Aachen Central Station

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Aachen Central Station
Forecourt and reception building of Aachen Central Station
Aachen main station
(forecourt and reception building)
Data
Operating point type railway station
Location in the network Separation station
Design Through station
Platform tracks 7th
abbreviation KA
IBNR 8000001
Price range 2
opening 1905
Profile on Bahnhof.de Aachen_Hbf
Architectural data
Architectural style Art Nouveau
architect Friedrich Mettegang
location
City / municipality Aachen
country North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
Coordinates 50 ° 46 '5 "  N , 6 ° 5' 28"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 46 '5 "  N , 6 ° 5' 28"  E
Railway lines

Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia
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Aachen Hauptbahnhof is the largest of the three operating train stations in the city of Aachen , which also has two stops . It belongs to station category  2. The long-distance trains Thalys (from Dortmund via Liège and Brussels South to Paris North ) and ICE ( Frankfurt (Main) Hbf  - Cologne Hbf - Brussels South) as well as local trains on the RE 1 lines ( NRW Express ) stop here , RE 4 ( Wupper-Express ), RE 9 ( Rhein-Sieg-Express ), RE 18 ( LIMAX ), RB 20 ( Euregiobahn ), RE 29 ( euregioAIXpress ) and RB 33 ( Rhein-Niers-Bahn ). With the exception of the Euregiobahn, all of the above-mentioned local public transport lines end and begin in Aachen Central Station.

history

The first train stations in Aachen are established

The era of the railroad began in Aachen on September 1st, 1841 with the opening of the line from Cologne to Aachen by the Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft . With the extension of the line to Herbesthal on the Belgian border and the continuation to Antwerp , the first cross-border railway line went into operation on October 15, 1843. To this end, the Rheinische Eisenbahn built the Rheinische Bahnhof in the classical style outside the city ​​walls west of the Burtscheider Viaduct . In 1853, the Aachen-Mönchengladbach railway line built by the Aachen-Düsseldorf-Ruhrorter Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft reached the city of Aachen. The end point of this route was Aachen Marschierthor station , which had four platform tracks, an independent, 4½-storey reception building, several goods sheds and loading streets and a workshop. Aachen Marschierthor station was built in the vicinity of the Marschiertor and immediately west of the Rheinischer Bahnhof; there was a connecting track between the two stations.

New construction of today's main station

Central station (before 1938)

Towards the end of the 19th century, both the Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft and the Aachen-Düsseldorf-Ruhrorter Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft were nationalized and merged with the Prussian State Railways . The Prussian State Railways, however, did not need two adjacent train stations. In addition, the development of the city enclosed the two train stations; Due to the level tracks, there were more and more difficulties with the increasing traffic. Therefore, the Prussian State Railroad decided to build a new central station.

Aachen Central Station was built on the site of the Rheinischer Bahnhof, as the line to Liège branched off between the two stations and could only be reached via the Rheinischer Bahnhof. First of all, extensive embankments and new bridges were built. This was followed by the construction of a temporary train station to enable the old train station to be demolished. The listed entrance building was inaugurated in its current form on December 21, 1905. It was erected as a defiant building in a strict form of Art Nouveau . The facade received a natural stone facing, which is characterized by recessed structures. The windows have Romanesque echoes, the larger ones, especially that of the reception hall, are designed as thermal baths. The gable of the entrance front bears a mask and the station clock, above there is a high relief with the eagle of the Prussian coat of arms (crown, scepter, orb and a stylized FR in the centerpiece for Fridericus rex ). Inside, the fortress character is continued by squat columns with strong relief capitals that support the vault of the entrance hall. The picture program includes motifs of the railway as well as historical themes. Vividly colored, floral paintings and mosaic-like wall coverings formed a symbiosis of neo-Romanesque and Art Nouveau wall designs.

