Neuss Hauptbahnhof

Neuss Hauptbahnhof
Through station
File:Ne-hbf.jpg Station exit
Location	Further Str. 1m Neuss, Rhein-Kreis Neuss, NRW Germany
Coordinates
Line(s)	Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf Cologne–Kleve Düren–Neuss Neuss–Kaarst
Other information
Station code	4440
DS100 code	KN
IBNR	8000274
Category	2
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1853

Neuss Central Station (Neuss Hauptbahnhof) is the railway station for the city of Neuss in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The main station building is built on a platform between the tracks and it is located at the junction of the Lower Left Rhine Railway (Linksniederrheinische Strecke, Cologne–Kleve) and the Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf railway. These lines also connect with the Düren–Neuss railway and the Neuss–Viersen railway; the latter has ended since 1984 at Kaarster See station and is operated by the private Regiobahn company.

The station is a transport hub, served by various rail services, a Stadtbahn line, a tram line and a bus station with eight bays in the station forecourt.

Neuss station houses several shops, including a restaurant, a snack bar and a kiosk. In 2006, it was modernised, with two of its four platforms equipped with lifts for wheelchair users. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 2 station.

History

Neuss station was opened in 1853, along with the line from Aachen. A rail connection to Cologne followed in 1855. In 1875/76, the second station building was built. The current station building was opened at the same location in 2003. The station was extensively remodelled with the opening of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn lines S11 (opened in 1985) and S 8 (1988).

Operations

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Talent of Regiobahn in Neuss station

Long-distance services

Since the timetable change in December 2009, Neuss Hauptbahnhof has again been served by long-distance services:

• An Intercity-Express connects Neuss with Berlin Ostbahnhof (and Mönchengladbach in the other direction) on Fridays and Sundays.
• An Intercity from Aachen stops in Neuss on its journey to Berlin Südkreuz. The return trip runs from Leipzig via Neuss and continues via Mönchengladbach and Aachen to Cologne.

Local services

The station is served by the following seven regional services (June 2013):

Line	Line name	Route
RE 4	Wupper-Express	Aachen – Mönchengladbach – Neuss – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal – Hagen – Dortmund
RE 7	Rhein-Münsterland-Express	Krefeld – Neuss – Cologne – Solingen – Wuppertal – Hagen – Hamm (Westf) – Münster (Westf) – Rheine
RE 13	Maas-Wupper-Express	Venlo – Viersen – Mönchengladbach – Neuss – Düsseldorf Hbf – Wuppertal – Hagen – Hamm (Westf)
RB 38	Erft-Bahn	Düsseldorf – Neuss – Grevenbroich – Horrem / (Cologne – Köln Messe/Deutz)
S 8	S 8	Mönchengladbach – Neuss – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal – Hagen
S 11	S 11	Düsseldorf Airport Terminal – Düsseldorf – Neuss – Dormagen – Cologne – Bergisch Gladbach
S 28	S 28	Kaarster See – Neuss – Düsseldorf – Mettmann Stadtwald

Preceding station		Deutsche Bahn		Following station
Mönchengladbach Hbf toward Aachen Hbf		RE 4 Wupper-Express		Düsseldorf Hbf toward Dortmund Hbf
Holzheim toward Cologne Hbf		RB 38 Erft-Bahn		Düsseldorf Hbf Terminus
Preceding station		eurobahn		Following station
Mönchengladbach Hbf toward Venlo		RE 13 Maas-Wupper-Express		Düsseldorf Hbf toward Hamm Hbf
Preceding station		National Express		Following station
Dormagen toward Rheine Hbf		RE 7 Rhein-Münsterland-Express		Meerbusch Osterath toward Krefeld Hbf
Preceding station		Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn		Following station
Büttgen toward Mönchengladbach Hbf		S 8		Neuss Am Kaiser toward Hagen Hbf
Neuss Süd toward Bergisch Gladbach Hbf		S 11		Neuss Am Kaiser toward Düsseldorf Flughafen Terminal
Kaarst IKEA toward Kaarster See		S 28		Neuss Am Kaiser toward Mettmann Stadtwald

Planning

It is planned to operate an additional Regional-Express service (RE6a) on the Düsseldorf–Neuss–Dormagen–Cologne route from not later than the 2013/14 timetable change in December 2013.

