Neuss Hauptbahnhof

Neuss Hauptbahnhof
Through station
Station exit
General information
Location	Further Str. 1 Neuss, Rhein-Kreis Neuss, NRW Germany
Coordinates	51°12′14″N 6°41′02″E / 51.204°N 6.684°E / 51.204; 6.684
Line(s)	Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf Cologne–Kleve Düren–Neuss Neuss–Kaarst
Other information
Station code	4440[1]
DS100 code	KN[2]
IBNR	8000274
Category	2[1]
Fare zone	VRR: 520[3] VRS: 1520 (VRR transitional tariff)[4]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1853 [5]
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Mönchengladbach Hbf towards Aachen Hbf ICE 10 Düsseldorf Hbf One-way operation Preceding station National Express Germany Following station Mönchengladbach Hbf towards Aachen Hbf RE 4 (Wupper-Express) Düsseldorf-Bilk towards Dortmund Hbf Dormagen towards Cologne/Bonn Airport RE 6 (Rhein-Weser-Express) Düsseldorf-Bilk towards Minden Dormagen towards Rheine RE 7 (Rhein-Münsterland-Express) Meerbusch-Osterath towards Krefeld Hbf Preceding station Following station Mönchengladbach Hbf towards Venlo RE 13 Düsseldorf-Bilk towards Hamm (Westf) Hbf Preceding station VIAS Following station Holzheim towards Bedburg RB 39 Düsseldorf-Bilk towards Düsseldorf Hbf Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station Büttgen towards Mönchengladbach Hbf S8 Neuss Am Kaiser towards Hagen Hbf Neuss Süd towards Bergisch Gladbach S11 Neuss Am Kaiser towards Düsseldorf Airport Terminal Kaarst IKEA towards Kaarster See S28 Neuss Am Kaiser towards Wuppertal Hbf Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn Following station Terminus U75 Blücherstraße towards Eller Vennhauser Allee
Location Neuss Hauptbahnhof Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

Neuss Central Station (Neuss Hauptbahnhof) is the railway station for the city of Neuss in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The main station building is built on a platform between the tracks and it is located at the junction of the Lower Left Rhine Railway (Linksniederrheinische Strecke, Cologne–Kleve) and the Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf railway. These lines also connect with the Düren–Neuss railway and the Neuss–Viersen railway; the latter has ended since 1984 at Kaarster See station and is operated by the private Regiobahn company.

The station is a transport hub, served by various rail services, a Stadtbahn line, a tram line and a bus station with eight bays in the station forecourt. Neuss station houses several shops, including a restaurant, a snack bar and a kiosk. In 2006, it was modernised, with two of its four platforms equipped with lifts for wheelchair users. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 2 station.^[1]

Neuss station was opened in 1853, along with the line from Aachen.^[5] A rail connection to Cologne followed in 1855.^[6] In 1875/76, the second station building was built.^[5] The current station building was opened at the same location in 2003.^[7] The station was extensively remodelled with the opening of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn lines S11 (opened in 1985) and S 8 (1988).

The planning firm of Jaspert, Steffens, Watrin und Drehsen of Cologne was commissioned with the development of a concept design for the development of the station in cooperation with the city of Neuss. The focus was mainly on the station forecourt, the entrance building, the transport facilities of the station itself and its environment.^[8] The concept consists of eight modules, which could be realised independently. The so-called Masterplan NRW also provided for the development of the rail infrastructure. Deutsche Bahn, the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia signed up to the plan was on 11 December 2008. The modernisation plan was funded with €767,000.^[9] In the second stage of the operation, Modernisierungsoffensive (modernisation drive) 2, Neuss station was rebuilt in the 2nd half of 2012. Among other things, all platforms gained a lift, the floor covering was renewed and auxiliary systems for the visually impaired were installed.^[10]

Since the timetable change in December 2009, Neuss Hauptbahnhof has again been served by long-distance services:

• An Intercity-Express connects Neuss with Berlin Ostbahnhof (and Mönchengladbach in the other direction) on Fridays and Sundays.
• An Intercity from Aachen stops in Neuss on its journey to Berlin Südkreuz. The return trip runs from Leipzig via Neuss and continues via Mönchengladbach and Aachen to Cologne.

The station is served by the following seven regional services (January 2017):^[11]

In general, rail services use the platforms as follows:

Platform	Line	Use
Platforms south of the island building
1	RE 6 RE 7	to Düsseldorf and Krefeld
2	RB 39	to Düsseldorf
3	RB 39	to Grevenbroich and Bedburg
4	RE 6 RE 7	to Cologne (via Dormagen)
Platforms north of the island building
5
5/6	RE 4 RE 13 S8 S11 S28	to Düsseldorf
7/8	RE 4 RE 13 S8 S11 S28	to Mönchengladbach, Kaarst and Cologne
8	1919 (only Sunday)	to Cologne

Neuss station is served by a Stadtbahn line, a tram line, twelve bus routes and six night bus routes.^[11]

The new Düsseldorf Stadtbahn line, U81, is planned from the commercial area of Hammelfeld or possibly from Rheinpark-Center station via Neuss station and continuing via Lörick, the Messe Düsseldorf and the Düsseldorf Airport to Ratingen. This project is currently postponed due to lack of funding.