Düsseldorf Airport train station
| Dusseldorf airport | |
|---|---|
 Regional and long-distance transport platforms
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| Data | |
| Operating point type | Passenger station / stop |
| Location in the network | Intermediate station |
| Design | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 4th |
| abbreviation | KDFF (long-distance train station) KDFFH (S-Bahn stop) |
| IBNR | 8000082 |
| Price range | 2 |
| opening | May 26, 2000 |
| Profile on Bahnhof.de | Dusseldorf airport |
| Architectural data | |
| Architectural style | Modern |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Dusseldorf |
| country | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 17 '30 " N , 6 ° 47' 11" E |
| Railway lines | |
| Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia | |
The Düsseldorf Airport train station, which opened in 2000, is one of the two long-distance train stations in the city of Düsseldorf , the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia . He also takes over the function of the long-distance traffic connection of the neighboring city Ratingen . It is located on the Cologne – Duisburg railway line, which has been expanded for 200 km / h .
In addition to the Düsseldorf Airport Terminal S-Bahn station , it is one of two train stations at Düsseldorf Airport . The driverless overhead cable car SkyTrain connects the station building with the terminals (stops: airport train station, car park P4, terminals A / B and terminal C).
Around 40 long-distance trains stop here every day (as of 2014).
location
The train station is located on the northeastern edge of the airport grounds, almost 2.5 kilometers from the terminals, on the northwestern edge of the Düsseldorf district of Lichtenbroich and on the city limits of Ratingen . The closest long-distance and regional transport stops on the route are Düsseldorf Central Station, 8 km south, and Duisburg Central Station, 16 km to the north . The next stops of the S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr are Düsseldorf-Unterrath and Angermund . The former Kalkum train station, located directly north of the airport, was given up when the long-distance train station went into operation.
The platforms of Düsseldorf Airport train station extend into the underpass of the airport runways.
history
From 1975 the Düsseldorf airport was connected to the rail network with the S-Bahn station at the terminal .
The integration of what was then the second largest German airport into the long-distance network of the Deutsche Bundesbahn was an important task. According to the planning status from the end of 1992, the station should be built by 1996 and receive the infrastructure of an airport train station ; its construction costs were estimated at around 360 million DM. In addition to the Bundesbahn, the Rhein-Ruhr transport association , the airport company and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia as their owners, as well as the city of Düsseldorf, were involved in the project.
On May 26, 2000, the inauguration took place in the presence of Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and the North Rhine-Westphalian Prime Minister Wolfgang Clement . The station went into operation on May 28, 2000. Initially, up to 270 trains a day stopped at the station, including ICEs, Interregios and S-Bahn trains. The airport hoped that the connection would increase the number of passengers arriving by train from 18 to 30 percent.
There are various statements about the cost of the structure: 125 million DM, 150 million DM and 150 million euros. According to other information, the financing share of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and Deutsche Bahn together came to almost 150 million DM.
After the station went into operation, shuttle buses initially carried passengers to the individual terminals. The journey time was up to 12 minutes. On July 1, 2002, the Sky Train went into operation. The track construction of the 2.5 kilometer long and 23 meter high route corresponds to that of the Dortmund H-Bahn . After the commissioning of the railway was delayed by a year due to software problems, the train stopped six times in the first two weeks of public service. As a result, operations were suspended until August 26, 2002.
Costs and financing
According to its own statements, the federal government contributed 14.6 million euros to the construction of the airport train station in 2007 . In 2014, the federal government put the cost of the station at 47.5 million euros, of which the federal government assumed 31.6 million euros (eligible construction costs including 13 percent planning costs).
business
Up to 300 trains stop here every day. From an operational point of view, this railway system in its entirety is only a train station in the colloquial sense of the term , but in fact it consists of two independent operating points with a total of six tracks and a common reception building :
The Düsseldorf Airport train station (abbreviation in the KDFF operating point directory) is located on the long-distance railway line, with two platform tracks and one through track in each direction in between. Trains that do not stop at the station can pass through these continuous main tracks at 200 km / h. The platform of the long-distance railway track to the north also represents the eastern entrance to the station, which offers level access for pedestrians and cyclists from Ahrensplatz.
