Düsseldorf Airport (Bahnhof Düsseldorf Flughafen) is a railway station in Düsseldorf, Germany on the Cologne–Duisburg line that connects Düsseldorf Airport to Düsseldorf-Stadtmitte and long-distance trains, most of them ICE trains. Opened in May 2000, the new railway station has the capacity of 300 train departures per day.
Bahnhof Düsseldorf Flughafen   | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Ahrensplatz 1 40474 Düsseldorf[1] Lohausen, Düsseldorf, NRW Germany |
| Coordinates | 51°17′30″N 6°47′11″E / 51.29167°N 6.78639°E |
| Owned by | DB Netz |
| Operated by | DB Station&Service |
| Line(s) | Cologne–Duisburg line S1 |
| Construction | |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Other information | |
| Station code | 1400[2] |
| DS100 code | KDFF[3] (long-distance) KDFFH[3] (S-Bahn) |
| IBNR | 8000082 |
| Category | 2[2] |
| Fare zone | |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Opened | 26 May 2000[6] |
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History
editThe federal government provided €14.6 million towards the construction of Düsseldorf Airport station.[7] It was inaugurated on 26 May 2000, in the presence of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and Premier of North Rhine-Westphalia, Wolfgang Clement.[8] The station cost DM 125 million to build and went into operation on 28 May 2000.[9]
On 1 July 2002, the SkyTrain was opened. The track is 2.5 km (1.6 mi) long and 23 m (75 ft) high. After the commissioning of the SkyTrain had been delayed by a year due to software problems, the train stopped operations six times in the first two weeks of public operations and was then closed to 26 August.[10]
Current operations
editUp to 300 trains stop here each day. It consists of a mainline station and an S-Bahn station, which share an entrance building. The mainline station has two platform tracks and in between there are two through tracks, running in each direction. These through tracks for trains not stopping at the station allow operations at speeds of up to 200 km/h (120 mph). The S-Bahn station lies to the west of the mainline station and also has two platform tracks. The SkyTrain station is further to the west.
Train services
editLong distance
editThe station is served by the following long-distance services (as of 2022):[11]
| Line | Route | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| ICE 10 | Berlin Ostbahnhof – Berlin – Hannover – Bielefeld – Hamm – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf (– Cologne) | Hourly |
| IC 51 | Gera – Jena – Erfurt – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Hamm – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf | One train pair |
| Eurostar | Paris-Nord – Brussels-South – Liège-Guillemins – Aachen – Cologne – Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf Airport – Duisburg – Essen – Dortmund | Individual services |
Regional
editIn local passenger service, Düsseldorf Airport is served by several regional and S-Bahn lines (as of 2020):[12][11]
| Line | Route | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| RE 1 NRW-Express |
Aachen – Eschweiler – Düren – Horrem – Cologne – Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf Airport – Duisburg – Mülheim – Essen – Bochum – Dortmund – Hamm | 60 min |
| RE 2 Rhein-Haard-Express |
Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf Airport – Duisburg – Mülheim – Essen – Gelsenkirchen – Recklinghausen – Münster | 60 min |
| RE 3 Rhein-Emscher-Express |
Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf Airport – Duisburg – Oberhausen – Wanne-Eickel Hauptbahnhof – Gelsenkirchen – Herne – Dortmund – Hamm | 60 min |
| RE 5 Rhein-Express |
Wesel – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Remagen – Andernach – Koblenz | 60 mins |
| RE 6 Rhein-Weser-Express |
Minden – Herford – Bielefeld – Hamm – Dortmund – Essen – Mülheim – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf – Neuss – Cologne – Cologne/Bonn Airport | 60 min |
| RE 11 Rhein-Hellweg-Express |
Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf Airport – Duisburg – Mülheim – Essen – Dortmund – Hamm – Paderborn (– Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe) | 60 min |
| RE 19 Rhein-IJssel-Express |
Arnhem – Emmerich – Wesel – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf | 60 mins |
| S1 | Dortmund – Bochum – Essen – Mülheim – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf – Hilden – Solingen | 30 min 20 min (between Duisburg and Solingen on week days) |
References
editFootnotes
edit- ^ at bahnhof.de
- ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (10 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.
- ^ "Wabenplan für das Rheinbahn-Bedienungsgebiet" (PDF). Rheinbahn. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "Ticket Überblick" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 1 January 2020. p. 17. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ Joost, André. "Düsseldorf Flughafen station area (KDFF) operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ "Answer to parliamentary questions from Winfried Hermann, Dr. Anton Hofreiter, Peter Hettlich, and other of the BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN group – printed matter 16/7104" (PDF). Records 16/7371 (in German). Deutscher Bundestag. 29 November 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ Düsseldorf Year Book (in German). Vol. 72. Düsseldorf: Droste. 2001. p. 246. ISBN 3-7700-3047-8.
- ^ "Neuer Flughafenbahnhof Düsseldorf". Eisenbahn-Revue International (in German) (6): 243. 2000. ISSN 1421-2811.
- ^ "Sky-Train in Düsseldorf". Eisenbahn-Revue International (in German) (10): 447. 2002. ISSN 1421-2811.
- ^ a b Timetables for Düsseldorf Flughafen station (in German)
- ^ Joost, André. "Düsseldorf Airport station". NRW rail archive (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2020.
Sources
edit- Sven Anderson (1999). "Zur Problematik des Fernbahnhofs Düsseldorf Flughafen". Eisenbahn-Revue International (in German) (7): 274–279. ISSN 1421-2811.
- Sven Anderson (2001). "Planung und Realität des neuen Flughafen-Fernbahnhofs in Düsseldorf". Eisenbahn-Revue International (in German) (3): 137–139. ISSN 1421-2811.
External links
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- Official website
- stationairport.de convention centre (in German and English)
- "Düsseldorf Flughafen station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- "Düsseldorf Flughafen station area (KDFF) operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- "Düsseldorf Flughafen station area (KDFFH) operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- 360° panorama of the station