Kaarst IKEA station is a Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn station in the town of Kaarst in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was opened as Holzbüttgen between 1954 and 1957 on the remaining part of the Neuss–Viersen railway, which was opened by the Rhenish Railway Company on 15 November 1877.[5] It was reopened as IKEA Kaarst (after the nearby IKEA store) on 26 September 1999 and given its current name on 16 June 2002.[4]

Kaarst IKEA
Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn
Through station
General information
LocationKaarst, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates51°13′00″N 6°37′47″E / 51.2168°N 6.6298°E / 51.2168; 6.6298
Line(s)
Platforms2
Other information
Station coden/a
DS100 codeKKAI[1]
IBNR8000438
Fare zone
History
Opened1954/57 \[4]
Services
Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station
Kaarst Mitte/Holzbüttgen
towards Kaarster See
S28 Neuss Hbf

The station is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 28 at 20-minute intervals[6][7]

The station is served by one taxibus service, 861 (Holzbüttgen/Sandfeld – Neusser Str), operated by Busverkehr Rheinland at 60-minute intervals.[6]

After the IKEA store moved its location in 2017, the station was not renamed, but started to offer a shuttle bus service to the new IKEA store.[8][9]

References

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  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. ^ "Wabenplan für das Rheinbahn-Bedienungsgebiet" (PDF). Rheinbahn. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Ticketberater". Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  4. ^ a b Joost, André. "Kaarst IKEA station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  5. ^ Joost, André. "Line 2530, Neuss - Neersen". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  6. ^ a b Joost, André. "Kaarst IKEA station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  7. ^ "VRR rapid-transit plan 2013" (PDF) (in German). VRR. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  8. ^ Boisserée, Clemens (2017-10-10). "Kosten, Anreise und Angebot: Das müssen Sie vor der Ikea-Neueröffnung in Kaarst wissen". Rheinische Post (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-09.
  9. ^ "IKEA Fahrplan Busshuttle" (PDF). Regiobahn (in German). 2020-10-08. Retrieved 2023-07-09.