Düsseldorf Zoo station

Düsseldorf Zoo station is located about two kilometres north of Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof in central Düsseldorf in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Cologne–Duisburg line and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.[1] The station is defined by Deutsche Bahn as a Haltepunkt (roughly "halt") as it is not a junction and has no crossovers.

Düsseldorf Zoo
Through station
LocationDüsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates51°14′11.3″N 6°47′48.9″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms2
Other information
Station code1404
DS100 codeKDZ
Category4 [1]
Fare zone
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1969[4]
Services
Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station
toward Solingen Hbf
S 1
toward Dortmund Hbf
S 6
toward Essen Hbf
toward Düsseldorf Flughafen Terminal Hbf
S 11
Location
Düsseldorf Zoo
Location in North Rhine-Westphalia
Düsseldorf Zoo
Location in Germany
Düsseldorf Zoo
Location in Europe

History

In 1877, the Rhenish Railway Company opened its Düsseldorf station at the modern Franklinbrücke (Franklin Bridge) just a few metres west of the modern Düsseldorf Zoo station. In 1889, the Prussian state railways opened Düsseldorf-Derendorf station (not to be confused with the current Düsseldorf-Derendorf S-Bahn station) at this site. In 1890, Düsseldorf–Derendorf freight yard was opened at the station.[5]

Along with Bilk station and the central station (opened in 1891), it became one of three train main stations in Düsseldorf. Derendorf freight yard was the destination during the First World War for many hospital trains; the wounded were transferred there to converted tram cars to run to the urban hospitals.

Düsseldorf-Derendorf station was transferred in 1936 to its present location on Münsterstraße. The current Düsseldorf Zoo station was opened beneath Franklinbrücke in 1969 with the launch of the network of Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn.[4] Its current name commemorates the Düsseldorf Zoological Garden, which was located nearby to the north east between 1876 and 1943, when it was destroyed in an air raid.

Location

The station is located between the districts of Düsseldorf-Düsseltal and Düsseldorf-Pempelfort. It has a central platform next to the Franklinbrücke. Crossing over the railway tracks is a tram line, which connects with the trains at the station.

Lines

Currently the station is served by three lines of the S-Bahn, S 1, S 6 and S 11.[6] Tram line 706 of the Rheinbahn stops at the adjacent Franklinbrücke stop.

Line Route Frequency
S 1 Dortmund Hbf (1) – Bochum Hbf – Essen Hbf (2) – Duisburg Hbf – Düsseldorf Zoo – Düsseldorf Hbf (3) – Hilden  – Solingen (4)15 min (1–2),
30 min (2–3),
20 min (3–4)
S 6 Essen Hbf – Kettwig – Ratingen Ost – Düsseldorf Zoo – Düsseldorf Hbf – Cologne Hbf – Köln-Nippes20 min
S 11 Düsseldorf Airport Terminal – Düsseldorf Zoo – Düsseldorf Hbf – Neuss Hbf – Dormagen – Cologne Hbf – Bergisch Gladbach20 min
706 Am Steinberg–Jan-Wellem-Platz–Düsseldorf Zoo–Brehmplatz–Am Steinberg10 min

Notes
  1. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. "Wabenplan für das Rheinbahn-Bedienungsgebiet" (PDF). Rheinbahn. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. "Ticket Überblick" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 1 January 2020. p. 17. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  4. Joost, André. "Düsseldorf Zoo operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  5. Joost, André. "Düsseldorf-Derendorf operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  6. "Düsseldorf Zoo station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 29 September 2011.

References
  • Amt für Verkehrsmanagement - Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf (2003). Nahverkehrsplan 2002–2007 (in German). Düsseldorf: Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf.
  • Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (1999). Argumente für den ÖPNV (in German). 9, Zielnetz 2015. VRR GmbH.
  • Dr. Rudolf Weber (1966). "Derendorf im Wandel der Zeit". Derendorf einst und jetzt (in German). Düsseldorf: Derendorfer Jonges 1956 e.V.
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