Herzogenrath station
| Herzogenrath | |
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 Reception building
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| Location in the network | Separation station |
| Platform tracks | 4th |
| abbreviation | KHEZ |
| IBNR | 8002806 |
| Price range | 3 |
| opening | 1852 |
| Profile on Bahnhof.de | Herzogenrath |
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| City / municipality | Herzogenrath |
| country | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 52 '15 " N , 6 ° 5' 41" E |
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| Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia | |
The Herzogenrath Station is the most important station of Herzogenrath in the Aachen region . At Herzogenrath station, the line to Sittard via Heerlen and Landgraaf and the Stolberg – Herzogenrath railway , which is served by the Euregiobahn , branch off . It is located in the tariff area of the Aachener Verkehrsverbund and has several bus stops and a park-and-ride car park with an e- car sharing station from Cambio . In addition to ticket machines, there is also a kiosk and a privately operated travel center in the station building .
In the quality assessment of the local public transport association Rhineland from the end of 2014, the station received an overall rating of 94.1% (corresponds to the rating “acceptable with minor, negligible defects”, 96th place out of 190). At the end of 2013, the station received an overall rating of 88.96% (corresponds to the rating “still acceptable”, 134th place out of 187).
history
1852 Herzogenrath was the connection to the Aachen-Mönchengladbach railway , a year later became the still existing reception building opened. In 1857 a loading track for coal was laid for the Anna mine in neighboring Alsdorf , in 1890 a new line via Alsdorf towards Stolberg (Rhineland) and in 1892 to Heerlen in the Netherlands was put into operation. From 1890 to 1950 there was a railway depot in Herzogenrath .
In December 2004 the line to Stolberg with the stops Herzogenrath-Alt- Merkstein and Herzogenrath-August-Schmidt-Platz was reopened and in December 2005 the line was extended to Alsdorf- Annapark . From 2007 to 2008, the platforms were rebuilt from around 38 centimeters to a height of 76 centimeters and the usable length was greatly reduced to 170 m. In addition, the underpass was modernized and equipped with two lifts for barrier-free access to the platforms. Since the timetable change on December 13, 2009, Herzogenrath station has been re-connected to the long-distance network with some intercity trains on the Aachen - Berlin and Leipzig - Cologne routes, which have been running every day except Saturdays since December 16, 2013.
With the opening of the renovated station building in March 2007, the FrauenKomm.Gleis1 was also opened in the station building. In addition to various event rooms for exhibitions and seminars, a bistro is also available for all citizens.
In April 2011, Queen Beatrix , Princess Máxima of the Netherlands and Crown Prince Willem-Alexander von Oranje-Nassau used the station for their state visit. They were received by Prime Minister Hannelore Kraft on the special train from the Netherlands .
The station has been modernized and expanded again since 2015. An electric charging station was set up in summer 2016. The LIMAX has been connecting Maastricht and Aachen since December 2018, and the line is to be extended to Liège in the future. Arriva , a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn , has won the concession to operate various bus and train lines in Limburg from December 11, 2016, and operates this connection with multi-system trains of the Stadler Flirt type . For this purpose, the railway line between Herzogenrath and Heerlen was electrified in 2018 and received a system separation point in Haanrade for the system change from 15 kV, 16.7 Hz to the Dutch direct current system with a voltage of 1.5 kV. Since the Euregiobahn route to Stolberg is also to be electrified, the overhead line in the station area is being completely renewed and rebuilt. So you can separate the overhead lines between DB Netz and EVS cleanly.
Planning
In May 2020, the EVS started the construction of a new 230 meter long central platform between tracks 5 and 7. For this purpose, 11.24 million euros were made available by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the EU. Track 6 is to be dismantled for the platform, which will then take up the area that has become free. Access should be possible via a ramp from the existing pedestrian tunnel, which previously ran under the entire railway structure and is currently only blocked by a wall with a metal door from the entrance to tracks 2 and 3. The new platform will initially serve the LIMAX in particular, later the Euregiobahn will also stop there. For the connection of the Stolberg – Herzogenrath railway line , the construction of a flyover is planned so that the Euregiobahn coming from Alsdorf can reach the new platform without crossing.
Operating facilities
The station has four platform tracks, of which track 55 is a butt track and is usually not used. Additional butt tracks for traffic on the line to Stolberg were located directly next to track 55 north of the reception building, but were largely dismantled for the construction of the parking garage. Only platform 70, without a platform, remains, but ends further north in front of the parking garage. Other tracks are to the west of the platforms and some of them are still used today to park freight and work trains.
The operation of the station is shared between Deutsche Bahn and the EVS Euregio Verkehrsschienennetz . Deutsche Bahn operates tracks 1-4, butt tracks 41 and 44 and the track leading into the station on the Heerlen line. The remaining operating facilities including the tracks to and from the railway line to Stolberg via Alsdorf are operated by EVS.
