Sindorf station

Sindorf station is a train station in the town of Sindorf in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Cologne–Aachen high-speed railway. The station is in the south-east of the Kerpen district of Sindorf and has a side platform on the south side of the S-Bahn line. This is bounded to the south by a noise barrier and the entrances and exits are at the ends of the platform.

Sindorf
General information
Location	Schulze Delitzsch Str. 8, Sindorf, NRW Germany
Coordinates	50°54′12″N 6°40′50″E
Line(s)	Cologne–Aachen (KBS 450.12)
Platforms	1
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	5864[1]
DS100 code	KSIU[2]
IBNR	8005575
Category	6[1]
Fare zone	VRS: 2870[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1912 (original site) 2002 (current site)
Services
Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station Buir towards Düren S19 Horrem towards Hennef (Sieg) or Au (Sieg)
Location Sindorf Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

History

The original Sindorf station was opened at line-km 22.4 of the Cologne–Aachen railway in 1912 and had a platform north and south of the original line. With the commissioning of the S-Bahn tracks in 2002, the station was relocated to line-km 21.4 and redesignated as a halt. In 2004, citizens complained to the then Minister of Transport Axel Horstmann about the width of the platform. They considered that the three-metre-wide platform was too narrow, which was particularly evident in peak hour traffic.^[4] As a result, the ticket machines were relocated.^[5] After renewed criticism, the Zweckverband Nahverkehr Rheinland (Rhineland Municipal Transport Association) issued a report in early 2010, in which the maximum capacity of the platform was given as 190 people. However, a maximum of 164 people were recorded in passenger counts in the morning peak hour, which means that the requirements are formally met.^[5]

Operations

The station is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line by S19 between Düren and Hennef (Sieg) or Au (Sieg). This provides a service every 20 minutes to Cologne on working days and every 30 minutes on the weekend.^[6]