Aachen-Rothe Erde train station

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Aachen-Rothe Erde
Newly built platform
Newly built platform
Data
Operating point type railway station
Location in the network Connecting station
Design Through station
Platform tracks 2
abbreviation KARE
IBNR 8000406
Price range 4th
Profile on Bahnhof.de Aachen-Rothe_Erde
location
City / municipality Aachen
country North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
Coordinates 50 ° 46 '13 "  N , 6 ° 6' 59"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 46 '13 "  N , 6 ° 6' 59"  E
Railway lines
Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia
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The Aachen-Rothe Erde station is a station in North Rhine-Westphalia on the Cologne-Aachen high-speed railway . It is located in the eastern Rothe Erde district of Aachen, in the vicinity of the Aachen districts Frankenberg , Forst and Ostviertel .

history

With the opening of the Haaren – Aachen-Rothe Erde railway on December 31, 1875, the station, which at that time still bore the name Rothe Erde , was opened by the Aachen industrial railway. Especially after the expansion of the Aachener Hütten-Aktien-Verein Rothe Erde , promoted by Adolph Kirdorf , the station initially served as a transfer station for the connected tracks of the various industrial companies in Rothe Erde. As an initially exclusive freight station , it established connections to the coal mines in neighboring Belgium , to the Aachen northern district and to the quarries in Stolberg . Ten years after the opening, the Vennbahn was used to connect to Luxembourg via Monschau and Sankt Vith, linking the station to the ARBED steelworks there. At the same time, the new Aachen-Rothe Erde depot was built.

The station has also been used for passenger traffic since 1880 . In 1892, the railway lines were relocated about 100 meters into the city in order to enable rail traffic to pass through an increasingly important arterial road , today's Trier road. The sloping terrain in the direction of the center was used, but the original height profile of the routes was retained by means of embankments. The original route ran over a section of today's railway path to the intersection with Trierer Straße and further over today's Clermontstraße and Krautmühlenweg as well as over the current site of an allotment garden . The old and new routes meet again at the bridge over Erzbergerallee.

The passenger station building was also rebuilt and integrated into the embankment. This arrangement can still be found today. The bridge over Trierer Strasse was directly connected to the station building, which caused renewed traffic problems due to its narrow width of 12 meters. In 1898, these were tightened by the opening of the tram line to Brand , which despite being expanded to two tracks, only ran under the railway line as a single track. Later the bridge had to be widened.

At the beginning of the 20th century the name was changed to Aachen-Rothe Erde . The depot was closed in 1932.

During the Second World War , the station was badly destroyed and the bridge over Trierer Strasse was blown up. It was not until 1946 that the Aachen - Cologne connection could be resumed. As the transport of steel , coke and lime was subsequently discontinued, the station became less and less important as a cargo handling point. Only the connections to the Aachen Nord train station with the Talbot wagon factory located there and to the Aachen Philips works on the Vennbahn remained in operation. In contrast, the Rothe Erde station was increasingly used for passenger traffic on the Aachen - Cologne route. In 2004, the goods sheds were finally torn down and the old and now no longer used railway site was largely leveled for the construction of the Aachen Arkaden shopping center .

In 2013, construction began on a new, closed car wash on the site of the former freight yard. It replaces the old, open system in Aachen Central Station, so that the trains can be cleaned outside in winter. For reasons of space, the decision was made for the location in Rothe Erde, which is also to be increasingly used as a parking facility, while in Aachen Hbf mainly technical maintenance work is to be carried out.

Aachen-Rothe Erde station was a planned stop for the campus railway , but it was not built after the negative vote by the citizens of Aachen in a referendum in March 2013.

Todays use

In 2007 the entire station was rebuilt in the course of commissioning the ESTW Aachen. The old freight and storage station was severely dismantled. Until the renovation, the station still had two mechanical signal boxes , one each for the passenger and freight station, from which the form signals and points were set. Another signal box called Rr was demolished in 2004 in preparation for the construction of the Aachen Arkaden. Meanwhile, the train station, as CBI is common with Ks-signals equipped and managed by the operations center remotely Duisburg. The central platform was completely rebuilt. The new platform has a height of 76 cm above the top of the rail. The station also got a second entrance from the east side and a lift for barrier-free access to the platform. The next taxi stand is in the immediate vicinity of the western exit on Beverstrasse. There is also a parking lot with a Cambio CarSharing station . The renovation of the western facade was completed in October 2013. The red louvred windows, behind which the currently unused rooms of the train station are hidden, now shine from the inside in a subtle light.

