Grevenbroich station

Grevenbroich station is a junction station in the city of Grevenbroich in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located at the junction of the Cologne–Mönchengladbach railway and the Düren–Neuss railway. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.[1]

Grevenbroich
Through station
Entrance from the station forecourt (April 2007)
LocationBahnhofsvorplatz 17, Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates51°5′35″N 6°34′50″E
Line(s)
Platforms4
Other information
Station code2263[1]
DS100 codeKGRB[2]
IBNR8000133
Category4[1]
Fare zone
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1 September 1869[5]
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio NRW   Following station
Jüchen
RE 8
Rhein-Erft-Express
Rommerskirchen
toward Koblenz Hbf
RB 27
Rhein-Erft-Bahn
Preceding station   VIAS   Following station
Gustorf
toward Bedburg
RB 39
Düssel-Erft-Bahn
Kapellen-Wevelinghoven
Location
Grevenbroich
Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

With stops by Busverkehr Rheinland (BVR, a bus operator owned by Deutsche Bahn) in the five bays of the bus station in the station forecourt, Grevenbroich station is the transport hub of Grevenbroich.

History

The first entrance building of Grevenbroich station was demolished after the Second World War, probably as a result of war damage. It was replaced by the existing station building.[5]

The area of the former goods yard, which lay to the west of the platforms, has been reduced dramatically in recent years, so that today it is no longer used. Only a large brownfield area indicates its former size.

With the commissioning of electronic interlocking at Grevenbroich on the Rheydt-Ehrenfeld route in 2007, the Gnf and Gs signal boxes were closed, but they still exist.[5]

The station was partially restored in the period from July to September 2012. A new floor covering with a tactile guidance system for the visually impaired and blind was installed and the entrance area was renovated. The middle entrance door was replaced by an automatically opening door, it allows wheelchair users and people with restricted mobility to enter the station. Deutsche Bahn invested about €300,000 for this project.

Operations

Grevenbroich station is served by the following three services:[6]

Line Line name Route Frequency
RE 8 Rhein-Erft-Express Mönchengladbach – Grevenbroich – Rommerskirchen – Cologne – Porz (Rhein) – Troisdorf – Bonn-Beuel – Linz (Rhein) – Neuwied – Koblenz Stadtmitte – Koblenz Hourly
RB 27 Rhein-Erft-Bahn Mönchengladbach – Grevenbroich – Rommerskirchen – Cologne – Cologne/Bonn Airport – Troisdorf – Bonn-Beuel – Linz (Rhein) – Neuwied – Engers – Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein – Koblenz Hourly
RB 39 Düssel-Erft-Bahn Düsseldorf – Neuss – Grevenbroich – Bedburg (Erft) Every 30 mins (Düsseldorf–Grevenbroich); every 60 mins (Grevenbroich–Bedburg (Erft))

Planning

There were plans to replace the former RB 38 service (which ran from Cologne to Düsseldorf via Horrem, Bedburg and Grevenbroich) by a new Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 18, which would have involved electrifying the Düren–Neuss railway through Grevenbroich station, although this plan is not currently being pursued for the section north of Bedburg. The section from Bedburg to Düsseldorf has been separated and now operates as the Düssel-Erft-Bahn, which has been renumbered as the RB 39.

Platform usage

In general, rail services use the platforms as follows:

Platform Line Use
1 RE 8 RB 27 to Mönchengladbach
2 RB 39 to Düsseldorf, Bedburg (Horrem and Cologne until December 2017)
3 RB 39 to Düsseldorf, Bedburg (Horrem and Cologne until December 2017)
4 RE 8 RB 27 to Koblenz

Bus routes

The station is served by the following bus routes operated by Busverkehr Rheinland:[6]

LineRouteFrequency
869 Neuss Stadthalle – Holzheim – Grevenbroich Kapellen – Wevelinghoven – Grevenbroich Bf Every 60 or 120 minutes
871 Grevenbroich Bf – Rommerskirchen Vanikum – Rom. Postamt/Bf – Dormagen Delhoven – Dormagen Bf – Marktplatz/Cologne Every 60 or 120 minutes
877 Neuss Landestheater – NE-Süd Bf – Holzheim – Grevenbroich Kapellen – Wevelinghoven (– Grevenbroich Bf) Every 60 or 120 minutes
879 Neuss Stüttgen – Elvekum – Norf – Hoisten – Grevenbroich Neukirchen – Wevelinghoven (– Grevenbroich Bf) (small bus)
891 Rommerskirchen − Grevenbroich Bf − Kapellen-Wevelinghoven Bf Every 30 or 60 minutes
892 Gindorf – Gustorf – Grevenbroich Bf – Allrath – Rommerskirchen Oekoven – Evinghoven Every 30 or 60 minutes
893 Kapellen-Wevelinghoven Bf – Wevelinghoven – Grevenbroich Bf Every 60 minutes

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) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. "Fahrplan 2020: Neuss/Kaarst" (PDF). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr. Stadtwerke Neuss. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  4. "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 201. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  5. "Grevenbroich operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  6. "Grevenbroich station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. 15 June 2013.
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