Hennef (Sieg) station
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Hennef station is located on the Sieg Railway in the town of Hennef (Sieg) in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia
. It was opened in 1859 for passenger and freight traffic by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company
along with the Sieg Railway.
ticket counter, a bar and a fast food restaurant. Next to the station there is a parking garage.
and every hour towards Au (Sieg)
. In the morning peak hour two extra RE 9 services run to Cologne and in the afternoon peak hour two extra RE 9 services run to Siegen
. Freight trains rarely operate through the station. All passenger trains running through the station are operated by DB Regio
Rheinland. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn since January 2011 as a category 4 station
.
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...
. It was opened in 1859 for passenger and freight traffic by 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...
along with the Sieg Railway.
Station building
The listed building station building was opened in 1859 by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company and has been privately owned since 2004. The station has a Deutsche BahnDeutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...
ticket counter, a bar and a fast food restaurant. Next to the station there is a parking garage.
Platforms
The station has a side and a central platform serviced by three tracks for passenger trains. They have lifts and are free of barriers for the disabled. The disused track four has no platform.Train services
The station is served by the Rhein-Sieg-Express (RE 9) every hour and Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn service S 12 every twenty minutes towards CologneKöln 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...
and every hour towards Au (Sieg)
Au (Sieg) station
Au station is a railway junction in the town of Au in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Sieg Railway to Siegen, where the Engers–Au railway branches off to Altenkirchen, where it connects with the Upper Westerwald Railway ....
. In the morning peak hour two extra RE 9 services run to Cologne and in the afternoon peak hour two extra RE 9 services run to Siegen
Siegen station
Siegen station is the main station of the town of Siegen, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is in close to the modern centre of Siegen, which includes the bus station and the Sieg Carré and City Galerie shopping centres.-History :...
. Freight trains rarely operate through the station. All passenger trains running through the station are operated by DB Regio
DB Regio
DB Regio AG is a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn which operates short and medium distance passenger train services in Germany, and operates light and heavy rail infrastructure in the United Kingdom.-Germany:...
Rheinland. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn since January 2011 as a category 4 station
German railway station categories
About 5,400 railway stations in Germany that are owned and operated by the Deutsche Bahn subsidiary DB Station&Service are assigned into seven categories, denoting the service level available at the station....
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