Bedburg station

Bedburg (Erft) station is a station in the town of Bedburg, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Bedburg

Bedburg (Erft)
Through station
Bedburg station
LocationBahnstraße 15, 50181 Bedburg, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates50°59′14″N 6°34′22″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms2
Other information
Station code447[1]
DS100 codeKBE[2]
IBNR8000030
Category6[1]
Fare zoneVRS: 2891[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1869[4]
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio NRW   Following station
TerminusRB 38
Erft-Bahn
Glesch
toward Köln Hbf
Preceding station   VIAS   Following station
Gustorf
RB 39
Düssel-Erft-Bahn
Terminus
Location
Bedburg
Location in North Rhine-Westphalia
Bedburg
Location in Germany
Bedburg
Location in Europe

History

Bedburg station was opened in 1869 with the Düren–Neuss railway. The Erft Railway to Horrem was opened in 1897. The Bedburg–Ameln railway, which was popularly known as the Amelner Johännchen (Ameln Johnny), commenced operations in 1898. The traffic on the line to Ameln was closed on 17 March 1953 as it was no longer profitable.

Because of the Hambach open cast mine, the Düren–Bedburg section was closed in 1995 and dismantled in 1995. The remaining gravel on the former routes is a reminder of the once extensive track infrastructure. Bedburg had two signal boxes ("Bnf" and "Bsf"). "Bsf" was taken out of service in 1995 with the decommissioning of the section to Düren and demolished after a fire. "Bnf" took control of the remaining turnouts and signals until it was taken out of service with the commissioning of the electronic interlocking in 2007.

Services

Bedburg is served by the RB 38 (Erft-Bahn), which runs every 30 minutes to Horrem, with every second service continuing to Cologne. It is also served by the RB 39 (Düssel-Erft-Bahn), which runs every 60 minutes to Düsseldorf.[5]

Line Line name Route
RB 38 Erft-Bahn Cologne Hbf Horrem Bedburg
RB 39Düssel-Erft-BahnDüsseldorf Neuss Grevenbroich Bedburg

Outlook

In the 1990s, it was planned (as part of a network targeted for 2015) to extend the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn network from Horrem via Bedburg to Düsseldorf as line S 18. This meant that the line would be upgraded and electrified. The plans for the extension of the S-Bahn on the northern section of the line have not be pursued further by the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR). The Zweckverband Nahverkehr Rheinland (NVR), which is responsible for the southern section and the connecting Erft Railway, is planning to operate the S 12 from Horrem via the Erft Railway to Bedburg. Since the timetable change in December 2017, the new RB 39 service has been running from Neuss in Bedburg. The RB 38 service continues to run between Cologne and Bedburg. Subject to an agreement with the VRR, the S-Bahn will later replace the Regionalbahn service to Grevenbroich.[6]

References

  1. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (10 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.
  3. "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 198. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  4. "Bedburg station operations". NRWbahnarchiv (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  5. "Bedburg station". NRWbahnarchiv (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  6. "SPNV-Nahverkehrsplan NVR 2016" (PDF) (in German). Zweckverband Nahverkehr Rheinland. March 2016. pp. 62–67. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
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