Aachen West station

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

Aachen West
Platform
General information
Location	Republikplatz 1, Aachen, NRW 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]
Construction
Accessible	Yes
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 Kohlscheid towards Heerlen or Alsdorf Poststraße RB 20 Aachen Schanz towards Langerwehe/Düren or Stolberg Altstadt Kohlscheid towards Essen Hbf RB 33 Aachen Schanz towards Aachen Hbf Preceding station Arriva Netherlands Following station Herzogenrath towards Liège-Guillemins RE 18 LIMAX Drielandentrein Dreiländerzug Train des trois pays Aachen Hbf Terminus Preceding station National Express Germany Following station Herzogenrath towards Dortmund Hbf RE 4 (Wupper-Express) Aachen Schanz towards Aachen Hbf
Location

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)