The platform hall spanned a total of four platforms with a total of seven tracks. There was a waiting room and a kiosk on each platform. In the 1930s, passed the North-Express said, Ostende-Wien-Express and the Ostende-Cologne Pullman Express three luxury trains of CIWL the platforms Aachen Main Station, also more international and national long-distance trains. There were direct connections from Aachen to Paris , Berlin , Copenhagen , Riga , Bucharest , Budapest , Prague , Vienna , Munich and Athens, among others .

The Aachen Hbf railway depot was built on the site of the Aachen Marschierthor station that is no longer required.

War damage and post-war period

Steam locomotive in the main train station

In the period up to the Second World War , the building remained largely unchanged. Only during the retreat in autumn 1944 was the station partially destroyed. Since the Allies forced the resumption of traffic via Düren and the Bördebahn to Euskirchen and further via the Voreifelbahn to Bonn , the damage to the tracks was quickly repaired. In 1950 the buildings were also repaired. In the post-war period, traffic revived, pre-war trains such as the Nord-Express and the Ostend-Wien-Express were reintroduced and new trains such as the Tauern Express were added. In 1959, the Aachen main train station already had 850,000 travelers, in 1961 the million mark was exceeded, in 1964 there were 1.25 million passengers and in 1965 1.35 million. At the same time, train traffic rose from 20 pairs of long-distance trains in 1959 to 31 in 1965 and the number of through coaches from 58 to 80. From 1957, the VT 11.5 diesel multiple units drove to Paris as Trans-Europ-Express Molière and Parsifal .

Conversion in the course of electrification

Tracks 7 and 8 in the platform area in 2000 before the renovation began

In 1966, electric train traffic between Belgium and Germany began. For this purpose, the Aachen main station was converted into a system transfer station between the German and Belgian traction current systems . For this purpose, the overhead lines on tracks 6 to 9 were switched in such a way that the 15 kV 16.7 Hz alternating current of the Deutsche Bundesbahn or the 3 kV direct current of the NGBE could be fed in there. Numerous renovations had previously been carried out. The corresponding platforms were lengthened to 400 m, the mechanical interlocking was replaced by a relay interlocking and provided with modern signals. Special through tracks for freight traffic were also set up.

In the course of this construction work, the face of the tracks and the platforms inside the station was changed significantly. The platform hall and the bridge west of the station hindered the renovation. Almost all tracks and platforms were relocated, a loading station for motorail trains was set up and the overpass for passengers was replaced by an underpass. In addition, there were new buildings for the railway maintenance office, the car service and the signal maintenance office. In the end, 12,400 m of track had become 13,575 m, of which 10,390 m were new. Instead of the previous 118 points , there were now 180. There are contradicting information about the start of operation. Some sources indicate May 18, 1966 (official electrification opening train) and May 23, 1966 (timetable change and thus switchover of train traffic to electric locomotives), others the turn of the year 1966/1967 (presumably completion of all renovation work).

Renewed renovation

In 2000, the renovation of the station began. This included the redesign of the entrance hall, during which, among other things, the suspension of the ceiling was removed. The platforms and the access tunnel to the tracks have been renovated. Elevators have been installed to provide disabled access to the platforms. Since the station belonged to station category 3, the service point, which was located in front of the old travel center, was removed in accordance with the new service concept of DB Station & Service . For this purpose, the first technical 3-S control center of the DB was put into operation as part of a traffic control center in Aachen . The renovation was completed in time for the 2006 World Equestrian Games in Aachen. The new main train station was opened from August 17 to 19, 2006.

From November 23 to 25, 2007, the existing ESTW Düren was expanded by an additional modular building for 40 million euros. This module building, also known as ESTW-A, replaces the previous relay interlocking and three other interlockings in Aachen-Süd and Aachen- Rothe Erde . Since then, railway operations have been remotely controlled from the operations center in Duisburg . In order to connect the Belgian high-speed line HSL 3 , a number of tracks were equipped with TBL1 + .

