Leverkusen-Manfort station is a through station in the district of Manfort of the city of Leverkusen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was named after the nearby town of Schlebusch and opened on 25 August 1867 on the Gruiten–Köln-Deutz railway, which was completed between the former Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (BME) station in Mülheim and Opladen by the BME on 1 May 1868. It received its current name in December 2021.[5] It has three platform tracks and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[1]
Leverkusen-Manfort  | |||||||||||
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| Location | Moosweg 2, Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°01′52″N 7°00′54″E / 51.031034°N 7.01509°E | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 3694[1] | ||||||||||
| DS100 code | KLS[2] | ||||||||||
| IBNR | 8003669 | ||||||||||
| Category | 5[1] | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | VRS: 2200[3] | ||||||||||
| Website | www.bahnhof.de | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 25 August 1867[4] | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Leverkusen-Schlebusch | ||||||||||
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The station is served by the Rhein-Wupper-Bahn (RB 48) between Wuppertal-Oberbarmen and Cologne twice an hour during the day, with one train an hour to/from Bonn-Mehlem.[6]
It is also served by eight bus routes operated by Kraftverkehr Wupper-Sieg:[7] 209 (at 20 minute intervals), 210 (20), 211 (20), 212 (20), 217 (once a day), 222 (20), 226 (4 times a day) and 227 (20).[6]
In December 2021, the station was renamed from Leverkusen-Schlebusch to Leverkusen-Manfort.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ^ "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 203. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ Joost, André. "Leverkusen-Manfort station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ^ Joost, André. "Line 2730: Gruiten - Neurather Ring". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ^ a b Joost, André. "Leverkusen-Manfort station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ "Busse in Leverkusen" (in German). leverkusen.com. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ Leverkusen, Radio. "Bahnhof Schlebusch wird endgültig umbenannt". Radio Leverkusen (in German). Retrieved 2023-12-06.
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