Platform usage

In general, rail services use the platforms as follows:

Platform	Line	Use
1	RE 7	to Krefeld
2	RB 38	to Düsseldorf
3	RB 38	to Grevenbroich, Horrem and Cologne
4	RE 7	to Cologne, Münster and Rheine
5	1049 (only Sun)	Düsseldorf – Duisburg – Essen – Dortmund – Hamm – Bielefeld – Hannover – Berlin
5/6	RE 4 RE 13 S 8 S 11 S 28	to Hagen, Dortmund, Hamm, Düsseldorf and Mettmann
7/8	RE 4 RE 13 S 8 S 11 S 28	to Aachen, Venlo, Mönchengladbach, Bergisch Gladbach and Kaarst
8	1046 (only Fri)	to Mönchengladbach

Bus routes

Neuss station is served by a Stadtbahn line, a tram line, twelve bus routes and six night bus routes.

Line	Route
U75	Neuss Hauptbahnhof– Handweiser – Belsenplatz – Heinrich-Heine-Allee – Düsseldorf Hbf – Schlesische Straße (U) – Eller, Vennhauser Allee
709	Gerresheim, Krankenhaus – Grafenberg – Düsseldorf Hbf – Südfriedhof – Neuss Hauptbahnhof–Neuss Theodor-Heuss-Platz
828	Stadthalle - Neuss Hauptbahnhof - Weißenberg - Meerbusch Büderich - Heerdt-Belsenplatz
830	Stadthalle - Neuss Hauptbahnhof - Neuss Am Kaiser - Meerbusch Büderich - Haus Meer
841	Rosellerheide - Norf - Gnadental - Stadthalle - Neuss Hauptbahnhof - Neusserfurth - Handweiser
842	Rheinparkcenter - Hafen - Neuss Hauptbahnhof - Lukaskrankenhaus
843	Grefrath - Skihalle - Holzheim - Reuschenberg - Neuss Süd - Neuss Hauptbahnhof - Neusserfurth
844	Hoisten - Weckhoven - Reuschenberg - Neuss Süd - Neuss Hauptbahnhof - Neusserfurth
848	Johanna-Etienne-Krankenhaus - Neuss Hauptbahnhof - Schulzentrum - Lukaskrankenhaus
849	Erftal - Gnadental - Stadthalle - Neuss Hauptbahnhof - Lukaskrankenhaus
851	Uedesheim - Grimlinghausen - Gnadental - Stadthalle - Neuss Hauptbahnhof - Neusserfurth - Kaarst
852	Norf - Grimlinghausen - Stadthalle - Neuss Hauptbahnhof - Neusserfurth - Kaarst
854	Weckhoven - Selikum - Gnadental - Stadthalle - Neuss Hauptbahnhof - Weißenberg - Vogelsang
857T	Neuss Hauptbahnhof - Bauerbahn
NE1	Neuss Hauptbahnhof - Stadthalle - Alexianerplatz - Gnadental - Grimlinghausen - Neuss Wehl - Neuss Speck
NE2	Neuss Hauptbahnhof - Pomona - Reuschenberg - Holzheim - Grefrath über Skihalle
NE3	Grefrath über Skihalle - Holzheim - Reuschenberg - Pomona - Neuss Hauptbahnhof - Vogelsang - Böhmerstr.
NE4	Stadthalle - Neuss Hauptbahnhof - Neusserfurth - Kaarst Maubisstr.
NE5	Neuss Hauptbahnhof - Stadthalle - Alexianerplatz - Gnadental - Grimlinghausen - Taubental - Neuss Uedesheim Deichstraße
NE6	Neuss Hauptbahnhof - Stadthalle - Alexianerplatz - Gnadental - Reuschenberg - Weckhoven - Hoisten Schleife

Planning

The new Düsseldorf Stadtbahn line, U81, is planned from the commercial area of Hammelfeld or possibly from Rheinpark-Center station via Neuss station and continuing via Lörick, the Messe Düsseldorf and the Düsseldorf Airport to Ratingen. This project is currently postponed due to lack of funding.

Remodelling

Neuss station is among six German stations, which have been added to Deutsche Bahn’s station development program. The planning firm of Jaspert, Steffens, Watrin und Drehsen of Cologne was commissioned with the development of a concept design. The concept was developed in close cooperation with the city of Neuss and is currently being tested to determine its feasibility. The focus is mainly on the station forecourt, the entrance building, the transport facilities of the station itself and its environment.

The concept consists of eight modules, which can be realised independently. The so-called Masterplan NRW also provides for the development of the rail infrastructure. Deutsche Bahn, the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia signed up to the plan was on 11 December 2008. The modernisation plan is funded with €767,000. In the second stage of the operation, Modernisierungsoffensive (modernisation drive) 2, Neuss station was rebuilt in the 2nd half of 2012. Among other things, all platforms gained a lift, the floor covering was renewed and auxiliary systems for the visually impaired were installed.