Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof

Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof (German for Mönchengladbach main station) is a railway station in the city of Mönchengladbach in western Germany.

Mönchengladbach Hbf
The outside of the station building
General information
Location	Europaplatz 1, Mönchengladbach, NRW Germany
Coordinates	51°11′46″N 6°26′46″E
Line(s)	Aachen–Mönchengladbach (KBS 485) DU-Ruhrort–Mönchengladbach (KBS 425) Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf (KBS 485, 450.8) Mönchengladbach–Cologne (KBS 465)
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	4162[1]
DS100 code	KM[2]
IBNR	8000253
Category	2[1]
Fare zone	VRR: 500[3] VRS: 1500 (VRR transitional zone)[4]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	15 October 1851[5]
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Rheydt Hbf towards Aachen Hbf ICE 10 Neuss Hbf One-way operation ICE 14 Viersen towards Berlin Ostbahnhof Preceding station National Express Germany Following station Rheydt Hbf towards Aachen Hbf RE 4 (Wupper-Express) Neuss Hbf towards Dortmund Hbf Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station Terminus RE 8 Rheydt Hbf towards Koblenz Hbf RE 42 Viersen towards Münster Hbf RB 27 Rheydt Hbf towards Koblenz Hbf Rheydt Hbf towards Aachen Hbf RB 33 Viersen towards Essen-Steele Rheydt Hbf towards Dalheim RB 34 Terminus Preceding station Following station Viersen towards Venlo RE 13 Neuss Hbf towards Hamm (Westf) Hbf Preceding station VIAS Following station Terminus RB 35 Viersen towards Gelsenkirchen Hbf Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station Terminus S8 Mönchengladbach-Lürrip towards Hagen Hbf
Location

Overview

The station is the largest railway station in the city and, along with Rheydt Hbf, one of the two Hauptbahnhof stations in Mönchengladbach. Mönchengladbach is the only city with two stations designated as a Hauptbahnhof on its soil, due to the merger between the cities of Mönchengladbach and Rheydt in the 1970s, and the subsequent reluctance of Deutsche Bundesbahn to rename Rheydt Hauptbahnhof. Mönchengladbach Hbf also is the busiest (in terms of passengers) station in Germany to lack long-distance trains.

Railway lines calling at the station

The station is on the following routes:^[6]

• Aachen–Mönchengladbach (KBS 485)
• Duisburg-Ruhrort–Mönchengladbach (KBS 425)
• Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf (KBS 485, 450.8)
• Mönchengladbach–Cologne (KBS 465)

Line	Line name	Route	Frequency
RE 4	Wupper-Express	Aachen Hbf–Mönchengladbach Hbf–Neuss Hbf–Düsseldorf Hbf–Wuppertal Hbf–Hagen Hbf–Dortmund Hbf	hourly
RE 8	Rhein-Erft-Express	Mönchengladbach Hbf–Grevenbroich–Rommerskirchen–Köln Hbf–Porz  (Rhein)–Bonn-Beuel–Koblenz Stadtmitte–Koblenz Hbf	hourly
RE 13	Maas-Wupper-Express	Venlo–Viersen –Mönchengladbach Hbf–Neuss Hbf–Düsseldorf Hbf–Wuppertal Hbf–Hagen Hbf–Hamm	hourly
RE 42	Niers-Haard-Express	Osnabrück – Münster – Haltern am See – Recklinghausen – Gelsenkirchen – Essen Hbf – Mülheim (Ruhr) Hbf – Duisburg Hbf – Krefeld Hbf – Mönchengladbach Hbf	hourly
RB 27	Rhein-Erft-Bahn	Mönchengladbach Hbf–Grevenbroich–Rommerskirchen–Cologne–Köln/Bonn Flughafen–Bonn-Beuel–Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein–Koblenz Hbf	hourly
RB 33	Rhein-Niers-Bahn	Essen – Mülheim – Duisburg – Krefeld – Viersen – Mönchengladbach – Aachen	hourly
RB 34	Schwalm-Nette-Bahn	Mönchengladbach Hbf–Rheydt Hbf–Wegberg–Dalheim	hourly
RB 35	Emscher-Niederrhein-Bahn	Gelsenkirchen – Oberhausen Hbf – Duisburg – Krefeld – Mönchengladbach Hbf	hourly
S8	S 8	Mönchengladbach Hbf–Neuss Hbf–Düsseldorf Hbf–Wuppertal Hbf–Hagen Hbf	to Wuppertal-Oberbarmen: every 20 minutes, to Hagen: every 60 minutes

See also

• Rail transport in Germany
• Railway stations in Germany