Horrem station

Horrem
Deutsche Bahn Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn
Through station
General information
LocationBahnhofstr. 9, Horrem, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates50°54′59″N 6°42′53″E / 50.916492°N 6.714768°E / 50.916492; 6.714768
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Other information
Station code2919[1]
DS100 codeKHR[2]
IBNR8000178
Category3[1]
Fare zoneVRS: 2870[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened6 September 1841[4]
Services
Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station
Düren
towards Aachen Hbf
 RE 9 Köln-Ehrenfeld
towards Siegen Hbf
Quadrath-Ichendorf
towards Bedburg
 RB 38 Köln-Ehrenfeld
towards Köln Messe/Deutz
Preceding station National Express Germany Following station
Düren
towards Aachen Hbf
 RE 1 (NRW-Express) Köln-Ehrenfeld
towards Hamm (Westf) Hbf
Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station
Terminus S12
peak hours only
 Frechen-Königsdorf
towards Au (Sieg)
Sindorf
towards Düren
 S13 Frechen-Königsdorf
towards Troisdorf
S19 Frechen-Königsdorf
towards Au (Sieg)
Map
Location
Horrem is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Horrem
Horrem
Location in North Rhine-Westphalia
Horrem is located in Germany
Horrem
Horrem
Location in Germany
Horrem is located in Europe
Horrem
Horrem
Location in Europe

Horrem station is a station in the Kerpen district of Horrem in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is a railway junction of the Cologne–Aachen high-speed railway and the Erft Railway (Horrem–Bedburg, connecting with Neuss). The triangular station of Horrem is served by regional services and by S-Bahn trains of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn. Long-distance trains run through on the high-speed line without stopping. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station.[1]

History

The station was opened on 6 September 1841 along with the Lövenich–Aachen section of the Cologne–Aachen railway.[4] The station building was demolished in 2012 and completely rebuilt in 2013. The new station building was built as part of a pilot project of Deutsche Bahn’s StationGreen XL-Modul program, strictly according to ecological principles and equipped with eco-friendly technology.[5] Until 2001, Horrem station had a freight yard to its north.[6] There are commuter parking spaces in this area. The forecourt and entrance building were fundamentally rebuilt from 2010 to 2014. A "green station" was built, with CO2-neutral operations.[7] This involved the installation of photovoltaic and geothermal systems and the use of ecological building materials.[8]

Station building

It has two island platform tracks for operations on the Erft Railway, which branches off from the Cologne-Aachen line at the station and four platform tracks and three through tracks for operations on the high-speed line. The station now a waiting room, a kiosk and a bookshop in the entrance building. In front of the station, there is a bus station with six platforms served by VRS bus routes towards Bergheim, Bedburg, Elsdorf, Erftstadt, Frechen, Hücheln, Hürth, Kerpen, Königshoven and Sindorf. The station forecourt and bus station were rebuilt to a different design between 2010 and 2014.

Operations

Regional-Express at platform

Horrem station is served by the NRW-Express (between Aachen and Hamm), the Rhein-Sieg-Express (between Aachen and Siegen) and the Erft-Bahn (between Cologne and Düsseldorf), each running hourly. It is also served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn lines S13 between Sindorf or Düren and Troisdorf and by S19 between Düren and Hennef (Sieg), Blankenberg (Sieg), Herchen or Au (Sieg). Together these provide a service every 20 minutes through Cologne on working days and every 30 minutes on the weekend. During the peak, line S12 also provides services every 20 minutes between Horrem and Hennef (Sieg).[9]

Line Line name Route
RE 1 NRW-Express Aachen Hbf – Düren – Horrem – Cologne Hbf – Düsseldorf Hbf – Duisburg Hbf – Essen Hbf – Dortmund Hbf – Hamm (Westf)
RE 9 Rhein-Sieg-Express Aachen Hbf – Düren – Horrem – Cologne Hbf – Siegburg/Bonn – Siegen
RB 38 Erft-Bahn Cologne Hbf – Horrem – Bedburg (Erft)
S12 Rhine-Sieg S-Bahn (Horrem –) Köln-Ehrenfeld – Cologne Hbf – Troisdorf – Siegburg/Bonn – Hennef (– Au)
S13 Rhine-Sieg S-Bahn (Düren –) Sindorf – Horrem – Cologne Hbf – Cologne/Bonn Airport – Troisdorf
S19 Rhine-Sieg S-Bahn Düren – Horrem – Cologne Hbf – Cologne/Bonn Airport – Troisdorf – Siegburg/Bonn – Hennef – Au

Nord-Süd-Bahn

On the eastern edge of Horrem is the North-South Railway (Nord-Süd-Bahn) of RWE Power (formerly Rheinbraun). Lignite and overburden are transported on this industrial railway between mines and coal-fired power stations. At the point where it crosses the railway line between Cologne and Aachen, the then longest reinforced concrete bridge in Germany built was built in 1953/54. This was necessary, because the roof of the 1623-metre long Königendorf tunnel was removed to enable its electrification and it was converted into a deep cutting. The tunnel was built in 1840 for the Belgium–Aachen–Cologne railway.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c "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. ^ "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 202. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Horrem operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Empfangsgebäude wird abgerissen" (in German). Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. 25 January 2011. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  6. ^ "Der Bahnhof Horrem vor dem Umbau 1999/2000" (in German). wisoveg.de. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Deutschlands erstes klimaneutrales Bahnhofsgebäude für Kerpen-Horrem" (Press release) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. 13 November 2012. Archived from the original on 30 May 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Nächster Halt: Grüner Bahnhof". DB Welt (in German) (2): 8f. 16 March 2014.
  9. ^ "Horrem station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. 15 June 2013.

References

  • Helmut Weingarten (1987). Die Eisenbahn zwischen Rhein und Erft. Ein Lesebuch für Eisenbahnfreunde (in German). Cologne: Rheinland-Verlag. pp. 36–47. ISBN 3-7927-0973-2. (Contributions to the History of the Erft district 5).