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Grevenbroich station

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Station code
  
2263

IBNR
  
8000133

Opened
  
1 September 1869

DS100 code
  
KGRB

Category
  
4

Platforms in use
  
4

Grevenbroich station

Location
  
Bahnhofsvorplatz 17, Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany

Line(s)
  
Rheydt–Cologne–Ehrendfeld Düren–Neuss

Address
  
41515 Grevenbroich, Germany

Similar
  
Stommeln station, Rheydt Hauptbahnhof, Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof, Rheydt‑Odenkirchen station, Neuss Hauptbahnhof

Grevenbroich station is a junction station in the city of Grevenbroich in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located at the junction of the Cologne–Mönchengladbach railway and the Düren–Neuss railway. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.

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With stops by Busverkehr Rheinland (BVR, a bus operator owned by Deutsche Bahn) in the five bays of the bus station in the station forecourt, Grevenbroich station is the transport hub of Grevenbroich.

History

The first entrance building of Grevenbroich station was demolished after the Second World War, probably as a result of war damage. It was replaced by the existing station building.

The area of the former goods yard, which lay to the west of the platforms, has been reduced dramatically in recent years, so that today it is no longer used. Only a large brownfield area indicates its former size.

With the commissioning of electronic interlocking at Grevenbroich on the Rheydt-Ehrenfeld route in 2007, the Gnf and Gs signal boxes were closed, but they still exist.

The station was partially restored in the period from July to September 2012. A new floor covering with a tactile guidance system for the visually impaired and blind was installed and the entrance area was renovated. The middle entrance door was replaced by an automatically opening door, it allows wheelchair users and people with restricted mobility to enter the station. Deutsche Bahn invested about €300,000 for this project.

Operations

Grevenbroich station is served by the following three services:

Planning

There have been plans to the replace the RB 38 service by a new Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 18 from Horrem via Bedburg to Düsseldorf, which would involve electrifying the Düren–Neuss railway through Grevenbroich station, although this plan is not currently being pursued.

Platform usage

In general, rail services use the platforms as follows:

Bus routes

The station is served by the following bus routes operated by Busverkehr Rheinland:

References

Grevenbroich station Wikipedia