Nordstrasse underground station

North street
	Subway station in Düsseldorf
	; Platform in the direction of Duisburg or Merkur Spiel-Arena / Messe Nord
Basic data
District	Pempelfort
Opened	3rd October 1981
Tracks (platform)	2 ( central platforms )
Coordinates	51 ° 14 '7 " N , 6 ° 46' 38" E Coordinates: 51 ° 14 '7 " N , 6 ° 46' 38" E
use
Stretch)	Trunk line 1
Line (s)	U 78 U 79
Switching options	701 705
Passengers	approx. 10,000 to 15,000 per day

The Nordstraße underground station is a tunnel station for the Düsseldorf light rail system . It is located on the northern route north of the city center of the North Rhine-Westphalian state capital Düsseldorf . The underground station is also an important transfer point with the connection to the tram lines running on Fischerstraße . In 2002, the number of people entering, leaving and switching was around 10,000 to 15,000 per working day.

location

The underground station itself is located in a central location north of Düsseldorf city center at the intersection of Fischerstrasse, Kaiserstrasse , Scheibenstrasse and Nordstrasse. It opens up the Nordstrasse shopping street , which gave the station its name and, with its numerous shops, forms a district center.

Station complex

The train station can be reached via escalators . The upper of the two underground levels serves as the distribution level (−1) and leads to the lower platform level (−2). This is where the central platform is located, where the lines in the direction of Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof and in the direction of Duisburg or Merkur Spiel-Arena / Messe Nord stop.

The Düsseldorf subway stations of the first, second and third generation all have almost the same design. The ceilings as well as the floor area are kept dark. A metallic cladding covers the pillars in the middle of the platform, the same material was also used for the station furniture. The beige walls provide a contrast to this dark color scheme. The names of the stops are on the one hand above the information boards in black writing on a white background and on the other hand on the walls. There they are executed in black writing on a white background, accompanied by wine-red lines above and below the writing.

Currently (May 2016) an elevator is being installed at the southern end of the platform. Since Sunday, February 21, the tram stop above has only been served in a southerly direction for around nine months.

traffic

The Nordstraße underground station is located on the first trunk line of the Düsseldorf light rail network. Both lines on this route serve the station. In addition to the transfer options between the individual tram lines, there are other transfer connections to four tram lines that stop at the surface at stops along Fischerstraße / Kaiserstraße and Nordstraße.

The neighboring city and the northern districts of Wittlaer , Kaiserswerth and Lohausen can be reached via the line from Duisburg . The line branching off in Stockum to the Merkur Spiel-Arena connects this as well as the Düsseldorf exhibition center . In the direction of the old town there is a connection to the central transfer point Heinrich-Heine-Allee. There you can change to several bus lines and the so-called Wehrhahn Line . Behind the Düsseldorf Hbf transfer station , which links the Stadtbahn with the Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn and other connections in regional and long-distance traffic, the southeastern districts of Oberbilk and Wersten , as well as the Heinrich Heine University and connected to the botanical garden .

The U78 line is operated by the Düsseldorf Rheinbahn alone, the U79 line together with the Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft (DVG). High-floor light rail vehicles of the type B80D are used on both lines . On the U79 line, there are also B80C cars operated by the Duisburg transport company.

In the local transport plan 2002–2007 of the state capital Düsseldorf the introduction of a new light rail line U80 is planned. For this, the construction of a bypass of the Düsseldorf exhibition center with a new underground station Messe-Süd is necessary. If this measure is to be implemented, the Nordstraße underground station is intended as a stop on this line.

The planning approval procedure for trunk line 5 , on which the U81 is to travel from Düsseldorf Hbf via Heinrich-Heine-Allee and Freiligrathplatz to Düsseldorf Airport , has been running since September 2015 . A new bridge is to be built from Freiligrathplatz over the Nordstern and then a tunnel to the airport terminal with an underground station there. The city plans to start construction in late 2019 ^[obsolete] and commissioning in 2023 Template: future / in 3 years. This line is also supposed to stop at Nordstraße underground station.