The Düsseldorf Airport (KDFFH) stop is located on the S-Bahn line with two additional platform tracks. The S-Bahn track to the north shares a platform with the long-distance train track to the south. In the first few years, the S-Bahn track to the south used the platform with a pull-out track at a junction south of the station. Today this track has been dismantled, on the western side of the platform there is now a barrier as well as a level access for pedestrians and cyclists.
Transport links
Long-distance connections exist to the north to Münster , Hanover and Berlin and to the south to Cologne and Koblenz . The Ruhr area is connected by local and long-distance transport.
The terminal building of the airport is connected to the long-distance train station via an automatically running elevated railway, the SkyTrain . Two permanently coupled units always operate as required without a fixed timetable.
Long-distance transport
In long-distance passenger rail transport , the station is served by trains of the Intercity-Express and Intercity categories . However, not all long-distance trains on the route stop at Düsseldorf Airport station. Since December 2012, daily Thalys trains on the way from Paris to Dortmund have also stopped at the station.
The station is currently served by three ICE lines and one IC line:
| line | Line course | Tact |
|---|---|---|
| ICE 10 | Berlin Gesundbrunnen - Berlin - Hanover - Bielefeld - Hamm - Dortmund - Essen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf Airport - Düsseldorf (- Cologne - Aachen ) | Hourly |
| ICE 31 | Cologne - Cologne Exhibition Center / Deutz - Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf Airport - Duisburg - Mülheim (Ruhr) - Essen - Münster - Osnabrück - Diepholz - Bremen - Hamburg - Hamburg-Altona | Indent |
| ICE 41 | Munich - Nuremberg - Würzburg - Frankfurt - Montabaur - Cologne Exhibition Center / Deutz - Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf Airport - Essen - Dortmund | Indent |
| ICE 43 | Basel - Freiburg - Karlsruhe - Frankfurt Airport-Fernbf - Cologne - Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf Airport - Essen - Dortmund | a pair of trains |
| THA 80 | Paris-Nord - Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid - Liège-Guillemins - Aachen - Cologne - Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf Airport - Duisburg - Essen - Dortmund | individual trains |
| IC 50 | Gera - Jena - Erfurt - Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe - Hamm - Düsseldorf Airport - Düsseldorf | a pair of trains |
(As of 2020)
In the year it went into operation, an average of 53 trains stopped at the station every working day. For 2014, an average of 40 long-distance train stops are named.
Regional traffic
In local rail passenger transport , the station is served by several Regional Express lines as well as one regional train and one S-Bahn line of the S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr .
Most local trains stop at the S-Bahn platform, only RE 1, RE 5 and the RE 19 repeater trains stop at the long-distance platform.
Trains of the S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr now only stop on one line:
| line | Line course | Tact |
|---|---|---|
| S 1 |
Solingen Hbf |
20 min SG-DU 30 min DU-E 15 min E-DO |
Local transport
The station is reached via Lichtenbroich by the bus lines 729, 759 and 776 of the Rheinbahn . Since June 2009 there has also been an express bus connection with the SB51 line to Kaarst via airport terminals A / B / C and Meerbusch .
Expected 2022 the completion of the motorway 44 between the junction Ratingen-East and Velbert should also a Sprinterbus the ZOB Velbert connect with the station and airport.
