Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof

Location
	Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof
Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof
Through station
	Entrance hall of station
General information
Location	Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia; Germany
Coordinates	51°13′13″N 6°47′34″E / 51.22028°N 6.79278°E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB InfraGO;
Line(s)	Cologne–Duisburg; Düsseldorf–Elberfeld; Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf;
Platforms	16 rail; 4 tram; 4 Stadtbahn;
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Krüger and Eduard Behne
Architectural style	New Objectivity
Other information
Station code	1401
DS100 code	KD
Category	1
Fare zone	VRR: 430; VRS: 1430 (VRR transitional tariff);
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1891 (PSE); 1936 (DRG);
Services
Neuss Hbf towards Aachen Hbf	Duisburg Hbf towards Berlin Ostbahnhof
	Köln Hbf towards Zürich HB
Location
Location
	Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station of Düsseldorf, the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

History

Realignment of the lines, former BME line in red, former CME lines in yellow, former RhE line in orange, new combined lines in green

Original station in 1900

The station was opened on 1 October 1891. It replaced the three following stations:^[4]

the Bergisch-Märkische station of the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (BME), originally opened by the Düsseldorf-Elberfeld Railway Company in 1838 in the area that is now Graf-Adolf-Platz as a through station on the company's east–west line from Elberfeld to its station at Rheinknie.
the Cologne-Minden station which the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (CME) opened in 1845 southeast of the BME station as a terminus to which branches were built from the company's north–south Cologne–Duisburg main line, and
the Rhenish station built by the Rhenish Railway Company (RhE) in 1877 in Düsseldorf-Pempelfort at the end of a branch line from its north–south Troisdorf–Mülheim-Speldorf line. The branch line was the first section of a line to Dortmund, which two years later was completed as far as Mettmann.

Both the Bergisch-Märkische and the Cologne-Minden stations were on the southern edge of the city and were in the way of the construction of Friedrichstadt. The wish to clear the way for the new development was a reason to build a new station in addition to the desire to bring together the stations and lines following the nationalisation of the railway companies of Rhineland-Westphalia between 1879 and 1882.

Construction of station building in the 1930s

The original Hauptbahnhof was built in the Wilhelmine style. After three decades it had become too small and its style had become unfashionable. In November 1930, eight designs were submitted to the public as part of a competition to redesign the station. The station building was built from 1932 to 1936 conforming to a design dictated by the Reichsbahn directorate of Wuppertal and its architects, Krüger and Eduard Behne.^[4] It features a notable clock tower.

The station underwent major reconstruction in the 1980s, finishing in 1985, when the Stadtbahn lines passing under the station were opened. This reconstruction involved the remodeling of the old ticket offices into a food court, the installation of lifts and the opening of the station toward the city borough of Oberbilk, where, at the western exit of the station, new office buildings were erected on the site of a former steel works. ^{[citation needed]} The former 1st class waiting room has been remodeled into a hotel and a discothèque. ^{[citation needed]}

Some minor changes were carried out in the year 2005; the old toilets from 1985 were torn out to make room for a fast food restaurant, a small 1st class lounge was installed in the northern passenger tunnel also. The dated ceilings and information systems in the passenger tunnels are scheduled for replacement also, as they do not meet current fire protection standards. ^{[citation needed]}

Operational usage

Station hall

The station is frequented by roughly a quarter million passengers per day and is therefore Germany's tenth busiest station.^[5]

All modes of rail transport are offered on the 20 main line tracks (16 platforms currently in use), including InterCityExpress, InterCity, EuroCity trains for long-distance travel, austrian operated ÖBB Nightjet overnight trains, motorail trains as well as RegionalExpress, RegionalBahn and S-Bahn services for regional distribution. The station is integrated into the Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn network and local traffic operates under the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr transport association. The subterranean station, operated by Rheinbahn, has 4 tracks that are part of the Stadtbahn lines of Düsseldorf. The 6 tramway stops in front of the station connect the Hauptbahnhof to the local tram network, also operated by Rheinbahn.

Long-distance

The station is served by the following long-distance services:^[6]

