

 - Düsseldorf Flughafen - Düsseldorf Hbf
DB Class 425
DBAG Class 425
The Classes 425 and 426 EMUs are a class of electric multiple units built by a consortium of Siemens, Bombardier and DWA and operated by DB Regio in Germany...

, DB Class 110 + Coaching Stock
1x per hour Peak Times only (Monday - Friday)

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