| line | course | Tact |
|---|---|---|
| SB 51 |
D-Airport Bf 1 -  Lichtenbroich , Quartier (n) - Airport, Hall 7 → Airport Terminal A / B / C 2 ← Airport / Maritimplatz → Airport Administration - Nordfriedhof  - Theodor-Heuss-Brücke 3 -  Meerbusch - Büderich , Landsknecht - Büderich, Church - Kaarst , Maubisstraße ← Kaarst, city Hall ← Martinus Center ← Neersener Str./ Kaarster Bf → Kaarst, city Park - Kaarst Mitte / Holzbüttgen 4 HVZ : 1-2 every 15 minutes, 2-4 every 30 minutes; Mon – Fri: 1–2 every 30 min, 2–4 every 60 min; Sat every 60 min; further stops only between 3 and 4. |
15 min (airport train station - terminal) 30 min (terminal - Kaarst) 60 on Saturdays |
| 729 |
D-Flughafen Bf - Neu-Lichtenbroich - D-Unterrath 2 - Unterrath , Höxterweg - Derendorf , Großmarkt 3 - Hugo-Viehoff-Straße → Johannstraße - Nordfriedhof - Theodor-Heuss-Brücke 4 Mon – Fri 5 am–8pm every 20 minutes; Mon – Fri 8 pm–0am, Sat 6 am–0am and Sun 5 am–0am every 30 minutes; Sun 5–7 am, only sections 1–2 are served; further stops only on section 1–3; however, all transfer stops are listed. |
20 min |
| 759 |
Düsseldorf , Airport Bf - Ratingen - West , Erfurter Strasse - Dieselstrasse - Eckampstrasse - Ratingen Mitte - Ratingen Ost
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20 min |
| 776 |
Airport train station - Neu-Lichtenbroich - Unterrath, church - D-Rath Mitte - Mörsenbroich , Wilhelm-Raabe-Straße - Heinrichstraße - Mercedesstraße
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60 min Mon. – Fri. from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
See also
literature
- Sven Andersen: On the problem of the long-distance train station Düsseldorf Airport . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International , issue 7, year 1999, ISSN 1421-2811 , pp. 274–279.
- Sven Andersen: Planning and reality of the new airport long-distance train station in Düsseldorf . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International , Issue 3/2001, ISSN 1421-2811 , pp. 137-139.
Web links
NRWbahnarchiv by André Joost:
- Description of the Düsseldorf Airport train station
- Description of the KDFF operations center
- Description of the KDFFH office
further evidence:
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c BT-Drs. 18/1606 Response of the Federal Government to the minor question from MPs Matthias Gastel, Harald Ebner, Christian Kühn (Tübingen), other MPs and the Alliance 90 / THE GREENS parliamentary group - printed matter 18/1420 - Stuttgart 21 station project - cost development and project progress
- ↑ a b New airport train station in Düsseldorf planned . In: Railway technical review . tape 41 , no. 11 , 1992, ISSN 0013-2845 , pp. 711 .
- ↑ Düsseldorfer Jahrbuch Volume 72, Droste, Düsseldorf 2001, ISBN 3-7700-3047-8 , p. 246.
- ↑ a b Report on the new Düsseldorf airport train station . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International , issue 6/2000, ISSN 1421-2811 , p. 243.
- ↑ a b Schröder: Inner German better on the rails . In: Bonner General-Anzeiger . May 27, 2000, p. 5 .
- ↑ a b c d Florian Kolf: Airport train station with flaws . In: Handelsblatt . No. 102 , May 26, 2000, ISSN 0017-7296 , p. g10 .
- ↑ Deutsche Bahn decouples Düsseldorf Airport . In: Welt am Sonntag . No. 48 , November 26, 2014, ZDB -ID 1123516-0 , p. 48 .
- ^ Announcement Sky-Train in Düsseldorf . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International , issue 10/2002, ISSN 1421-2811 , p. 447 f.
- ↑ BT-Drs. 16/7371 Response of the Federal Government to the minor question from MPs Winfried Hermann, Dr. Anton Hofreiter, Peter Hettlich, other MPs and the parliamentary group BÜNDNIS 90 / DIE GRÜNEN - Printed matter 16/7104 (PDF; 69 KiB)
- ↑ ICE line network 2020 of Deutsche Bahn AG (PDF; 445 KiB)
- ↑ EC / IC line network 2020 of Deutsche Bahn AG (PDF; 667 KiB)