Düsseldorf Airport station

Düsseldorf Airport (Bahnhof Düsseldorf Flughafen) is a railway station in Düsseldorf, Germany on the Cologne–Duisburg line that connects Düsseldorf Airport to Düsseldorf-Stadtmitte and long-distance trains, most of them ICE trains. Opened in May 2000, the new railway station has the capacity of 300 train departures per day.

Bahnhof Düsseldorf Flughafen
Deutsche Bahn Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn
Bf
Platforms
General information
LocationAhrensplatz 1
40474 Düsseldorf[1]
Lohausen, Düsseldorf, NRW
Germany
Coordinates51°17′30″N 6°47′11″E / 51.29167°N 6.78639°E / 51.29167; 6.78639
Owned byDB Netz
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)Cologne–Duisburg line S1
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code1400[2]
DS100 codeKDFF[3] (long-distance)
KDFFH[3] (S-Bahn)
IBNR8000082
Category2[2]
Fare zone
Websitewww.bahnhof.de/en/duesseldorf-flughafen
History
Opened26 May 2000[6]
Services
Preceding station Eurostar Following station
Düsseldorf Hbf
towards Paris-Nord
Eurostar
Duisburg Hbf
towards Dortmund Hbf
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Düsseldorf Hbf
towards Köln Hbf
ICE 10 Duisburg Hbf
Düsseldorf Hbf
Terminus
IC 51 Duisburg Hbf
towards Gera Hbf
Preceding station National Express Germany Following station
Düsseldorf Hbf
towards Aachen Hbf
RE 1 (NRW-Express) Duisburg Hbf
Düsseldorf Hbf
towards Koblenz Hbf
RE 5 (Rhein-Express) Duisburg Hbf
towards Wesel
Düsseldorf Hbf RE 6 (Rhein-Weser-Express) Duisburg Hbf
towards Minden
Düsseldorf Hbf
Terminus
RE 11 (Rhein-Hellweg-Express) Duisburg Hbf
Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station
Düsseldorf Hbf
Terminus
RE 2 Duisburg Hbf
Preceding station Eurobahn Following station
Düsseldorf Hbf
Terminus
RE 3 Duisburg Hbf
Preceding station VIAS Following station
Düsseldorf Hbf
Terminus
RE 19 Duisburg Hbf
Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station
Düsseldorf-Unterrath
towards Solingen Hbf
S1 Düsseldorf-Angermund
towards Dortmund Hbf
Map
Düsseldorf Airport rail services
Duisburg Hbf
Düsseldorf Airport
SkyTrain Parkhaus 4
SkyTrain Terminal A/B
SkyTrain Terminal C
Düsseldorf Airport Terminal C
Düsseldorf Hbf
Aerial view of the airport; the station is visible on the bottom left end of the runway
View of the tracks

History

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The federal government provided €14.6 million towards the construction of Düsseldorf Airport station.[7] It was inaugurated on 26 May 2000, in the presence of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and Premier of North Rhine-Westphalia, Wolfgang Clement.[8] The station cost DM 125 million to build and went into operation on 28 May 2000.[9]

On 1 July 2002, the SkyTrain was opened. The track is 2.5 km (1.6 mi) long and 23 m (75 ft) high. After the commissioning of the SkyTrain had been delayed by a year due to software problems, the train stopped operations six times in the first two weeks of public operations and was then closed to 26 August.[10]

Current operations

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Up to 300 trains stop here each day. It consists of a mainline station and an S-Bahn station, which share an entrance building. The mainline station has two platform tracks and in between there are two through tracks, running in each direction. These through tracks for trains not stopping at the station allow operations at speeds of up to 200 km/h (120 mph). The S-Bahn station lies to the west of the mainline station and also has two platform tracks. The SkyTrain station is further to the west.

Train services

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Long distance

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The station is served by the following long-distance services (as of 2022):[11]

Line Route Frequency
ICE 10 Berlin OstbahnhofBerlin – Hannover – Bielefeld – Hamm – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport Düsseldorf (– Cologne) Hourly
IC 51 Gera Jena – ErfurtKassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Hamm – Düsseldorf Airport Düsseldorf One train pair
Eurostar Paris-Nord – Brussels-South – Liège-Guillemins – Aachen – Cologne – Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf Airport – Duisburg – Essen – Dortmund Individual services

Regional

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In local passenger service, Düsseldorf Airport is served by several regional and S-Bahn lines (as of 2020):[12][11]

Line Route Frequency
RE 1
NRW-Express
AachenEschweilerDürenHorremCologneDüsseldorfDüsseldorf AirportDuisburgMülheimEssenBochumDortmundHamm 60 min
RE 2
Rhein-Haard-Express
Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf Airport – Duisburg – Mülheim – Essen – GelsenkirchenRecklinghausenMünster 60 min
RE 3
Rhein-Emscher-Express
Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf Airport – Duisburg – OberhausenWanne-Eickel Hauptbahnhof – Gelsenkirchen – Herne – Dortmund – Hamm 60 min
RE 5
Rhein-Express
WeselDuisburgDüsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Remagen – Andernach – Koblenz 60 mins
RE 6
Rhein-Weser-Express
Minden – Herford – Bielefeld – Hamm – Dortmund – Essen – Mülheim – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport Düsseldorf – Neuss – Cologne – Cologne/Bonn Airport 60 min
RE 11
Rhein-Hellweg-Express
Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf Airport – Duisburg – Mülheim – Essen – Dortmund – Hamm – Paderborn (– Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe) 60 min
RE 19
Rhein-IJssel-Express
Arnhem – Emmerich – Wesel – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf 60 mins
S1 Dortmund – Bochum – Essen – Mülheim – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf – Hilden  – Solingen 30 min
20 min (between Duisburg and Solingen on week days)

References

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ at bahnhof.de
  2. ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  3. ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (10 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.
  4. ^ "Wabenplan für das Rheinbahn-Bedienungsgebiet" (PDF). Rheinbahn. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Ticket Überblick" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 1 January 2020. p. 17. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  6. ^ Joost, André. "Düsseldorf Flughafen station area (KDFF) operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Answer to parliamentary questions from Winfried Hermann, Dr. Anton Hofreiter, Peter Hettlich, and other of the BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN group – printed matter 16/7104" (PDF). Records 16/7371 (in German). Deutscher Bundestag. 29 November 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  8. ^ Düsseldorf Year Book (in German). Vol. 72. Düsseldorf: Droste. 2001. p. 246. ISBN 3-7700-3047-8.
  9. ^ "Neuer Flughafenbahnhof Düsseldorf". Eisenbahn-Revue International (in German) (6): 243. 2000. ISSN 1421-2811.
  10. ^ "Sky-Train in Düsseldorf". Eisenbahn-Revue International (in German) (10): 447. 2002. ISSN 1421-2811.
  11. ^ a b Timetables for Düsseldorf Flughafen station (in German)
  12. ^ Joost, André. "Düsseldorf Airport station". NRW rail archive (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2020.

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