Aachen Schanz station

• Aachen -Mönchengladbach

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The breakpoint Aachen Schanz was opened on 13 June 2004, it is located in Aachen on the railway line Aachen -Mönchengladbach. DB Station & Service performs the breakpoint in the train station category 5

• 3.1 rail lines
• 3.2 bus

History

The refurbishment of the station Aachen Schanz in 2004 was part of the transport policy step concept Aachen from 2000 to 2010. For the barrier-free access route to the western platform systems had to part of the former sports ground construction of the first gym in the Rhineland, which was built in 1866 by master builder Friedrich Joseph Ark, to be taken advantage of.

Naming

The name goes back to the Schanz located at the beginning of today's Liege Liege Street jump, a medieval kennel Aachener the outer city wall. This fortification, the only one of its kind in the built 1300-1350 Aachen outer city wall should protect the city from enemy attacks in the area of ​​a morphological ridge. On March 13, 1676 severely damaged by French attacks, the kennel was razed in 1850.

Location and infrastructure

The barrier-free developed breakpoint is located between Aachen Hbf and the Aachen West Station on the west end of downtown. He is the station with the shortest walk to the Old Town or the Aachen Cathedral. At the same time the station is a hub between the public transport from the region and the medical centers of the city ( Luis Hospital, St. Francis Hospital, Alexianerkrankenhaus and University Hospital Aachen ). At the northern entrance to the station Aachen Schanz is the only hostel located in Aachen. The nearest taxi rank is in close proximity to the Vaalserstraße, there is a parking lot with a station for Cambio car sharing. The breakpoint has two outer platforms with a working length of 145 meters and a platform height of 760 millimeters. The platforms can be achieved, of which only the entrances at the intersection Boxgraben / Liège road through elevators are accessible by additions of the Vaalserstraße and from the intersection Boxgraben / Liège road. Another barrier-free access leads from the street An der Schanz to the western platform 1

Traffic

Aachen Schanz is approached on the passenger of the following lines:

Railway lines

* 1: Only Mon-Fri morning two trips per direction.

At night also runs a ride of Wupper - Express first in the usual way to Dusseldorf main station and on to the train station Dusseldorf airport terminal where the train ends. Through this connection are early morning takeoff from Düsseldorf Airport Flights reachable.

Bus

In addition, connecting flights to destinations public bus to the main building of RWTH Aachen University, the University Hospital, the campus Melaten, the city center and to Belgium ( La Calamine ) and the Netherlands ( Maastricht and Vaals ). There are four bus stops, two each on the southern (Jacob Street ) and at the northern end ( Vaalserstraße ) that are approached depends on the route of the bus. The Airport Express to Maastricht Aachen Airport stops daily at the Schanz.

The Aachen Schanz Bahnhof should form one of the two nodes of public transport with the planned campus, meant to connect the academic centers of the city and the surrounding area together euregional after the previous transport planning of the city of Aachen.

Artwork Mural Global

In May 2005, the attractiveness of the station was placed in the context of global, sponsored by Unesco Artist Mural Project Global großdimensionales a mural to increase. The work of art was erected to mark the fifth anniversary of Agenda 21 Partnership Aachen- Cape Town. It was created in cooperation than by Uta Göbel - Large ( Duke Rath ), Brele Scholz ( Aachen), and the painters Thulani shuku and Dathini Mzayiya from Cape Town. For working on the artwork of the schedule was changed at short notice on the part of Deutsche Bahn. In the design of the artwork was especially placed on the frequent trains running double-decker trains of Wupper - Express value. The artist placed the hidden details also aware of at eye level of the upper floor.