Aachen arcades

In the period from January 2007 until the opening on October 9, 2008, the Aachen Arkaden, an office and shopping center with 16,000 m² of retail space , was built on a large part of the former site of the former freight yard . It was built in the style of functional contemporary architecture of minimalism with atriums including a transparent foil roof. Of the traditional arcades , six tower stilts and the shops are evident. The Look and Feel interior concept includes natural materials, relaxation areas and an air-purifying office tree plant in the arcade rotunda , which extends to the first floor and, with a few smaller plants, provides a natural air conditioning system. In addition to the four-story building, the shopping center integrates the six-story tower complex. The intention of this tower is an urban dominant feature as an entrance to the city center and the east quarter. The forecourt ensures inclusion in the environment. The overall impression is reminiscent of the neoclassical Grenzwart house, which was built at the train station between 1924 and 1930. The main urban user is the Aachen health department .

traffic

Railway lines

The NRW-Express , Rhein-Sieg-Express and the Euregiobahn currently stop in Aachen-Rothe Erde . In addition, the station is served at night by the S13 S-Bahn, which goes to Aachen or Troisdorf . Furthermore, part of the old freight yard is still used today as a storage area for rolling stock and the Euregiobahn railcars , which can also be refueled there at a diesel filling station.

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 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
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)
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

Bus routes

The following bus lines operate at Aachen-Rothe Erde train station:

line Line course
5 Uniklinik  - Westfriedhof  - Schanz  - Elisenbrunnen  - Aachen Bushof  - Kaiserplatz  - Josefskirche  - Bf Rothe Erde  - Forst  - Driescher Hof - Brand School Center - Brand
7th Verlautenheide  - Eilendorf Station  - Bf Rothe Erde  - Theater  - Elisenbrunnen  - Aachen bus station  - Ponttor  - Laurensberg  - Richterich Schonau
15th Elisenbrunnen  - Aachen Bushof  - Kaiserplatz  - Josefskirche  - Bf Rothe Erde  - Forst  - Brand  - Krauthausen  - Breinig (-  Vicht  - Mausbach )
16 Richterich  Schönau / Laurensberg  Rahe - Laurensberg - Westbahnhof  - Ponttor  - Aachen bus station  - Rothe Erde station  - Tierpark  - Lintert - Hitfeld - Oberforstbach  - Schleckheim  - Nütheim  - Walheim  - Schmithof  - Sief
25th Vaals  (NL) - Vaalserquartier  - Westfriedhof  - Schanz  - Elisenbrunnen  - Aachen Bushof  - Kaiserplatz  - Rothe Erde  - Forst  - Brand  - Freund  - Büsbach  - Stolberg Mühlener Bf (-  Atsch  Dreieck)
27 Brand  - Eilendorf  Süd industrial park  - Rothe Erde station  - Normaluhr - Theater  - Elisenbrunnen  - Aachen Bus Station  - Ponttor  - Laurensberg  - Niersteiner Höfe  - Vetschau  - Richterich Roder Weg / Kohlscheid  Bank
35 Vaals  border - Vaalserquartier  - Westfriedhof  - Schanz  - Elisenbrunnen  - Aachen bus station  - Kaiserplatz  - Rothe Erde station  - Forst  - Brand  - Kornelimünster  - Walheim  - Hahn  - Breinig
37 Brand  - Eilendorf  Süd industrial park  - Rothe Erde station  - normal clock - theater  - Elisenbrunnen  - Aachen bus station  - Ponttor  - Laurensberg  - Orsbach  - Lemiers
45 Uniklinik  - Kullen - Westfriedhof  - Schanz  - Elisenbrunnen  - Aachen Bushof  - Kaiserplatz  - Bf Rothe Erde  - Forst  - Driescher Hof - Brand School Center (-  Brand )
55 Vaals  border - Vaalserquartier  - Westfriedhof  - Schanz  - Elisenbrunnen  - Aachen bus station  - Kaiserplatz  - Rothe Erde station  - Forst  - Brand  - Kornelimünster  - Schleckheim  - Lichtenbusch
65 Elisenbrunnen  - Aachen bus station  - Kaiserplatz  - Rothe Erde station  - Forst  - Brand  - Kornelimünster  - Schleckheim  - Nütheim  - Walheim  - Walheim Hasbach
66 Aachen bus station  - Kaiserplatz  - Josefskirche  - Rothe Erde station  - Brand  - Kornelimünster  - Walheim  - Friesenrath  - Roetgen  - Konzen  - Imgenbroich  - Monschau
SB66 Express bus:
Aachen bus station  - Kaiserplatz  - Josefskirche  - Rothe Erde station  - Brand  - Kornelimünster  - Walheim  - Friesenrath  - Roetgen  - Konzen  - Imgenbroich  - Monschau
70 Vaals  border - Vaalserquartier  - Uniklinik  - Laurensberg  - Richterich  - Eulershof - Talbot  - Europaplatz  - Bf Rothe Erde  - Tierpark  - Forst  - Lintert - Hitfeld - Oberforstbach  - Schleckheim  - Pascalstraße
73 University Clinic  - Campus Melaten - Hörn - Westbahnhof  - Ponttor  - Aachen Bus Station  - Kaiserplatz  - Josefskirche  - Bf Rothe Erde
125 Express bus:
Aachen bus station  - Kaiserplatz  - Rothe Erde station  - Brand  - Freund  - Büsbach  - Stolberg Mühlener station
135 Express bus:
Elisenbrunnen  - Aachen bus station  - Kaiserplatz  - Rothe Erde station  - Brand  - Kornelimünster  - Walheim  - Hahn
173  Express bus:
University Clinic - Campus Melaten - Süsterau - Westbahnhof  - Ponttor  - Aachen Bus Station  - Kaiserplatz  - Bf Rothe Erde  - Brand
N1 Night express:
Elisenbrunnen  → Aachen Bushof  → Kaiserplatz  → Josefskirche  → Bf Rothe Erde  → Forst  → Brand  → Kornelimünster  → Walheim  → Schleckheim  → Oberforstbach  → Burtscheid  → Marienhospital  → Theater  → Elisenbrunnen
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

