Aachen West station

Aachen West station is a railway station in Aachen on the railway lines Aachen – Mönchengladbach and Aachen-West – Tongeren.

Aachen West
Bf
Platform
Location	Republikplatz 1, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	50°46′49″N 6°04′15″E
Owned by	DB Netz
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Aachen – Mönchengladbach (D2550) [1] Aachen West – Tongeren (D2552[2] L24[3]) RE 4 (KBS 485) [4] RE 18 (KBS 482) [5] RB 20 (KBS 482) [5] RB 33 (KBS 485) [4]
Platforms	1 [6]
Other information
Station code	3
DS100 code	KAW [7]
Category	5 [8]
Fare zone	AVV: Aachen City-XL-Zone[9] VRS: 3100 (AVV transitional tariff)[10]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	17 January 1853 [11]
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio NRW   Following station Herzogenrath toward Dortmund Hbf RE 4 Wupper-Express Aachen Schanz toward Aachen Hbf Kohlscheid toward Heerlen or Alsdorf Poststraße RB 20 Euregiobahn Aachen Schanz toward Langerwehe/Düren or Stolberg Altstadt Kohlscheid toward Essen Hbf RB 33 Rhein-Niers-Bahn Aachen Schanz toward Aachen Hbf Preceding station   Arriva   Following station Aachen Hbf Terminus RE 18 LIMAX Herzogenrath toward Maastricht
Location
Aachen West Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

Services

All regional trains stop at this station, so it is usually served four times per hour and direction.

Line	Name	Route
RE 4	Wupper-Express	Dortmund Hbf – Hagen Hbf – Wuppertal Hbf – Düsseldorf Hbf – Neuss Hbf – Mönchengladbach Hbf – Erkelenz – Herzogenrath – Aachen West – Aachen Hbf
RE 18	LIMAX	Aachen Hbf – Aachen West – Herzogenrath – Eygelshoven Markt – Landgraaf – Heerlen – Valkenburg – Meerssen – Maastricht
RB 20	Euregiobahn	Heerlen / Alsdorf Poststraße – Herzogenrath – Aachen West – Aachen Hbf – Aachen-Rothe Erde – Stolberg (Rheinl) Hbf (coupled/uncoupled)	– Stolberg Altstadt
			– Eschweiler-Tal – Langerwehe (– Düren)
RB 33	Rhein-Niers-Bahn	Essen – Mülheim – Duisburg – Krefeld Hbf – Mönchengladbach Hbf – Erkelenz – Geilenkirchen – Übach-Palenberg – Herzogenrath – Aachen West – Aachen Schanz – Aachen Hbf

External links

• Map of Aachen West station (in German)
• Current departures (in German)

References

1. "D2550 (Aachen – Kassel)". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
2. "D2552 (Aachen West – Gemmenich)". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
3. "Ligne 24 : (Tongeren) Y Glons - Montzen - (D)". Belrail (in French). André Sintzoff. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
4. "KBS 485" (PDF). AVV - Aachener Verkehrsverbund (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
5. "KBS 482" (PDF). AVV - Aachener Verkehrsverbund (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
6. "Aachen West track map" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
7. "Aachen West Station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
8. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
9. "Liniennetzplan Region Aachen" (PDF). Aachener Verkehrsverbund. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
10. "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 197. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
11. "Aachen West operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 29 January 2012.