Herchen station

Herchen station is a through station in the town of Windeck in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station was opened in 1860 on a section of the Sieg Railway, opened by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (German: Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, CME) between Eitorf and Wissen on 1 August 1861.[5] It has two platform tracks and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[2]

Herchen
Through station
LocationStromberger Str. 1, Herchen, Windeck, North Rhine-Westphalia
Coordinates50°46′16″N 7°31′19″E
Line(s)Cologne–Siegen (KBS 460, KBS 450.12)
Platforms2
Other information
Station code2705
DS100 codeKHEC[1]
IBNR8002768
Category5[2]
Fare zoneVRS: 2597[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1860 [4]
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio NRW   Following station
toward Aachen Hbf
RE 9
Rhein-Sieg-Express
toward Siegen Hbf
Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station
toward Horrem
S 12
toward Düren Hbf
S 19
Location
Herchen
Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

The station is served by the Rhein-Sieg-Express (RE 9), S-Bahn S 12 services from Köln-Ehrenfeld (Horrem in the peak) to Au (Sieg) and S19 services on weekdays from Düren to Herchen or Au (Sieg). The RE 9 and S12 services operate hourly, but the S19 services are less frequent.[6]

Notes

  1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  3. "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 208. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  4. "Herchen station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  5. "Line 2651: Köln-Deutz - Gießen". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  6. "Herchen station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 24 January 2012.


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