Line	Route		Frequency
ICE 2	Düsseldorf – Köln Messe/Deutz – Frankfurt Airport – Nuremberg – Munich		2 train pairs
ICE 10	Berlin Ostbahnhof – Berlin – (Wolfsburg –) Hannover – Bielefeld – Hamm – Dortmund – Bochum – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf (– Cologne)		Hourly
IC 32	Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Stuttgart – Ulm – Memmingen – Kempten – Oberstdorf		1 train pair
IC 35	Norddeich Mole – Emden – Münster – Recklinghausen – Gelsenkirchen – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz		Every 2 hours
IC 37	Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Wittlich – Trier – Luxembourg		1 train pair
ICE 39	Cologne – Düsseldorf – Duisburg – Essen – Münster – Hamburg – Hamburg-Altona		Some trains
ICE 41	(Dortmund –) Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Köln Messe/Deutz – Frankfurt Airport – Frankfurt – Würzburg – Nuremberg – Munich		Hourly
ICE 42	(Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Bremen – Münster –) Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Siegburg/Bonn – Frankfurt Flughafen – Mannheim – Stuttgart – Munich		Every 2 hours
ICE 43	Hamburg-Altona – Hamburg – Bremen – Osnabrück – Münster – Dortmund – Essen – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Siegburg/Bonn – Frankfurt Airport – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel		Some trains
ICE 47	Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Köln Messe/Deutz – Frankfurt Airport – Mannheim – Stuttgart		Every 2 hours
IC 51	Gera – Jena-Göschwitz – Weimar – Erfurt – Eisenach – Kassel – Dortmund – Düsseldorf (– Cologne)		2 train pairs
ICE 78	Amsterdam – Utrecht – Arnhem – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Frankfurt Airport – Frankfurt		Every 2 hours
ICE 91	Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Frankfurt Flughafen – Frankfurt – Würzburg – Nürnberg – Passau – Vienna – Vienna Airport		Some trains
Eurostar	Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – (Düsseldorf Airport –) Düsseldorf – Cologne – Aachen – Liège-Guillemins – Brussels – Paris-Nord		Some trains
FLX 20	Hamburg Hbf – Hamburg-Harburg – Osnabrück – Münster – Gelsenkirchen – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne		1-3 train pairs
FLX 30	Leipzig – Lutherstadt Wittenberg – Berlin Südkreuz – Berlin Hbf – Berlin-Spandau – Hannover – Bielefeld – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Aachen		1-2 train pairs
Nightjet	Amsterdam – Utrecht – Arnhem – Düsseldorf – Cologne Messe/Deutz – Nuremberg –	Regensburg – Passau – Wels – Linz – St. Pölten – Vienna	1 train pair
Nightjet		Augsburg – Munich – Kufstein – Innsbruck	1 train pair
Nightjet	Amsterdam – Utrecht – Arnhem – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Freiburg – Basel – Zürich		1 train pair

Regional services

In local passenger service, Düsseldorf is served by the following regional and S-Bahn lines (as of 2022):^[7]^[6]

Line	Route	Frequency
RE 1 NRW-Express	Aachen – Eschweiler – Düren – Horrem – Cologne – Düsseldorf Hbf – Düsseldorf Airport – Duisburg – Mülheim – Essen – Bochum – Dortmund – Hamm	60 min
RE 2 Rhein-Haard-Express	Düsseldorf Hbf – Düsseldorf Airport – Duisburg – Mülheim – Essen – Gelsenkirchen – Recklinghausen – Münster – Osnabrück	60 min
RE 3 Rhein-Emscher-Express	Düsseldorf Hbf – Duisburg – Oberhausen – Wanne-Eickel – Gelsenkirchen – Herne – Dortmund – Hamm	60 min
RE 4 Wupper-Express	Aachen – Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf Hbf – Wuppertal – Hagen – Dortmund	60 min
RE 5 Rhein-Express	Wesel – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf Hbf – Cologne – Bonn – Remagen – Andernach – Koblenz	60 min
RE 6 Rhein-Weser-Express	Minden – Herford – Bielefeld – Hamm – Dortmund – Essen – Mülheim – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf Hbf – Neuss – Cologne – Cologne/Bonn Airport	60 min
RE 10 Niers-Express	Düsseldorf Hbf – Krefeld – Geldern – Kleve	30 min
RE 11 Rhein-Hellweg-Express	Düsseldorf Hbf – Düsseldorf Airport – Duisburg – Mülheim – Essen – Dortmund – Hamm – Paderborn (– Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe)	60 min
RE 13 Maas-Wupper-Express	Venlo – Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf Hbf – Wuppertal – Hagen – Hamm	60 min
RE 19 Rhein-IJssel-Express	Arnhem – Emmerich – Wesel – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf Hbf	60 min
RB 39 Düssel-Erft-Bahn	(Düsseldorf Hbf (1) –) Neuss (2) – Grevenbroich (3) (– Bedburg (4))	60 min (1–2), 30 min (2–3), 60 min (3–4)
RE 47 Düssel-Wupper-Express	Düsseldorf Hbf – Düsseldorf-Eller Mitte – Hilden – Solingen Hbf – Solingen Mitte – Remscheid – Remscheid-Lennep	60 min (Currently not in service)
S1	Dortmund (1) – Bochum – Essen (2) – Mülheim – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf Hbf (3) – Hilden – Solingen Hbf (4)	15 min (1–2), 30 min (2–3), 20 min (3–4)
S6	Köln-Nippes – Cologne – Langenfeld – Düsseldorf Hbf – Ratingen Ost – Essen	20 min
S8	Mönchengladbach – Neuss – Düsseldorf Hbf – Wuppertal – Wuppertal-Oberbarmen – Gevelsberg – Hagen	20 min
S11	Düsseldorf Flughafen Terminal – Düsseldorf Hbf – Neuss – Dormagen – Cologne – Bergisch Gladbach	20 min
S28	Kaarster See – Neuss – Düsseldorf Hbf – Mettmann Stadtwald (– Wuppertal Hbf)	20 min
S68	Langenfeld – Düsseldorf Hbf – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel	Some peak services (Currently not in service)

Düsseldorf Airport rail services

Legend



					Duisburg Hbf

					Duisburg-Rahm
					Düsseldorf-Angermund

					Düsseldorf Airport
					SkyTrain Parkhaus 4
					SkyTrain Terminal A/B
					SkyTrain Terminal C
					Düsseldorf Airport Terminal C
					Düsseldorf-Unterrath
					Düsseldorf-Derendorf
					Düsseldorf Zoo
					Düsseldorf-Wehrhahn
					Düsseldorf Hbf