Sportpark Nord / Europaplatz underground station
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Sportpark Nord / Europaplatz Messe / Rheinstadion (until 2004) |
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 Station after renovation (2009) |
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| Basic data | |
| District | Stockum |
| Opened | 1970 |
| Newly designed | 2004 (downsized) |
| Tracks (platform) | 1 ( side platform ) |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 15 '49 " N , 6 ° 44' 13" E |
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| Stretch) | Trunk line 1 |
| Line (s) | U 78 |
The Sportpark Nord / Europaplatz (formerly: Messe / Rheinstadion ) is a station on the Düsseldorf Stadtbahn . It is located on an approach route to the first trunk line in the Stockum district of the North Rhine-Westphalian state capital Düsseldorf . The underground station , which was built above ground to the west of the Merkur Spiel-Arena and north of the Düsseldorf trade fair , was opened to traffic in 1970. The important location between the two large event centers gave it a central development function for these until the construction of the neighboring LTU arena / Messe Nord underground station (today Merkur Spiel-Arena / Messe Nord underground station ). In the course of this, the station was also renamed in order to illustrate this changed situation. The construction of a new exhibition hall (2006-2007) led to the platform being moved north. Since then, it has no longer had the concrete roof it had until then. The underground station is served by the U78 light rail line. There is no connection with another line of Düsseldorf local transport.
location
The underground station itself is located northeast of the Stockum district and in the southwest of the Lohausen district . The Düsseldorf exhibition center and the Merkur Spiel-Arena are in the immediate vicinity.
history
The subway station was built as a tram stop in 1970. At that time, the new area of the Düsseldorf trade fair was under construction. Its opening took place in 1971. A year later, the Düsseldorf Rheinstadion was also handed over to its intended use after a completely new construction. Now the Messe / Rheinstadion stop was the central point of access to these two event centers. The high number of passengers made it necessary to build several ticket offices and a controlled access to the platform. In addition, the station was equipped with a large concrete roof over the entire length of the platform. This platform consisted of two areas arranged one behind the other and was designed as a side platform. The approaching trains approached this via a large turning loop. In the northern area the trams stopped to let the passengers off. The trains then drove a few meters further south and stopped again. The area for boarding passengers was arranged here.
This system lasted until 2004. Previously, the station had received elevated platforms as part of general renovations on the northern route. However, this was not achieved by raising the platforms, but by lowering the track bed. At the same time, digital display boards were also installed on the platform. With the construction of the multifunctional arena and its opening in 2004, however, the entire area between the exhibition center and the arena was reorganized. This is how the new above-ground underground station Merkur Spiel-Arena / Messe Nord was built between the Merkur Spiel-Arena, the trade fair entrance and the RheinHalle . This took on the central role of opening up the event venues. The continuation of the tracks to the west to this station created a peripheral location for the now renamed Sportpark Nord / Europaplatz underground station. The U78 line no longer had its end point here and no longer ran directly towards the city center. Today this goal can only be reached via the Merkur Spiel-Arena / Messe Nord underground station.
Station complex
The underground station, built in 1970, had a striking concrete roof, which, together with the adjoining Europaplatz and the Rheinstadion, built two years later, formed an ensemble.
The stop was the terminus of the U78 line until 2004. With the demolition of the Rheinstadion and the rebuilding of the arena, the route was extended by one station. Not much is left of the former necessity of the stop. The station only has a small number of passengers.
traffic
The subway station Sportpark Nord / Europaplatz is located in the course of a feed line of the first trunk line of the Düsseldorf light rail network. The line running on this route does not serve the station with every running train and only in the direction of the final stop Merkur Spiel-Arena / Messe Nord. This is due to its location north of the actual inlet route and the only single-track connection to it. There are only transfer relationships to other means of public transport in Düsseldorf during events.
The line running here begins at the Düsseldorf Hbf underground station and transports passengers from downtown Düsseldorf via the central transfer point Heinrich-Heine-Allee to Stockum. At the Heinrich-Heine-Allee underground station you can change to several bus lines and the so-called Wehrhahn line .
The U78 line is operated by the Düsseldorf Rheinbahn . High-floor light rail vehicles of the type B80D are used on this route .
| line | course | Tact |
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| U 78 |
Merkur Spiel-Arena / Messe Nord (← Sportpark Nord / Europaplatz ) - Mörikestrasse - Freiligrathplatz  - Messe Ost / Stockumer Kirchstrasse - Nordpark / Aquazoo - Reeser Platz - Theodor-Heuss-Brücke - Golzheimer Platz - Kennedydamm - U Victoriaplatz / Klever Strasse - U Nordstraße - U Heinrich-Heine-Allee - U Steinstraße / Königsallee - U Oststraße - U Düsseldorf Hbf   High-floor operation of the Rheinbahn ; Line does not belong to the Düsseldorf night network. Different frequency: Mon – Fri 7–8pm, Sat – Sun 8am – 8pm every 15 minutes, daily 8–10pm every 30 minutes; Operation of the Sportpark Nord / Europaplatz stop Mon – Sat 8 am–8pm and Sun 9 am–8pm every 30 minutes, but not on trade fair days and events in the arena; On trade fair days, the line also runs Saturday and Sunday from 7:30 a.m. every 10 minutes. |
10 min |
Additional information
See also
- List of Düsseldorf subway stations - overview of the other subway stations in the Düsseldorf light rail network
- List of Düsseldorf light rail lines - overview of the lines operating in the Düsseldorf light rail network
- Stadtbahnnetz Rhein-Ruhr - Main article about the Stadtbahn system in the greater Rhine-Ruhr area, of which the Düsseldorf Stadtbahn is a part
- Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr - Main article about the transport and tariff association, of which the Düsseldorf Stadtbahn is a part
literature
- Friedhelm Blennemann: U-Bahn and light rail in Germany planning construction operation . alba, Düsseldorf 1975, ISBN 3-87094-304-1
- Christoph Groneck, Paul Lohkemper, Robert Schwandl: Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1 . Robert Schwandl Verlag, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-936573-06-9
- Fritz D. Kegel: U-Bahn in Germany planning construction operation . alba, Düsseldorf 1971
Web links
- Line map Düsseldorf (PDF; 2.5 MB)
- Barrier-free route map Düsseldorf (PDF; 2.4 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rheinbahn AG line plan Düsseldorf ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. As of December 6, 2007
| Previous station | Düsseldorf light rail | Next station |
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Merkur Spiel-Arena / Messe Nord ← Merkur Spiel-Arena / Messe Nord |
U 78 D-Bahn |
Mörikestraße Düsseldorf Hbf → |