Düsseldorf Völklinger Straße station

• Mönchengladbach- Dusseldorf ( 2525 )

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The breakpoint Dusseldorf Voelklinger road is located about 3.5 kilometers southwest of the Düsseldorf main railway station in the district Unterbilk on the railway line Mönchengladbach- Dusseldorf and is classified by Deutsche Bahn in the train station category 5.

It was opened on 29 May 1988 with the start of operation of the line S 8 S-Bahn Rhein- Ruhr. It is a breakpoint with two tracks that are accessed via a central platform. This central platform has a height of 96 centimeters and therefore corresponds to the entry level of the S-Bahn vehicles. However, there is no wheelchair access to the platform, which is why wheelchair S-Bahn trains can not reach unaided. The facility is located in high altitude above the Voelklinger road, here part of the federal road 1, and the Volmerswerther road.

Vehicular importance

The breakpoint is now used by the S -Bahn lines S 8 ( Mönchengladbach Hbf -Hagen Hbf), S 11 ( Bergisch Gladbach - Dusseldorf airport terminal) and S 28 ( Mettmann city forest Kaarster sea) during the day approached each in 20 -minute intervals. The S -Bahn lines S 8 and S 11 are operated by DB Regio NRW, the line S 28 of the Regiobahn.

The breakpoint is also a point of common coupling with the driven from the Rhine Düsseldorf train bus and tram network. The tram lines 704 and 709 stop here each in 10 -minute intervals, the bus line 726 in 30 -minute intervals. For all lines of the tariff of the VRR and the NRW - tariff for composite journeys applies.

Location

The breakpoint is located in a central location between the districts of Hamm, Unterbilk and Bilk. Thus it serves many commuters as a central drop-off point for the resident nearby businesses and government agencies. These include primarily the southeast settled Ministries of Innovation, Science, Research and Technology and of Education and Training of North Rhine- Westphalia. Next to it is at the same place and the state police of North Rhine- Westphalia as well as a high-security courtroom of the Higher Regional Court of Dusseldorf. Northeast offers the media harbor a large number of jobs with companies in the advertising and media industry as well as numerous fashion showrooms and hotels. In addition, this has developed into a major place of Düsseldorf nightlife, there are a multiplex cinema and several bars and nightclubs.