Stolberg (Rheinland) Hauptbahnhof

Stolberg (Rheinland) Hauptbahnhof is a railway station on the line between Cologne and Aachen. It is the largest station for passengers and freight in the town of Stolberg (Rhineland) in the urban region of Aachen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It houses the Vennbahn Museum and is built at a junction.

Stolberg (Rheinland) Hauptbahnhof
Junction station
Station building in 2006
LocationStolberg (Rhineland), North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates50°47′41″N 6°13′10″E
Owned byDB Netz
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms4
Other information
Station code6037
DS100 codeKST
Category4
Fare zone
  • AVV: Stolberg City-Tarif-Zone[1]
  • VRS: 3170 (AVV transitional tariff)[2]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1888
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio NRW   Following station
toward Aachen Hbf
RE 1
NRW-Express
toward Hamm Hbf
toward Aachen Hbf
RE 9
Rhein-Sieg-Express
toward Siegen Hbf
toward Heerlen or Alsdorf Poststraße
RB 20
Euregiobahn
Stolberg-Schneidmühle
toward Langerwehe/Düren or Stolberg Altstadt
RB 20
Euregiobahn
Eschweiler-West
toward Langerwehe/Düren or Stolberg Altstadt
Location
Stolberg (Rheinland) Hauptbahnhof
Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

Routes

Stolberger Hauptbahnhof is at the junction of four lines. The high-speed line between Cologne and Aachen runs from the east, first through the freight yard and then through the passenger station and it continues to the west. The Mönchengladbach–Stolberg line, called locally the Eschweiler Valley Railway (German: Eschweiler Talbahn) also runs into the station from the east. The Stolberg–Herzogenrath line runs from the north, first crossing the line between Cologne and Aachen and running to the south of the main line to the west end of the station. The former Stolberg–Kohlscheid line also branched off this line at Quinx junction between Stolberg and Würselen-Merzbrück. The fourth line is the Stolberg–Eupen line, which leaves the station and runs to the south.

History
Stolberg in 1900
Station and tracks in 1973

The then single-track railway line between Cologne and Aachen was opened by the Rhenish Railway Company (German: Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, RHE) to Stolberg in 1841 with Stolberg station built in Eilendorf about one kilometre from the northern border of the town of Stolberg and therefore poorly located for the Stolberg valley. In 1870 the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, BME) opened the first part of the Hochneukirch–Stolberg line (known as the Eschweiler Talbahn, “Eschweiler Valley Railway”)—from Mönchengladbach, reaching Stolberg in 1875, where Stolberg BME station was built a few hundred metres south of Stolberg RHE station. Another short line was opened mainly for freight to Münsterbusch to the southwest of Stolberg in 1887 with its station near the other Stolberg stations.

The present station was built between 1886 and 1888 by the Prussian state railways. It replaced the previous three stations on the four different lines. In 1935 the station became part of the area of the city of Stolberg and since then it has been called Stolberg (Rheinland) Hauptbahnhof.

Current operations

The Stolberg Hauptbahnhof is served by following passenger services:

LineNameRoute
RE 1NRW-ExpressAachen – Stolberg (Rheinl) – Eschweiler – Düren – Cologne – Düsseldorf – Duisburg – Essen – Dortmund – Hamm (Westf) (– Paderborn)
RE 9Rhein-Sieg-ExpressAachen – Stolberg (Rheinl) – Eschweiler – Düren – Cologne – Siegburg/Bonn – Au (Sieg) – Siegen
RB 20 Euregiobahn Alsdorf-Annapark – Herzogenrath – Aachen – Stolberg (Rheinl) (coupled/uncoupled) – Stolberg Altstadt
– Eschweiler-Tal – Langerwehe (– Düren)
S 13 Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn DB Regio NRW Aachen Hauptbahnhof  – Aachen-Rothe Erde – Stolberg (Rheinland) – Langerwehe – Düren – Horrem – Cologne – Cologne/Bonn Airport station – Troisdorf 1x per night

Thalys services between Paris and Cologne and Intercity-Express services between Frankfurt and Brussels pass through without stopping.

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References
  1. "Liniennetzplan Region Aachen" (PDF). Aachener Verkehrsverbund. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 207. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
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