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
Location	Stromberger Str. 1, Herchen, Windeck, North Rhine-Westphalia
Coordinates	50°46′16″N 7°31′19″E
Line(s)	Cologne–Siegen (KBS 460, KBS 450.12)
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	2705
DS100 code	KHEC[1]
IBNR	8002768
Category	5[2]
Fare zone	VRS: 2597[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1860 [4]
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio NRW   Following station Eitorf toward Aachen Hbf RE 9 Rhein-Sieg-Express Schladern (Sieg) toward Siegen Hbf Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station Eitorf toward Horrem S 12 Dattenfeld (Sieg) toward Au (Sieg) Hbf Eitorf 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]