Rheydt Hauptbahnhof
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is a railway station in Mönchengladbach
, Germany
. It is unique in the fact that Mönchengladbach is actually the only city in Germany that does have two stations called Hauptbahnhof associated with it. This is the result of the merger of the city Rheydt
into Mönchengladbach
in the late 1970s.
retained the name (and the name of suburban stops like Rheydt-Odenkirchen). Therefore, Mönchengladbach is the only city in Germany to have two stations named central station, Mönchengladbach Hbf
and Rheydt Hauptbahnhof.
Only regional services call at the station. It is at the southwestern border of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr
, with services extending into the area of the Aachener Verkehrsverbund
Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach , formerly known as Münchengladbach, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine half way between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border....
, 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...
. It is unique in the fact that Mönchengladbach is actually the only city in Germany that does have two stations called Hauptbahnhof associated with it. This is the result of the merger of the city Rheydt
Rheydt
Rheydt is a borough of the German city Mönchengladbach, located in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 1918 and then again from 1933 through 1975 it was an independent city....
into Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach , formerly known as Münchengladbach, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine half way between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border....
in the late 1970s.
Rheydt Hbf and Mönchengladbach
After the merging of the two cities the station was not renamed to Mönchengladbach-Rheydt as in all other cases where cities were merged in the 1970s. The Deutsche BundesbahnDeutsche Bundesbahn
The Deutsche Bundesbahn or DB was formed as the state railway of the newly established Federal Republic of Germany on September 7, 1949 as a successor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft '...
retained the name (and the name of suburban stops like Rheydt-Odenkirchen). Therefore, Mönchengladbach is the only city in Germany to have two stations named central station, Mönchengladbach Hbf
Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof
is a railway station in the city of Mönchengladbach in western Germany.-Overview:The station is the largest railway station in the city and, along with Rheydt Hbf, one of the two Hauptbahnhof stations in Mönchengladbach...
and Rheydt Hauptbahnhof.
Operational usage
The station is served by the following lines:- Aachen – Mönchengladbach (KBS 485)
- Rheydt – Köln-Ehrenfeld (KBS 465)
- Rheydt – Dalheim (– Antwerpen) (KBS 487)
Only regional services call at the station. It is at the southwestern border of 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...
, with services extending into the area of the Aachener Verkehrsverbund