To improve the connection to the Burtscheid district , a tunnel cut through the pedestrian tunnel to the south side of the station has been planned since the 1990s. In June 2019, the city of Aachen announced planning services: First of all, the tunnel under the tracks to the south as well as a staircase and an elevator system are to be planned. A small forecourt is to be built on the back of the listed high-rise bunker Kasinostraße, which is to be driveway through a piercing of the bunker, the planning of which is not part of the tender. In addition, the forecourt should be accessible via a footpath and bike path from the Burtscheider Bridge. According to the city's press office, construction work on the southern access is expected to start in 2021 at the earliest.

  • Reception building and forecourt in the renovation phase, July 2006

  • Newly designed forecourt with a bronze horse sculpture by the Aachen sculptor Bonifatius Stirnberg

  • Interior view of Aachen Central Station after the renovation

Transport and operation

Locomotives from NRW-Express, Rhein-Sieg-Express and Wupper-Express
LIMAX on platform 7 to Maastricht in 2019
euregioAIXpress on platform 9 to Spa-Géronstère in 2015
Rhein-Niers-Bahn to Duisburg on track 6 in 2011
On the east side of the main station there are butt tracks , which are often used to park locomotives.

(As of 2019)

From Aachen main station, tracks run in three main directions that are used by passenger traffic, namely to:

The route to Cologne is served by the two Regional Express lines RE 1 and RE 9, with the trains on line RE 9 of 140 km / h (compared to 160 km / h) due to the vehicle-related maximum speed (old double-decker cars are still used in some cases ). h on line RE 1) are slower. The regional train RB 20 also runs between Aachen and Stolberg and between Langerwehe and Düren .

The KBS 485 is served by the RE 4 (to Dortmund Hbf ), the regional train RB 33 (to Essen Hbf or Heinsberg ) and between Aachen and Herzogenrath by the RB 20, with the RB 20 also in Kohlscheid and the RB 33 in addition stops in Kohlscheid, Brachelen , Herrath and Wickrath . To Belgium, the RE 29 (euregioAIXpress to Spa-Géronstère) and the long-distance trains ICE and Thalys, which previously come from Cologne (KBS 480), leave the old route to Liège shortly after the border and continue on HSL 3 to Liège and Brussels drive. Aachen is the last stop in Germany on these trains.

The Euregiobahn (RB 20) introduced in 2001 is the only local transport line that does not start or end in Aachen Hauptbahnhof. It runs from Stolberg (Rheinl) Hbf via Alsdorf to Herzogenrath and on via Aachen back to Stolberg (Rheinl) Hbf, where the train is winged and one part of the train travels to Stolberg-Altstadt or Düren.

In addition to the regular lines, there have been three further long-distance connections with individual trains since December 13, 2009. The IC 1918 ran on Fridays from Aachen via the KBS 485 to Berlin, the IC 1919 ran in the opposite direction on Sundays from Berlin to Cologne via Mönchengladbach and Aachen. The ICE 544 also ran from Berlin to Aachen via Düren on Sundays. In the night from Sunday to Monday, the ICE 949 has been running from Aachen via Düren to Berlin since December 2012. Lines that previously existed, for example to Luxembourg , were abandoned due to inefficiency.

On January 27, 2019, the LIMAX (RE 18) started operating between Aachen Hauptbahnhof and Maastricht via Herzogenrath and Heerlen. It is operated by Arriva Nederland .

In addition, the station is served at night by a train on the S-Bahn line S 13 of the S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr .

For the 2019/2020 timetable change, Flixtrain has extended its connection from Berlin to Cologne to Aachen.

Since January 19, 2020, ÖBB has been offering a Nightjet between Vienna and Brussels, which also stops in Aachen. Arrival in Brussels around 10:30 a.m., departure around 6:30 p.m.

Track 1 is normally used exclusively for the Euregiobahn due to the short length of the platform, which is only fully extended, while the other platform tracks also serve the other local transport lines. RE 29, ICE and Thalys always stop on tracks 6–9, as this is the only place where the overhead line can be switched to change the system . The continuous main tracks (tracks 4 and 5) are used only for passage and shunting and do not have a platform. Most of the trains of the lines RE 1, RE 4, RE 9 and RB 33 ending in Aachen are made available at the main station long before departure.