See also

Web links

Commons : Aachen-Rothe Erde station  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Aachen Arkaden  - 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. ^ Hans Schweers, Henning Wall: Railways around Aachen. 150 years of the international route Cologne - Aachen - Antwerp , Schweers + Wall, Aachen 1993, ISBN 3-921679-91-5 , p. 93.
  3. Aachen-Rothe Erde train station. In: Accessible on the move. Aachen Transport Association , June 17, 2011, archived from the original on November 13, 2013 ; Retrieved November 13, 2013 .
  4. Stations in Aachen - Rothe Erde. In: Cambio CarSharing . cambio Mobility Service GmbH & Co KG, accessed on February 24, 2015 .
  5. Kathrin Albrecht: A real bright spot replaces the "Horror Cabinet" . In: Aachener Nachrichten , Aachener Zeitungsverlag , October 25, 2013. Retrieved on November 13, 2013. 
  6. The laying of the foundation stone to close this inner-city building gap in the east of the city took place on Monday, August 27, 2007. Robert Janzen from the investor TCN in Neuss was in charge of the project . Aachener Zeitung, August 28, 2007, p. 13, no.196.
  7. Robert Esser: Aachen Arcades start record breaking . In: Aachener Nachrichten , Aachener Zeitungsverlag , October 9, 2008. Retrieved November 13, 2013. 
  8. Aachen Arkaden - your shopping center . Advertising association of the Aachen Arkaden GbR. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  9. Jutta Geese: move ticked off: health department in the Aachen-Arkaden . In: Aachener Nachrichten , Aachener Zeitungsverlag , November 2, 2009. Retrieved November 13, 2013. 
  10. The Aachen architects Höhler + Partner assisted the project developer TCN. The architects Walter Wiese took over the client representation. In July 2006 TCN took over the management of Real Estade GmbH from AMW projekte GmbH. Aachener Zeitung, October 8, 2008
  11. Notice timetable for Rothe Erde station. (PDF; 412 kB) Aachen Transport Association , June 15, 2014, accessed on February 24, 2015 .