Bergisch Gladbach station

Bergisch Gladbach station is a terminal station and forms the public transport hub of the city of Bergisch Gladbach, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has been the terminus of line S 11 of the Rhine-Sieg S-Bahn (now part of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn) since 1 June 1975.[5] This service now runs via Cologne, Neuss and Düsseldorf to Düsseldorf Airport Terminal station. It also includes the city’s freight yard. The section of the Sülz Valley Railway between Köln-Mülheim station and Bergisch Gladbach is electrified. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 6 station.[1]

Bergisch Gladbach station
Terminal station
LocationJohann Wilhelm Lindlarstr. 11, Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates50°59′29″N 7°7′28″E
Line(s)Sülz Valley Railway (KBS 450.11)
Platforms1
Other information
Station code512[1]
DS100 codeKBGG[2]
IBNR8000899
Category6[1]
Fare zoneVRS: 2310[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1868[4]
Services
Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station
toward Düsseldorf Flughafen Terminal Hbf
S 11Terminus
Location
Bergisch Gladbach station
Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

The station has eight operable tracks, one with a platform and overhead wiring for S-Bahn traffic, the rest serve the freight yard. Other tracks in the freight yard and sidings are no longer needed and have been dismantled or are no longer used. The station entrance is controlled by a historic mechanical signal box, which has been in use since 1911 and is now a heritage-listed building. Adjacent to the S-Bahn platform is a bus station with 14 bus bays, which is served by 20 bus lines during the day and 6 night bus lines.

History

The station was opened in 1868, together with the Köln-Mülheim–Bergisch Gladbach line.[4] In 1870, a line was built from the entrance of Bergisch Gladbach station to Bensberg, requiring trains running to Bensberg to reverse in the station. Due to the increased size of the station a signal box was opened in 1890 at the station entrance on the island between the line to Köln-Mülheim, the line to Bensberg and the Tannenbergstraße level crossing. From 1912 until 1960 there was a connecting curve at Gronau junction so that reversal at the station could be avoided. During the establishment of the Rhine-Sieg S-Bahn, the Sülz Valley Railway between Köln-Mülheim and Bergisch Gladbach was electrified in 1974-75. Electrification in Bergisch Gladbach station itself, however, was limited to the track serving S-Bahn platform and one other track, which has since been closed.

References
  1. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (10 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.
  3. "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 198. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  4. "Bergisch Gladbach station operations". NRW rail archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  5. "Bergisch Gladbach station". NRW rail archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
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