Grevenbroich station

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.^[1]

Grevenbroich
Through station
Entrance from the station forecourt (April 2007)
General information
Location	Bahnhofsvorplatz 17, Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	51°5′35″N 6°34′50″E
Line(s)	Rheydt–Cologne–Ehrenfeld Düren–Neuss
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	2263[1]
DS100 code	KGRB[2]
IBNR	8000133
Category	4[1]
Fare zone	VRR: 610[3] VRS: 1610 (VRR transitional tariff)[4]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1 September 1869[5]
Services
Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station Jüchen towards Mönchengladbach Hbf RE 8 Rommerskirchen towards Koblenz Hbf RB 27 Preceding station VIAS Following station Gustorf towards Bedburg RB 39 Kapellen-Wevelinghoven towards Düsseldorf Hbf
Location Grevenbroich Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

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.^[5]

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.^[5]

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:^[6]

Line	Line name	Route	Frequency
RE 8	Rhein-Erft-Express	Mönchengladbach – Grevenbroich – Rommerskirchen – Cologne – Porz (Rhein) – Troisdorf – Bonn-Beuel – Linz (Rhein) – Neuwied – Koblenz Stadtmitte – Koblenz	Hourly
RB 27	Rhein-Erft-Bahn	Mönchengladbach – Grevenbroich – Rommerskirchen – Cologne – Cologne/Bonn Airport – Troisdorf – Bonn-Beuel – Linz (Rhein) – Neuwied – Engers – Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein – Koblenz	Hourly
RB 39	Düssel-Erft-Bahn	Düsseldorf – Neuss – Grevenbroich – Bedburg (Erft)	Every 30 mins (Düsseldorf–Grevenbroich); every 60 mins (Grevenbroich–Bedburg (Erft))

Planning

There were plans to replace the former RB 38 service (which ran from Cologne to Düsseldorf via Horrem, Bedburg and Grevenbroich) by a new Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 18, which would have involved electrifying the Düren–Neuss railway through Grevenbroich station, although this plan is not currently being pursued for the section north of Bedburg. The section from Bedburg to Düsseldorf has been separated and now operates as the Düssel-Erft-Bahn, which has been renumbered as the RB 39.

Platform usage

In general, rail services use the platforms as follows:

Platform	Line	Use
1	RE 8 RB 27	to Mönchengladbach
2	RB 39	to Düsseldorf, Bedburg (Horrem and Cologne until December 2017)
3	RB 39	to Düsseldorf, Bedburg (Horrem and Cologne until December 2017)
4	RE 8 RB 27	to Koblenz

Bus routes

The station is served by the following bus routes operated by Busverkehr Rheinland:^[6]

Line	Route	Frequency
869	Neuss Stadthalle – Holzheim – Grevenbroich Kapellen – Wevelinghoven – Grevenbroich Bf	Every 60 or 120 minutes
871	Grevenbroich Bf – Rommerskirchen Vanikum – Rom. Postamt/Bf – Dormagen Delhoven – Dormagen Bf – Marktplatz/Cologne	Every 60 or 120 minutes
877	Neuss Landestheater – NE-Süd Bf – Holzheim – Grevenbroich Kapellen – Wevelinghoven (– Grevenbroich Bf)	Every 60 or 120 minutes
879	Neuss Stüttgen – Elvekum – Norf – Hoisten – Grevenbroich Neukirchen – Wevelinghoven (– Grevenbroich Bf) (small bus)
891	Rommerskirchen − Grevenbroich Bf − Kapellen-Wevelinghoven Bf	Every 30 or 60 minutes
892	Gindorf – Gustorf – Grevenbroich Bf – Allrath – Rommerskirchen Oekoven – Evinghoven	Every 30 or 60 minutes
893	Kapellen-Wevelinghoven Bf – Wevelinghoven – Grevenbroich Bf	Every 60 minutes

References

1. "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
3. "Fahrplan 2020: Neuss/Kaarst" (PDF). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr. Stadtwerke Neuss. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
4. "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 201. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
5. "Grevenbroich operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
6. "Grevenbroich station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. 15 June 2013.