Planning

It was planned to have ICE trains on the future Frankfurt - Cologne - London line stop in Aachen. A security gate would have had to be built for this, at which passengers entering the vehicle would have to be checked for passage through the Eurotunnel . However, the plans for the ICE to London have been canceled for cost reasons and the necessary equipment for the Velaro D has so far only been requested, but not installed. A conceivable connection between London and Frankfurt through Eurostar International with the new Eurostar 320 is not yet planned.

A new entrance to the Burtscheid district is also planned. The tunnel under track 9 is to be extended in the direction of the bunker in Kasinostrasse.

In December 2014, a planning company published a study on a future timetable concept and the resulting infrastructural measures. A direct connection from Aachen to Maastricht, new, faster vehicles on the Wupper-Express and electrification of the Euregiobahn were accepted. According to the study, the following measures could increase the efficiency and punctuality of Aachen Central Station in the long term:

  • Safety equipment for track 6 for double occupancy so that two trains can be dispatched to this track at the same time.
  • The continuous main tracks for freight trains are currently tracks 4 and 5. If tracks 1 and 8 were used for regular freight trains instead, tracks 4 and 5 could be used purely as overtaking tracks and increase capacity. A disadvantage would be to have to regularly guide train passages over platform tracks.
  • The number of possible routes could be increased by installing additional points in the western track apron.

No information was given about possible costs and possible times of implementation of these measures.

On December 11, 2016, the number of previous ICE connections was increased from 4 to 7. The German web should from that date the new multi-system trains of Class 407 can use.

From the timetable change in December 2017, the regional express currently running between Aachen and Spa should be replaced by an IC currently ending in Welkenraedt. This currently runs between Welkenraedt and Kortrijk . However, this change was not implemented on the specified date.

From June 14, 2020 [obsolete] the RE 1 is to be operated with vehicles of the type Siemens Desiro HC as part of the RRX project by Abellio Rail NRW . This would increase the seating capacity from currently approx. 720 to 800 seats.

From December 13, 2020, the RE 4 is to be operated with Siemens Desiro HC vehicles as part of the National Express RRX project . This would increase the seating capacity from currently approx. 580 to 800 seats.