Herzogenrath is one of four stations on the Aachen – Mönchengladbach line that is not yet fully controlled by an electronic signal box . The operation in the station has been regulated since 1985 by the relay interlocking Hf of the type SpDrS600 at the northern entrance to the station. The signal box of the Kohlscheid station, which is located further in the direction of Aachen, is also remotely controlled from this. Between 1915 and 1985 the station had two mechanical signal boxes at the northern and southern entrance to the station. The northern dispatcher interlocking Hf was also responsible for the routes to Heerlen and Alsdorf, the southern one was called Hs. The EVS operating part is controlled by its electronic interlocking in Stolberg Hauptbahnhof .
Railway lines
Bus routes
The following bus lines operate from the station forecourt at Herzogenrath station:
See also
Web links
- Current departure plan from Herzogenrath. Deutsche Bahn , accessed December 30, 2015 .
- Departure monitor. Exit Herzogenrath, train station (bus). Aachen Transport Association , accessed on December 30, 2015 .
- Herzogenrath station. (PDF file) In: Bus stop plans. Aachen Transport Association , December 2019, accessed on February 4, 2020 .
- Reinhard Gessen: Railway stations - Herzogenrath. In: Mining and railways in the Aachen-Düren-Heinsberg region. Reinhard Gessen, accessed December 30, 2015 .
- Stefan von der Ruhren: Herzogenrath. In: Railways in Aachen and the Euregio Meuse-Rhine. Stefan von der Ruhren, December 11, 2015, accessed on December 30, 2015 .
- Tracks in service facilities (KHEZ) , DB Netz AG (PDF)
- André Joost: Herzogenrath branch. In: NRWbahnarchiv-Betriebsstellearchiv. André Joost, accessed December 30, 2015 .
- André Joost: Herzogenrath station. In: NRWbahnarchiv-Bahnhofsinfo. André Joost, accessed January 1, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Overview of the operating points and their abbreviations from Directive 100. (PDF file; 744 KB) DB Netz AG, August 2015, p. 39 , accessed on January 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Station price list 2018 (PDF; 3.78 MB) DB Station & Service , March 8, 2018, accessed on August 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Markus Bienwald: "e-CarSharing-Station" opened at the Herzogenrath train station. In: Aachener Nachrichten . December 1, 2014, accessed January 1, 2016 .
- ↑ Station quality 2014. (PDF; 3.70 MB) Quality of the stations of the local rail passenger transport (SPNV) in the area of the special purpose association Nahverkehr Rheinland 2014. (No longer available online.) Nahverkehr Rheinland , June 2015, p. A11 , archived from the original on 30 July 2016 ; accessed on December 28, 2015 .
- ↑ Station quality 2013. (PDF; 2.11 MB) Quality of the stations of the local rail passenger transport (SPNV) in the area of the special purpose association Nahverkehr Rheinland 2013. (No longer available online.) Nahverkehr Rheinland , November 2014, p. A7 , archived from the original on 30 July 2016 ; accessed on January 13, 2015 .
- ↑ Beatrix Oprée: Herzogenrath station: two elevators make life easier. In: Aachener Nachrichten . August 6, 2008, accessed January 3, 2016 .
- ^ Herzogenrath: Intercity stop from December 16. In: Aachener Nachrichten . October 8, 2013, accessed January 3, 2016 .
- ^ Herzogenrath: Minister Wittke opens new train station. In: Aachener Nachrichten . March 10, 2007, accessed January 3, 2016 .
- ↑ The project FrauenKomm.Gleis1 in Herzogenrath train station. FrauenKommunikationsZentrum eV, accessed on January 3, 2016 .
- ^ Nina Krüsmann: Diverse program of the Frauenkomm in Herzogenrath. In: Aachener Nachrichten . September 10, 2014, accessed January 3, 2016 .
- ↑ The station becomes a chip-free zone. In: Aachener Nachrichten . February 22, 2007, accessed January 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Beatrix Oprée: In the special train to Roda: Arrival of the royal guests of state. In: Aachener Nachrichten . April 15, 2011, accessed January 1, 2016 .
- ↑ Rodas station is being expanded for Maastricht "Sneltrein". In: Aachener Nachrichten . January 12, 2015, accessed January 1, 2016 .
- ↑ Arriva wins re-awarded Limburg operating contract. In: railwaygazette.com. Railway Gazette International , June 3, 2015, accessed January 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Maastricht krijgt Rechtsstreekse trein naar Aken en Nijmegen. In: treinreiziger.nl. June 8, 2015, accessed January 3, 2016 (Dutch).
- ↑ Electrification of the route between Aachen and Maastricht completed. Aachen Transport Association , December 7, 2018, accessed on November 18, 2019 .
- ↑ 11 million euros for the expansion of the Herzogenrath train station. Aachen Transport Association , May 21, 2020, accessed on May 18, 2020 .
- ↑ Beatrix Oprée: Major project is put on the rails at Herzogenrath station. In: Aachener Nachrichten . January 21, 2020, accessed January 27, 2020 .
- ↑ Departure times from Herzogenrath train station. (PDF file; 416 KB) Notice timetable. Aachen Transport Association , accessed on January 6, 2016 .