Aachen Schanz station

Aachen Schanz
Deutsche Bahn
Hp
Platform for northbound trains
Location Vaalserstraße 15, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates 50°46′12″N 6°04′25″E / 50.7700°N 6.0737°E / 50.7700; 6.0737Coordinates: 50°46′12″N 6°04′25″E / 50.7700°N 6.0737°E / 50.7700; 6.0737
Owned by DB Netz
Operated by DB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Station code 7205[4]
DS100 codeKASZ[5]
Category5[4]
Website www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened 13 June 2004[6]
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio NRW   Following station
toward Dortmund Hbf
RE 4
Wupper-Express
Terminus
toward Heerlen or Alsdorf Poststraße
RB 20
Euregiobahn
toward Langerwehe/Düren or Stolberg Altstadt
toward Duisburg Hbf
RB 33
Rhein-Niers-Bahn
Terminus
Location
Aachen Schanz
Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

Aachen Schanz station is a railway station in Aachen, Germany on the railway line Aachen–Mönchengladbach. The station is located at the western end of the inner city, and is the station with the shortest walking distance to the historic center or the Aachen Cathedral. Several bus lines to western Aachen stop here, including regional buses to Kelmis and Maastricht and the medical centers of the city (Luisenhospital, Franziskushospital, Alexianerkrankenhaus and Klinikum Aachen). It is not a bus hub, but some lines stop at the southern end (Jakobstraße) and some at the northern end (Vaalser Straße), depending on the route of the line.

The accessible developed station lies between Aachen Central Station and Aachen West station at the west end of downtown.

Services

All regional trains stop at this station; it is usually served four times per hour and direction.

LineNameRoute
RE 4Wupper-ExpressDortmund Hbf – Hagen Hbf – Wuppertal Hbf – Düsseldorf Hbf – Neuss Hbf – Mönchengladbach Hbf – Erkelenz – Herzogenrath – Aachen Schanz – Aachen Hbf
RB 20 Euregiobahn Heerlen / Geilenkirchen / Alsdorf Poststraße – Herzogenrath – Aachen Schanz – Aachen Hbf – Aachen-Rothe Erde – Stolberg (Rheinl) Hbf (coupled/uncoupled) – Stolberg Altstadt
– Eschweiler-Tal – Langerwehe (– Düren)
RB 33 Rhein-Niers-Bahn Aachen Hbf – Aachen Schanz – Aachen West – Herzogenrath – Geilenkirchen – Lindern (coupled/uncoupled) – Erkelenz – Mönchengladbach Hbf – Krefeld Hbf – Duisburg Hbf
– Heinsberg

References

  1. ↑ "D2550 (Aachen – Kassel)". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  2. 1 2 "KBS 485" (PDF). AVV - Aachener Verkehrsverbund (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "KBS 482" (PDF). AVV - Aachener Verkehrsverbund (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Stationspreisliste 2018" [Station price list 2018] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Aachen Schanz Station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "Aachen Schanz operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
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