Long-distance lines

On the left the ICE International from Brussels to Frankfurt , on the right the IC 1918 to Berlin Ostbahnhof
The ICE International trains are operated with the 406 series .
line Course of the journey Clock frequency operator
ICE 79 Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid  - Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord  - Liège-Guillemins  - Aachen Hbf  - Cologne Hbf  - ( Cologne / Bonn Airport  - Siegburg / Bonn  - Limburg Süd  - Montabaur ) - Frankfurt Airport Fernbf - Frankfurt (Main) Hbf Every 2 hours DB long-distance transport
ICE 80 Paris-Nord  - Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid - Liège-Guillemins - Aachen Hbf  - Cologne Hbf - Düsseldorf Hbf - (Düsseldorf Airport -) Duisburg Hbf - Essen Hbf - Dortmund Hbf every 2–4 hours Thalys
IC 32 Aachen Hbf  - Mönchengladbach Hbf  - Düsseldorf Hbf - Dortmund Hbf  - Hannover Hbf  - Wolfsburg Hbf  - Berlin-Spandau  - Berlin Hbf  - Berlin Südkreuz - Dresden Hbf  friday DB long-distance transport
IC 32 Berlin Ostbahnhof - Berlin Hbf - Berlin-Spandau - Wolfsburg Hbf - Hannover Hbf - Bielefeld Hbf  - Dortmund Hbf - Essen Hbf - Duisburg Hbf - Düsseldorf Hbf - Mönchengladbach Hbf - Aachen Hbf  - Düren  - Köln Hbf Sunday DB long-distance transport
ICE / IC 14 Berlin Ostbahnhof - Berlin Hbf - Berlin Spandau - Wolfsburg Hbf - Hanover Hbf - Dortmund Hbf - Essen Hbf - Duisburg Hbf - Krefeld Hbf - Aachen Hbf  individual trains DB long-distance transport
IC 30 Hamburg Altona  - Hamburg Hbf  - Bremen Hbf  - Osnabrück Hbf  - Münster (Westf) Hbf  - Gelsenkirchen Hbf  - Essen Hbf - Duisburg Hbf - Düsseldorf Hbf - Köln Hbf - Aachen Hbf  Sunday DB long-distance transport
FLX 30 ( Leipzig Hbf  - Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf  -) Berlin Südkreuz  - Berlin Hbf  - Berlin-Spandau  - Hannover Hbf  - Bielefeld Hbf  - Dortmund Hbf  - Essen Hbf  - Duisburg Hbf  - Düsseldorf Hbf  - Köln Hbf (-  Aachen Hbf ) One pair of trains every day from Friday to Sunday Flixtrain
NJ 50490
NJ 50425 		Wien Hbf  - Wien Meidling  - St. Pölten Hbf  - ( Amstetten  -) 1 Linz Hbf  - Wels Hbf  - Passau Hbf  - Regensburg Hbf  - Nürnberg Hbf  - Frankfurt (Main) Süd  - Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbf  - Mainz Hbf  - Koblenz Hbf  - Bonn-Beuel  - Köln Hbf  - Aachen Hbf  - Liège-Guillemins  - Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord  - Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid
1 : only towards Vienna
Wing in Nuremberg, Nuremberg-Brussels together with NJ 424/425 		a pair of trains on Mondays and Thursdays ÖBB
NJ 424
NJ 425 		Innsbruck Hbf  - Jenbach  - Wörgl Hbf  - Kufstein  - Rosenheim  - Munich Hbf  - Augsburg Hbf  - Nürnberg Hbf  - Frankfurt (Main) Süd  - Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbf  - Mainz Hbf  - Koblenz Hbf  - Bonn-Beuel  - Köln Hbf  - Aachen Hbf  - Liège-Guillemins  - Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord  - Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid
wing in Nuremberg, Nuremberg-Brussels together with NJ 50490/50425 		a pair of trains on Mondays and Thursdays ÖBB