The following light rail lines serve the underground station:

line	course	Tact
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
U 79	( U DU-Meiderich Bf ¹ - U Auf dem Damm -) U Duissern ² - U Duisburg Hbf - U König-Heinrich-Platz - U Steinsche Gasse - Platanenhof - Musfeldstrasse - Kremerstrasse - Karl-Jarres-Strasse - Grunewald - Grunewald depot - Kulturstraße - Im Schlenk - Waldfriedhof - Münchener Straße - Sittardsberg - Mühlenkamp - St. Anna Hospital - Angerbogen (never opened) - DU-Kesselsberg ³ - D-Froschenteich - Wittlaer ⁴ - Am Mühlenacker - Kalkumer Schlossallee - Klemensplatz - Kittelbachstraße - Alte Landstraße - Lohausen - 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 ⁵ (- U Oberbilker Markt / Warschauer Straße - U Ellerstraße - U D-Oberbilk - Kaiserslauterner Straße - Provinzialplatz - Werstener Dorfstraße - Südpark - D-Universität Ost / Botanical Garden ⁶ ) High-floor operation of the Rheinbahn and DVG ; former D-Bahn ; Sections 4–5 belong to the Düsseldorf night network ; A special timetable applies during the school holidays. 10-minute intervals in the section 1-4 during the HVZ 15-minute intervals in the section 2-6 Sat 5-19 pm and in Section 4-5 Mon-Fri 21-0 pm (from 08.29.2018, before 8 p.m. to midnight), Sat 8 p.m. to midnight and Sun 5 a.m. to midnight, intervals of 30 minutes in section 2–6 Mon – Fri 7–10 p.m. and Sat 7–8 p.m. and in section 1–2 Sat 9 a.m. And Sun 12 pm–7pm	15 min (1–3) 10/20 min (3–4) 10 min (4–6)

You can change to the following tram lines:

line	Line course
701	D - Rath , DOME / Am Hülserhof ¹ - ISS Dome - Wahlerstr./ JVA - D-Rath ² - D-Rath Mitte - Mörsenbroich , Heinrichstraße ³ - Derendorf - Derendorf , Rather Straße / HSD University - Pempelfort , Dreieck⁴ - Venloer Str - Nordstraße - Pempelfort, Sternstraße - Stadtmitte , Schadowstraße - Steinstraße - Stadtmitte, Berliner Allee ⁵ - Friedrichstadt , Corneliusstraße - Morsestraße - Bilk , Karolingerplatz ⁶ - Kopernikusstraße → Am Steinberg ← Moorenstraße ← Merowingerplatz ← Bilk, Merowingerstraße⁷Mon-Sat daytime: section 1–3 every 20 min, section 3–7 every 10 min; Sun afternoons: Sections 1–3 every 30 minutes, Sections 3–7 every 15 minutes; in the evening every 20 minutes; further stops only in sections 2–4 and 5–6, but all transfer stops are listed.
705	D-Unterrath ¹ - Unterrath , Eckenerstraße - Großmarkt - Johannstraße - Derendorf, Spichernplatz ² - Pempelfort , Dreieck ³ - Venloer Straße - Nordstraße - Pempelfort, Sternstraße - Stadtmitte , Schadowstraße - Steinstraße - Stadtmitte, Berliner Allee ⁴ - D-Friedrichstadt , Helmholtzstraße - Sonnenstraße ( Friedrichstadt ) - Oberbilk , Kruppstraße - D-Oberbilk - Lierenfeld , Schlesische Straße - D-Eller Mitte - Eller, Vennhauser Allee ⁵Operation at the standard cycle of the Düsseldorf trams; Sections 1–2 are only served every 20 minutes from Monday to Friday 6 am to 8 pm; further stops only in Sections 1–3 and 4–5, but all transfer stops are listed.

Additional information

Logo of the Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn

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

Commons : U-Bahnhof Nordstrasse - Collection of images

Line map Düsseldorf (PDF; 2.5 MB)
Barrier-free route map Düsseldorf (PDF; 2.4 MB)

Individual evidence

^ Office for Traffic Management - State Capital Düsseldorf: Local Transport Plan 2002–2007 , Düsseldorf 2003, p. 59

↑ Rheinbahn One-sided closure of Nordstraße ( memento of the original from August 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2 archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. As of May 15, 2016

↑ Rheinbahn AG line plan Düsseldorf ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2 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 March 19, 2008

^ Office for Traffic Management State Capital Düsseldorf: Local Transport Plan 2002–2007 , Düsseldorf 2003, p. 120

^ U81 urban railway - project data. In: duesseldorf.de. State capital Düsseldorf, accessed on March 2, 2019 .

^ U81 / 1. BA Freiligrathplatz to the airport terminal. (PDF) Office for Traffic Management State Capital Düsseldorf, September 11, 2015, accessed on March 3, 2016 .

Previous station	Düsseldorf light rail	Next station
Victoriaplatz / Klever Straße ← Merkur Spiel-Arena / Messe Nord	U 78 D-Bahn	Heinrich-Heine-Allee Düsseldorf Hbf →
Victoriaplatz / Klever Straße ← Duisburg-Meiderich train station	U 79 D-Bahn	Heinrich-Heine-Allee University East / Botanical Garden →

[1] Office for Traffic Management - State Capital Düsseldorf: Local Transport Plan 2002–2007 , Düsseldorf 2003, p. 59