Leichlingen station is a through station in the town of Leichlingen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was opened on 25 August 1867 on the Gruiten–Köln-Deutz railway, which was completed between Gruiten and Opladen by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company on 25 September 1867.[6] It has two platform tracks and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[3]

Leichlingen station
Deutsche Bahn
Through station
General information
LocationBahnhofstraße 33c, Leichlingen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates51°06′28″N 7°00′19″E / 51.107868°N 7.005374°E / 51.107868; 7.005374
Line(s)
Platforms2 [1]
Other information
Station code3621
DS100 codeKLEL[2]
IBNR8003616
Category5 [3]
Fare zoneVRS: 2330[4]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened25 August 1867[5]
Services
Preceding station National Express Germany Following station
Opladen
towards Bonn-Mehlem
RB 48 (Rhein-Wupper-Bahn) Solingen Hbf

The station is served by the Rhein-Wupper-Bahn (RB 48) between Wuppertal-Oberbarmen and Cologne twice an hour during the day, with one train an hour to/from Bonn-Mehlem.[7]

It is also served by two bus routes operated by Hüttebräucker: 253 (once a day) and 254 (at 60 minute intervals). It is served by bus route 255, operated by Wiedenhoff at 20–40 minute intervals and by bus route 694, operated by Stadtwerke Solingen at 30–60 minute intervals.

Notes

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  1. ^ "Leichlingen station track plan" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  4. ^ "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 203. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Leichlingen station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  6. ^ "Line 2730: Gruiten - Neurather Ring". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Leichlingen station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 30 October 2011.