Regional transport lines

line Line course Tact
RE 1 (RRX) NRW-Express :
Aachen Hbf  - Aachen-Rothe Erde  - Eilendorf (only repeater trains)  - Stolberg (Rheinl) Hbf  - Eschweiler Hbf  - Langerwehe  - Düren  - Horrem  - Köln-Ehrenfeld  - Köln Hbf  - Köln Messe / Deutz  - Köln-Mülheim  - Leverkusen Mitte  - Düsseldorf-Benrath  - Düsseldorf Hbf  - Düsseldorf Airport  - Duisburg Hbf  - Mülheim (Ruhr) Hbf  - Essen Hbf  - Wattenscheid  - Bochum Hbf  - Dortmund Hbf  - Dortmund-Scharnhorst (not every hour, alternating with Nordbögge)  - Dortmund-Kurl  - Kamen - Methler ( SVZ only )  - Kamen  - Bönen-Nordbögge (not every hour, alternating with Dortmund-Scharnhorst)  - Hamm (Westf) Hbf
Status: timetable change June 2020 		60 min
RE 4 Wupper-Express :
Aachen Hbf  - Aachen Schanz  - Aachen West  - Herzogenrath  - Übach-Palenberg  - Geilenkirchen  - Lindern  - Hückelhoven-Baal  - Erkelenz  - Rheydt Hbf  - Mönchengladbach Hbf  - Neuss Hbf  - Düsseldorf Hbf  - Wuppertal-Vohwinkel  - Wuppertal Hbf  - Wuppertal- Barmen  - Wuppertal-Oberbarmen  - Schwelm  - Ennepetal (Gevelsberg)  - Hagen Hbf  - Witten Hbf  - Dortmund Hbf
Status: timetable change December 2015 		60 min
RE 9 Rhein-Sieg-Express :
Aachen Hbf  - Aachen-Rothe Erde  - Stolberg (Rheinl) Hbf  - Eschweiler Hbf  - Langerwehe  - Düren  - Horrem  - Cologne-Ehrenfeld  - Cologne Hbf  - Cologne Messe / Deutz  - Porz (Rhein)  - Troisdorf  - Siegburg / Bonn  - Hennef (Sieg)  - Eitorf  - Herchen  - Schladern (Sieg)  - Au (Sieg)  - Wissen (Sieg)  - Betzdorf (Sieg)  - Kirchen  - Brachbach  - Siegen Hbf
Status: timetable change December 2017 		60 min
RE 18 LIMAX :
Aachen Hbf  - Aachen West  - Herzogenrath  - Eygelshoven Markt - Landgraaf  - Heerlen  - Valkenburg  - Meerssen  - Maastricht
Status: January 27, 2019 		60 min
RE 29
L 09 		euregioAIXpress :
Aachen Hbf  - Hergenrath  - Welkenraedt  - Dolhain-Gileppe  - Verviers-Palais  - Verviers Central  - Pepinster  - Pepinster-Cite  - Juslenville  - Theux  - Franchimont  - Spa  - Spa-Géronstère
Status: timetable change December 2015 		60 min
RB 20 Euregiobahn :
Stolberg (Rheinl) Hbf  - Eschweiler-St. Jöris  - Alsdorf-Poststraße  - Alsdorf-Mariadorf  - Alsdorf-Kellersberg  - Alsdorf-Annapark  - Alsdorf-Busch  - Herzogenrath August-Schmidt-Platz  - Herzogenrath-Alt-Merkstein  - Herzogenrath  - Kohlscheid  - Aachen West  - Aachen Schanz  - Aachen Hbf  - Aachen- Rothe Erde  - Eilendorf  - Stolberg (Rheinl) Hbf  here wing ; Train part 1: - Eschweiler-West  - Eschweiler Talbahnhof / Raiffeisenplatz  - Eschweiler-Nothberg  - Eschweiler-Weisweiler  - Langerwehe  - Düren  Train part 2: - Stolberg (Rheinl) Hbf (track 27)  - Stolberg-Schneidmühle  - Stolberg Mühlen train station  - Stolberg-Rathaus  - Stolberg Old Town
Status: timetable change June 2016 		60 min (Stolberg Hbf - Alsdorf-Annapark)
30 min
60 min (Langerwehe - Düren)
RB 33 Rhein-Niers-Bahn : Train
part 1: Essen Hbf  - Mülheim (Ruhr) Hbf  - Mülheim (Ruhr) -Styrum  - Duisburg Hbf  - Duisburg-Hochfeld Süd  - Rheinhausen Ost  - Rheinhausen  - Krefeld-Hohenbudberg Chempark  - Krefeld-Uerdingen  - Krefeld-Linn  - Krefeld-Oppum  - Krefeld Hbf  - Forsthaus  - Anrath  - Viersen  - Mönchengladbach Hbf  - Rheydt Hbf  - Wickrath  - Herrath  - Erkelenz  - Hückelhoven-Baal  - Brachelen  - Lindern
train part 2: Heinsberg (Rheinl)  - Heinsberg Kreishaus  - Heinsberg-Oberbruch  - Heinsberg- Dremmen  - Heinsberg-Porselen  - Heinsberg-Horst  - Heinsberg-Randerath  - Lindern
Wing or merging: Lindern  - Geilenkirchen  - Übach-Palenberg  - Herzogenrath  - Kohlscheid  - Aachen West  - Aachen Schanz  - Aachen Hbf
Status: timetable change December 2019 		60 min
S 13 Aachen Hbf  - Aachen-Rothe Erde  - Stolberg Hbf  - Langerwehe  - Düren  - Merzenich  - Buir  - Sindorf  - Horrem  - Frechen-Königsdorf  - Köln-Weiden West  - Köln-Lövenich  - Köln-Müngersdorf Technologiepark  - Köln-Ehrenfeld  - Köln Hansaring  - Köln Hbf  - Cologne Exhibition Center / Deutz  - Cologne Trimbornstrasse - Cologne Frankfurter Strasse  - Cologne Bonn / Airport  - Porz-Wahn  - Spich  - Troisdorf one train / day

At night, the Wupper-Express also runs the usual route to Düsseldorf main station and on to Düsseldorf Airport Terminal station , where the train ends. This connection enables flights departing from Düsseldorf Airport to be reached early in the morning .

