Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof

Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof
Bf
The outside of the station building
Location	Mönchengladbach, NRW Germany
Coordinates	51°11′46″N 6°26′46″E / 51.196°N 6.446°E / 51.196; 6.446Coordinates: 51°11′46″N 6°26′46″E / 51.196°N 6.446°E / 51.196; 6.446
Line(s)	Aachen–Mönchengladbach (KBS 485) Duisburg-Ruhrort–Mönchengladbach (KBS 425) Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf (KBS 485, 450.8) Mönchengladbach–Cologne (KBS 465)
Other information
Station code	4162
DS100 code	KM
Category	2 ^[1]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1851

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

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:

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–Köln Hbf–Köln/Bonn Flughafen–Koblenz Hbf	hourly
RE 11	Rhein-Hellweg-Express	Hamm (Westf) – Dortmund – Bochum – Essen – Duisburg – Krefeld – Viersen – Mönchengladbach	hourly
RE 13	Maas-Wupper-Express	Venlo–Viersen –Mönchengladbach Hbf–Neuss Hbf–Düsseldorf Hbf–Wuppertal Hbf–Hagen Hbf–Hamm	hourly
RB 27	Rhein-Erft-Bahn	Mönchengladbach Hbf–Cologne Hbf–Koblenz Hbf	Only peak hours, hourly
RB 33	Rhein-Niers-Bahn	(Wesel – Oberhausen –) Duisburg – Krefeld – Viersen – Mönchengladbach (– Aachen)	to Duisburg: half-hourly, to Aachen and Wesel: hourly
RB 34	Schwalm-Nette-Bahn	Mönchengladbach Hbf–Rheydt Hbf–Wegberg–Dalheim	two hourly (peak hours: hourly)
S 8	S 8	Mönchengladbach Hbf–Neuss Hbf–Düsseldorf Hbf–Wuppertal Hbf–Hagen Hbf Every 60 minutes continuing from Hagen to Dortmund as S 5	to Wuppertal-Oberbarmen: every 20 minutes, to Hagen: every 40 minutes

Preceding station	Deutsche Bahn	Following station
Rheydt Hbf toward Aachen Hbf	RE 4 Wupper-Express	Neuss Hbf toward Dortmund Hbf
Rheydt Hbf toward Koblenz Hbf	RE 8 Rhein-Erft-Express	Terminus
Terminus	RE 11 Rhein-Hellweg-Express	Viersen toward Hamm Hbf
Rheydt Hbf toward Koblenz Hbf	RB 27 Rhein-Erft-Bahn	Terminus
Rheydt Hbf toward Aachen Hbf	RB 33 Rhein-Niers-Bahn	Viersen toward Wesel
Rheydt Hbf toward Dalheim	RB 34	Terminus
Preceding station	eurobahn	Following station
Viersen toward Venlo	RE 13 Maas-Wupper-Express	Neuss Hbf toward Hamm Hbf
Preceding station	Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn	Following station
Terminus	S 8	Mönchengladbach-Lürrip toward Hagen Hbf

Notes

↑ "Stationspreisliste 2017" [Station price list 2017] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.

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