Voerde (Niederrhein) station

Voerde is a railway station in Voerde, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The station is located on the Arnhem-Oberhausen railway. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn and Abellio Deutschland.

Voerde
LocationVoerde, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Coordinates51°35′50″N 6°41′18″E
Line(s)Arnhem-Oberhausen railway
Platforms2
Tracks2
Other information
Station code6429[1]
DS100 codeEVD[2]
IBNR8006098
Category5[1]
Fare zoneVRR: 133[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
OpenedBetween 1880 and 1897[4]
Services
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station
toward Wesel
RE 5
Rhein-Express
toward Koblenz Hbf
Preceding station   Abellio Deutschland   Following station
toward Arnhem Centraal
RE 19
Rhein-IJssel-Express
toward Wesel
RE 49
Wupper-Lippe-Express
Location
Voerde
Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

History

The station appears to have been opened sometime between 1880 and 1897[4] on the Oberhausen–Arnhem line, which was opened by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, CME) on 20 October 1856.[5] It was opened under the name of Vörde, but it had been renamed Vörde (Bez.Düsseldorf) by 1905. It was renamed Vörde (Niederrh) by 1914 and Voerde (Niederrh) by 1936.[4]

Transport services

Voerde station is served (as of 2020) by the following lines (the Wupper-Lippe-Express operates on weekdays only):[6]

Line Line name Route Frequency
RE 5 Rhein-Express Emmerich – Wesel – Voerde – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Remagen – Andernach – Koblenz 60 mins
RE 19 Rhein-IJssel-Express Arnhem – Emmerich – Wesel – Voerde – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf 60 mins
RE 49 Wupper-Lippe-Express Wesel – Voerde – Oberhausen – Mülheim – Essen – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Wuppertal 60 mins

Buses

It is also served by two bus routes operated by NIAG at hourly intervals:[6]

  • 16 (Friedrichsfeld – Heidesiedlung/Oberemmelsum)
  • 25 (Friedrichsfeld – Möllen - Dinslaken - Hiesfeld)

See also

Notes
  1. "Stationspreisliste 2020" [Station price list 2020] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. "16 Voerde-Spellen - Friedrichsfeld - Rathausplatz - Voerde Klosterkamp und zurück" (PDF). Niederrheinische Verkehrsbetriebe. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  4. Joost, André. "Voerde (Niederrhein) station operations". NRW rail archive (in German). Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  5. Joost, André. "Line 2270: Oberhausen - Emmerich (Grenze)". NRW rail archive (in German). Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  6. Joost, André. "Voerde (Nrh) station". NRW rail archive (in German). Retrieved 7 April 2020.
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