Bus routes

Mercedes-Benz CapaCity the ASEAG on line 3B to the bus stop to the central station

The following bus lines operate at Aachen Central Station:

line Line course
3 A / B Ring line:
University Clinic  - Westfriedhof  - Schanz  - Luisenhospital  - Misereor  - Aachen Hbf  - Kaiserplatz  - Eurogress  - Memorial / Lousberg  - Ponttor  - Westbahnhof  - Campus Melaten - University Clinic
11 Schmithof  - Walheim  - Lichtenbusch  - Waldfriedhof  - Burtscheid  - Marienhospital  - Aachen Hbf  - Misereor  - Elisenbrunnen  - Aachen Bushof  - Ludwig Forum  - Talbot  - Haaren  - Broichweiden  - Montanstraße  - Mariadorf  - Hoengen
13 A / B Ring line:
Ponttor  - Technical University  - Schanz  - Luisenhospital  - Misereor  - Aachen Hbf  - Kaiserplatz  - Eurogress  - Memorial / Lousberg  - Ponttor
14th Aachen Bushof  - Elisenbrunnen  - Misereor  - Aachen Hbf  - Diepenbenden - Linzenshäuschen  - Köpfchen Grenz  - ( Hauset  (B) -) Eynatten  (B) - ( Raeren  (B) -) Kettenis  (B) - Eupen  (B)
21st Lintert Friedhof; - Burtscheid ; - Aachen Hbf  - Misereor  - Elisenbrunnen  - Aachen Bushof  - Ludwig Forum  - Talbot  - Haaren  - Würselen  - Bardenberg  - Herzogenrath Bf  - Palenberg Bf
31 Siegel - Burtscheid  - Aachen Hbf  - Misereor  - Elisenbrunnen  - Aachen bus station  - Ludwig Forum  - Talbot  - Haaren  - Verlautenheide  - Aachener Kreuz industrial area
44 Express bus:
Aachen Hbf  - Elisenbrunnen  - Aachen bus station  - Ponttor  - Laurensberg  - Richterich  - Horbach  - Hogeschool Zuyd  - Heerlen Nederlandse Spoorwegen logo.svg
51 Waldfriedhof  - Burtscheid  - Aachen Hbf  - Elisenbrunnen  - Aachen Bushof  - STAWAG  - Carolus Thermen  - Alter Tivoli  - Würselen  - Alsdorf-Annapark  - Oidtweiler  - ( Carl-Alexander-Park  → Baesweiler Reyplatz / Setterich )
103 Express bus:
Waldfriedhof  - Burtscheid  - Aachen Hbf  - Schanz  - Westfriedhof  - University Clinic  - Campus Melaten
350 Arriva Limburgliner:
Aachen Bushof  - Elisenbrunnen  - ( Theater  ← Aachen Hbf  ←) Schanz  - Vaals  - Lemiers  - Gulpen  - Margraten  - Cadier en Keer - Maastricht Nederlandse Spoorwegen logo.svg
SB63 Express bus:
Aachen Bus Station  - Elisenbrunnen  - Misereor  - Aachen Hbf  - Marienhospital  - Burtscheid  - Oberforstbach  - Roetgen  - Lammersdorf  - Rollesbroich  - ( Witzerath  -) Simmerath
N5 Night express:
Aachen Bus Station  → Elisenbrunnen  → Misereor  → Aachen Hbf  → Marienhospital  → Burtscheid  → Lichtenbusch  → Oberforstbach  → Schleckheim  → Kornelimünster  → Niederforstbach → Brand  → Forst  → Bf Rothe Erde  → Aachen Hbf  → Misereor  → Elisenbrunnen

