Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof

Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof
Deutsche Bahn Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn
Bf
The outside of the station building
General information
LocationEuropaplatz 1, Mönchengladbach, NRW
Germany
Coordinates51°11′46″N 6°26′46″E / 51.196°N 6.446°E / 51.196; 6.446
Line(s)
Other information
Station code4162[1]
DS100 codeKM[2]
IBNR8000253
Category2[1]
Fare zone
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened15 October 1851[5]
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Rheydt Hbf
towards Aachen Hbf
 ICE 10 Neuss Hbf
One-way operation
ICE 14 Viersen
towards Berlin Ostbahnhof
Preceding station National Express Germany Following station
Rheydt Hbf
towards Aachen Hbf
 RE 4 (Wupper-Express) Neuss Hbf
towards Dortmund Hbf
Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station
Terminus RE 8 Rheydt Hbf
towards Koblenz Hbf
RE 42 Viersen
towards Münster Hbf
RB 27 Rheydt Hbf
towards Koblenz Hbf
Rheydt Hbf
towards Aachen Hbf
 RB 33 Viersen
towards Essen-Steele
Rheydt Hbf
towards Dalheim
 RB 34 Terminus
Preceding station Following station
Viersen
towards Venlo
 RE 13 Neuss Hbf
towards Hamm (Westf) Hbf
Preceding station VIAS Following station
Terminus RB 35 Viersen
towards Gelsenkirchen Hbf
Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station
Terminus S8 Mönchengladbach-Lürrip
towards Hagen Hbf
Map
Location
Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof
Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof
Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof (German for Mönchengladbach main station) is a railway station in the city of Mönchengladbach in western Germany.

Overview

The station is the largest railway station in the city and, along with Rheydt Hbf, one of the two Hauptbahnhof stations in Mönchengladbach. Mönchengladbach is the only city with two stations designated as a Hauptbahnhof on its soil, due to the merger between the cities of Mönchengladbach and Rheydt in the 1970s, and the subsequent reluctance of Deutsche Bundesbahn to rename Rheydt Hauptbahnhof. Mönchengladbach Hbf also is the busiest (in terms of passengers) station in Germany to lack long-distance trains.

Railway lines calling at the station

The station is on the following routes:[6]

Line Line name Route Frequency
RE 4 Wupper-Express Aachen Hbf–Mönchengladbach Hbf–Neuss Hbf–Düsseldorf Hbf–Wuppertal Hbf–Hagen Hbf–Dortmund Hbf hourly
RE 8 Rhein-Erft-Express Mönchengladbach Hbf–Grevenbroich–Rommerskirchen–Köln Hbf–Porz  (Rhein)–Bonn-Beuel–Koblenz Stadtmitte–Koblenz Hbf hourly
RE 13 Maas-Wupper-Express Venlo–Viersen –Mönchengladbach Hbf–Neuss Hbf–Düsseldorf Hbf–Wuppertal Hbf–Hagen Hbf–Hamm hourly
RE 42 Niers-Haard-Express Osnabrück – Münster – Haltern am See – Recklinghausen – Gelsenkirchen – Essen Hbf – Mülheim (Ruhr) Hbf – Duisburg Hbf – Krefeld Hbf – Mönchengladbach Hbf hourly
RB 27 Rhein-Erft-Bahn Mönchengladbach Hbf–Grevenbroich–Rommerskirchen–Cologne–Köln/Bonn Flughafen–Bonn-Beuel–Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein–Koblenz Hbf hourly
RB 33 Rhein-Niers-Bahn Essen – Mülheim – Duisburg – Krefeld – Viersen – Mönchengladbach – Aachen hourly
RB 34 Schwalm-Nette-Bahn Mönchengladbach Hbf–Rheydt Hbf–Wegberg–Dalheim hourly
RB 35 Emscher-Niederrhein-Bahn Gelsenkirchen – Oberhausen Hbf – Duisburg – Krefeld – Mönchengladbach Hbf hourly
S8 S 8 Mönchengladbach Hbf–Neuss Hbf–Düsseldorf Hbf–Wuppertal Hbf–Hagen Hbf to Wuppertal-Oberbarmen: every 20 minutes,
to Hagen: every 60 minutes

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. ^ "Fahrplan 2019/2020: Mönchengladbach/Jüchen/Korschenbroich" (PDF). NEW mobil und aktiv Mönchengladbach. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Ticketberater". Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Mönchengladbach Hbf". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Mönchengladbach Hbf". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 1 February 2017.