Kempen railway station (Niederrhein)
| Kempen (Lower Rhine) | |
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 Entrance building of the station
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| Data | |
| Location in the network | Intermediate station |
| Design | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 2 |
| abbreviation | KKEM |
| IBNR | 8000409 |
| Price range | 6th |
| opening | March 5, 1863 |
| Profile on Bahnhof.de | Kempen__Lower Rhine_ |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Kempen |
| Place / district | Kempen |
| country | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 22 '4 " N , 6 ° 25' 30" E |
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| Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia | |
The Kempen (Niederrhein) train station is the train station of the city of Kempen on the Niederrhein . It is located on the left Lower Rhine route . There used to be three other railway lines at the station, which are now closed: From 1902 to 1931 the Geldernsche Kreisbahn operated (Kempen - Wachtendonk - Straelen - Kevelaer ); the Kempen – Venlo line opened in 1867 and operated for over 100 years. The Krefeld Railway Company frequented Kempen since 1872, the passenger traffic in 1949 by Oedt and 1951, according to Hüls (Krefeld) set of freight by Oedt 1985, the rest of the market after Looked hut 1,981th
Location and structure
Kempen train station is located immediately northeast of the old town. The railway line is double-tracked in the area of the station and has two side platforms, of which the western one is the home platform . Immediately to the west of the train station is the bus station belonging to the train station. Its access is at ground level and the platforms can be reached via stairs and ramps. This makes the station barrier-free .
The station building is used as a cultural station. The underpass under the railroad tracks is very wide. West it goes into a staircase on which urban small in a kind of amphitheater is built, which consists of alternating stone and lawns. To the east of the train station, the overpass merges into Arnoldplatz , which leads to the tax office of the city of Kempen.
Furnishing
The platform on track 1 is partially covered, on track 2 there is only a shelter. Toilets are located in the station building. Large bicycle parking facilities at all exits of the train station enable you to arrive or continue your journey by bicycle. There are large free Park & Ride parking spaces for cars next to platform 2. Passengers at the station are informed via so-called dynamic writing indicators . 15 minutes before a train arrives, travelers are informed about the train via a ticker. In the event of deviations from the timetable, the traveler is informed, also via ticker. For this purpose, automatically generated announcements will be played over the loudspeaker attached to the dynamic text indicator. In 2020, Kempen train station will receive new, more modern and reliable display boards with which the traveler can be better informed.
Freight transport
The formerly extensive track system in the east of the station has now been removed and built over. In the north there is still an eastern siding and a siding. The chemical company Chemie Wall in Kempen is supplied with a freight train every week.
Krefeld Railway
The railway facilities of the standard gauge Krefeld railway were to the east of the station, east of the goods shed. A station building with a platform was available at the level of the state train station building, there was a loading street and two sidings. The handover to the state railway took place in the north of the station.
Small train station
The station of the meter-gauge Geldern circuit was north of the reception building on Kleinbahnstraße, the course of which also corresponds to the former route. The tracks ended bluntly in Kempen. In addition to a platform track, there was also a loading lane with weighbridge, a loading track for reloading to standard gauge and several sidings. A small station building with a goods shed was also available.
traffic
railroad
| line | course | Tact |
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| RE 10 |
Niers-Express : Kleve - Bedburg-Hau - Goch - Weeze - Kevelaer - Geldern - Nieukerk - Aldekerk - Kempen (Niederrhein) - Krefeld Hbf - Krefeld-Oppum - Meerbusch-Osterath - Düsseldorf Hbf Status: timetable change December 2015 |
30 min |
| Future lines from 2025:
RB41 |
Course:
Geldern - Nieukerk - Aldekerk - Kempen (Lower Rhine) - Krefeld Hbf - Krefeld-Oppum - Meerbusch-Osterath - Neuss Hbf |
Cycle:
Mon. to Fri. 60 min. At peak times 30 min. |
It is served every hour, Monday to Friday, every 30 minutes during the day (every 15 minutes at peak times ) by the RE 10 "Niers-Express" Kleve– Düsseldorf via Krefeld . Local rail passenger transport is carried out by the NordWestBahn (NWB), which uses LINT 41 diesel multiple units in single to triple traction.
From 2025, the RB41 line will run every 60 minutes from Monday to Friday. Every 30 minutes at peak times.
Bus transport
In addition, several bus lines mainly run every hour from Kempen train station to the city districts and the surrounding communities. The regional tariff of the VRR ( Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr ) and the NRW tariff apply to local public transport .
Web links
- Tracks in service facilities (KKEM) , DB Netz AG (PDF; track plan)
NRWbahnarchiv by André Joost:
Individual evidence
- ^ Westdeutsche Zeitung: Kempen: Deutsche Bahn promises more service for the station. Retrieved November 7, 2019 .
- ^ Gerd Wolff, Lothar Riedel: German small and private railways. Volume 5: North Rhine-Westphalia. Northwestern part . Eisenbahn-Kurier, Freiburg 1998, ISBN 3-88255-662-5 , p. 219 .
- ↑ Lothar Riedel: The Geldern circular path. (= Publications of the historical association for money and the surrounding area . Volume 90 ). Geldern 1989, ISBN 3-921760-17-8 , pp. 55 .
- ^ Westdeutsche Zeitung: VRR is planning a new route via Kempen and Krefeld. Retrieved November 7, 2019 .