Line 14 is operated jointly by ASEAG and the Belgian TEC , line 44 by ASEAG and the Dutch Arriva Limburg . Line 350 of Arriva Limburg is a special case. This runs in the Aachen city area as an express bus and from Vaals as a normal regional bus, the AVV tariff was not applied to it. In December 2019, however, the line was included in the AVV tariff up to Vaals Heuvel. Previously there was an operating ban and the line stopped at the stops in Aachen in the direction of Maastricht only to get on and in the direction of the bus station only to get off. All other lines are operated by ASEAG alone. The night express lines run from Friday to Saturday, Saturday to Sunday and before public holidays.

Railway depot Aachen Hbf

Bombardier Talent 2 in the Aachen plant of DB Regio

After the abandonment of the Aachen Marschierthor railway station, the Aachen Hbf railway depot was built on its site by 1902. It had a brick roundhouse with a turntable and 25 tracks, a coaling system and a water tower with a brick shaft. Mainly Prussian P 8s were used by the Aachen Hbf railway depot ; In the meantime, Prussian S 5 , S 6 , T 9 , T 13 , T 14 , T 16 and class 03 locomotives were also based there.

Following the electrification of Aachen main station, the Aachen main station, which was equipped with steam locomotives, was no longer required. In June 1963 the remaining 17 locomotives were relocated to the Aachen West depot; all facilities of the depot were demolished and built over with siding.

A few years later, a new workshop hall was built a few meters to the north, which was used for the maintenance of the passenger coaches (including baggage and rail mail coaches ) deployed from Aachen . From this workshop, today 's Aachen plant of DB Regio emerged , where double-deck cars for the NRW-Express , Wupper-Express , Rhein-Express and Rhein-Sieg-Express , Bombardier Talent for the Euregiobahn and Bombardier Talent 2 for the Rhein-Sieg-Express are serviced become. The repair hall was enlarged from February 2010 to April 2011. In the period between the end of 2010 and the beginning of 2019, three machines of the electric locomotive series 120.2 with the serial numbers 120 206, 207, 208 (formerly 120 136, 139, 117) were handed over to DB Regio for use on the RE 9 line and housed at the Aachen plant .

See also

literature

  • Hans Schweers, Henning Wall: Railways around Aachen: 150 years of the international route Cologne - Aachen - Antwerp . Verlag Schweers + Wall, Aachen 1993, ISBN 3-921679-91-5 ( table of contents ).

Web links

Commons : Aachen Hauptbahnhof  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Station category list 2016. (PDF file; 337 kB) (No longer available online.) DB Station & Service , January 1, 2016, archived from the original on February 12, 2016 ; accessed on February 12, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Lutz-Henning Meyer: 150 years of railways in the Rhineland . JP Bachem publishing house, Cologne 1989, ISBN 3-7616-0961-2 .
  3. ↑ List of monuments in the territory of the city of Aachen (as amended by the 17 addendum) (PDF; 158.70 KB) city of Aachen . S. 5. March 26, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
  4. ^ Helmut Schütz: The expansion of Aachen Hbf to a power exchange station in Belgium . In: Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau , pp. 275–287
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  6. ^ Hans Schweers, Henning Wall: Railways around Aachen. 150 years of the international route Cologne - Aachen - Antwerp. Schweers and Wall, Aachen 1993, ISBN 3-921679-91-5 , p. 151
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  8. ↑ Oliver Schumacher: Modern signal box for Aachen is being built . Deutsche Bahn . January 31, 2007. Archived from the original on October 19, 2007. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
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  18. ↑ ICE stop in Aachen is perfect . In: Aachener Nachrichten , Aachener Zeitungsverlag , December 9, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2013. 
  19. ↑ Wolfgang Schumacher: No green light for London ICE and Aachen stop . In: Aachener Nachrichten , Aachener Zeitungsverlag , October 14, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2013. 
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