Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof

Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof
Deutsche Bahn Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn
Bf
The outside of the station building
Location Europaplatz 1, Mönchengladbach, NRW
Germany
Coordinates 51°11′46″N 6°26′46″E / 51.196°N 6.446°E / 51.196; 6.446Coordinates: 51°11′46″N 6°26′46″E / 51.196°N 6.446°E / 51.196; 6.446
Line(s)
Other information
Station code 4162[1]
DS100 codeKM[2]
IBNR8000253
Category2[1]
Website www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened 15 October 1851[3]
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio NRW   Following station
toward Aachen Hbf
RE 4
Wupper-Express
toward Dortmund Hbf
toward Koblenz Hbf
RE 8
Rhein-Erft-Express		Terminus
toward Koblenz Hbf
RB 27
Rhein-Erft-Bahn		Terminus
TerminusRE 42
Niers-Haard-Express
toward Münster Hbf
toward Aachen Hbf
RB 33
Rhein-Niers-Bahn
toward Duisburg Hbf
toward Dalheim
RB 34Terminus
Preceding station   Abellio Deutschland   Following station
TerminusRB 35
Emscher-Niederrhein-Bahn
toward Wesel
Preceding station   Eurobahn   Following station
toward Hamm Hbf
RE 13
Maas-Wupper-Express
toward Venlo
Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station
TerminusS 8
toward Hagen Hbf
Location
Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof
Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof (German for Mönchengladbach main station) 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. Mönchengladbach is the only city with two stations designated as a Hauptbahnhof on its soil, due to the merger between the cities of Mönchengladbach and Rheydt in the 1970s, and the subsequent reluctance of Deutsche Bundesbahn to rename Rheydt Hauptbahnhof. Mönchengladbach Hbf also is the busiest (in terms of passengers) station in Germany to lack long-distance trains.

Railway lines calling at the station

The station is on the following routes:[4]

LineLine nameRouteFrequency
RE 4Wupper-ExpressAachen Hbf–Mönchengladbach Hbf–Neuss Hbf–Düsseldorf Hbf–Wuppertal Hbf–Hagen Hbf–Dortmund Hbf hourly
RE 8Rhein-Erft-ExpressMönchengladbach Hbf–Köln Hbf–Köln/Bonn Flughafen–Koblenz Hbf hourly
RE 13Maas-Wupper-ExpressVenlo–Viersen –Mönchengladbach Hbf–Neuss Hbf–Düsseldorf Hbf–Wuppertal Hbf–Hagen Hbf–Hamm hourly
RE 42 Niers-Haard-Express Münster – Haltern am See – Recklinghausen – Gelsenkirchen – Essen Hbf – Mülheim (Ruhr) Hbf – Duisburg Hbf – Krefeld Hbf – Mönchengladbach Hbf hourly
RB 27Rhein-Erft-BahnMönchengladbach Hbf–Cologne Hbf–Koblenz Hbf hourly
RB 33Rhein-Niers-BahnDuisburg – Krefeld – Viersen – Mönchengladbach – Aachenhourly
RB 34Schwalm-Nette-BahnMönchengladbach Hbf–Rheydt Hbf–Wegberg–Dalheimhourly
RB 35 Emscher-Niederrhein-Bahn Wesel – Oberhausen Hbf – Duisburg – Krefeld – Mönchengladbach Hbf hourly
S 8S 8Mönchengladbach Hbf–Neuss Hbf–Düsseldorf Hbf–Wuppertal Hbf–Hagen Hbf
Every 60 minutes continuing from Hagen to Dortmund as S 5		 to Wuppertal-Oberbarmen: every 20 minutes,
to Hagen: every 40 minutes

References

  1. 1 2 "Stationspreisliste 2018" [Station price list 2018] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. ↑ "Mönchengladbach Hbf". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Mönchengladbach Hbf". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
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