Lindern station

Lindern
Deutsche Bahn
Through station
General information
LocationLinderner Bahn 7, Geilenkirchen-Lindern, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates50°59′49″N 6°12′29″E / 50.99694°N 6.20806°E / 50.99694; 6.20806
Line(s)
Platforms3
Other information
Station code3734[1]
DS100 codeKLD[2]
IBNR8003697
Category4[1]
Fare zone
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened12 November 1852 [5]
Services
Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station
Geilenkirchen
towards Aachen Hbf
 RB 33 Brachelen
towards Essen-Steele
Heinsberg-Randerath
towards Heinsberg (Rheinland)
Preceding station National Express Germany Following station
Geilenkirchen
towards Aachen Hbf
 RE 4 (Wupper-Express) Hückelhoven-Baal
towards Dortmund Hbf

Lindern station is in Lindern in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Aachen–Mönchengladbach railway. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.[1]

Lindern station is at the junction where the Heinsberg–Lindern railway separates from the Aachen–Mönchengladbach railway. Since the points where the line to Heinsberg now branches off the main line is now to the east of the station, it is considered under the German regulations for operating railways (Eisenbahn-Bau- und Betriebsordnung) as a Haltestelle ("halt place"). The Aachen–Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf rail link is now important for commuters from the nearby area (Heinsberg/Linnich). The Heinsberg–Lindern line was only used for freight transport between 1980 and 2013. Passenger services on the line to Heinsberg were resumed in 2013. Construction in preparation for the resumption of services commenced in Lindern station in 2012.[6]

History

Lindern station about 1900

Lindern station, including the station building, was completed in 1852[5] and passenger and freight operations were recorded in the same year on the new Aachen–Düsseldorf–Ruhrort railway.[7] The ticket office was closed in 1989 and today (2013) the station building is used as a restaurant and a kiosk, while tickets can be purchased at a vending machine on the platform.[8]

Two mechanical signal boxes are located on the south side of the tracks, code-named Lf (class 43, built in 1950 at the end of the station towards Aachen) and Lo (class Jüdel, built in 1930 at the end of the station towards Mönchengladbach), have been taken out of service since the completion of the second stage of the Grevenbroich electronic signalling centre on 6 November 2007. The points and signals of Lindern station are controlled remotely from the Duisburg signalling control centre.[8]

With the commissioning of the electronic interlocking, the crossovers have been removed at the southern end of the station and the then still existing semaphore signals were replaced with Ks-signals. The station thus became a Haltestelle (a "halt", that is it has no set of points, but is near a junction). Moves towards Mönchengladbach from Heinberg run parallel to the main line past the platform before reaching the junction with the main line.[8]

The Aachener Verkehrsverbund (Aachen Transport Association) and the WestEnergie und Verkehr GmbH (the municipal electrical and transport company of the Heinsberg district) as the owner of the line from Lindern to Heinsberg resumed passenger traffic on the line on 15 December 2013. The operator of the infrastructure is Rurtalbahn GmbH.[6] The line is operated by DB Regio NRW with class 425 electric multiple units.[9][10]

Rail services

The station is served by the following services:[11]

Line Line name Route
RE 4 Wupper-Express Aachen – Herzogenrath – Lindern – Erkelenz – Rheydt – Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal – Hagen – Witten&nbs – Dortmund
RB 33 Rhein-Niers-Bahn Aachen Hbf - Lindern (portions coupled/uncoupled) – Mönchengladbach – Duisburg – Mülheim – Essen
– Heinsberg

A portion of the Rhein-Niers-Bahn running from Aachen is uncoupled in Lindern, with the front portion continuing to Duisburg and the back portion reversing to go to Heinsberg. This procedure is reversed in the opposite direction.

Future

There have been considerations that the Jülich–Dalheim railway operated by Rurtalbahn to Linnich would be extended as far as Lindern (as had already been planned at the beginning of the 19th century) to connect with the Heinsberg railway.[12] However, due to the cost of a new bridge over the Rur, this idea has not yet been adopted.

References

  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. ^ "Liniennetzplan Region Heinsberg" (PDF). Aachener Verkehrsverbund. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  4. ^ "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 200. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Lindern station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Projektzeitplan" (in German). Wurmtalbahn.de. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  7. ^ Gottwald, Johannes (9 November 2012). "Im Jahr 1852 wurde der Bahnhof für den Personenverkehr eröffnet". Aachener Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  8. ^ a b c "History of Lindern station" (in German). gessen.de. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  9. ^ "Neubau der Strecke Lindern - Heinsberg" (in German). Rurtalbahn. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  10. ^ "Betriebskonzept" (in German). Wurmtalbahn. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  11. ^ "Lindern station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. 30 March 2013.
  12. ^ "Ab Dezember 2012 sollen Züge gen Heinsberg rollen" (in German). Aachener Zeitung. 9 March 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  • "Website" (in German). Wurmtalbahn. Retrieved 5 July 2013.