Langerwehe station

• Cologne -Aachen ( 48.9 km )
• Eschweiler- Weisweiler Langerwehe

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The Langerwehe station is a passenger station in North Rhine -Westphalia to the high-speed line between Cologne and Aachen. It is located in the center of the community Langerwehe in the district of Düren, around 25 kilometers east of Aachen.

History

The station was established in 1841 to coincide with the completion of the railway from Cologne to Aachen. From this period also the reception building, but at that time consisted only of the two-story midsection. Since the railway was originally intended mainly to freight between the Belgian city of Antwerp and the Rhineland, a goods shed was here also been set up, which was used among other things for the temporary storage of wood for the nearby coal mines of the Aachen coalfield.

With the growing importance of passenger traffic end of the 19th century, the ridership of Langerwehe station rose at that time significantly. Beginning of the 20th century, the station was therefore expanded considerably: So the reception building was the two -story wing, the goods shed was no longer used and demolished soon after.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the railway from Cologne to Aachen was expanded into a high-speed line, the route received in the area of ​​the station two additional tracks without platform, which as through main tracks for passing trains ( including the high-speed trains ICE and Thalys ) can be used. For the passenger handling two new side platforms were built, each 220 meters long on the tracks 1 ( Cologne ) or 4 ( Aachen ), which are connected by a pedestrian tunnel.

The last reconstruction in 2009 the new track was 5 including platform with a Busverknüpfungspunkt, including a park-and -rail parking lot, created. The track leads right next to the platform for track 4 along, but is separated from it by a noise barrier. It is a dead-end track, which is used only for the years ending in Langerwehe rides the Euregio train from Aachen. The track branches off a few hundred meters from the main line from through the newly built Ulhaustunnel the railway line Eschweiler- Weisweiler Langerwehe. From this can be retracted into Platform 4 of the railway station through turnouts. This option is used by the since the timetable change in December 2009 to Düren bound trains through the Euregiobahn.

Current usage

Today, the Langerwehe station is serviced exclusively by regional trains: keep each every hour here at the NRW -Express ( RE 1) and the Rhein-Sieg -Express ( RE 9). In addition, Langer Woe is served by the Euregiobahn that is connected every half hour on the Eschweiler Valley Railway and the new line of Weisweiler. Hourly operate their trains continue to Düren. In addition, the station is operated at night from the S -Bahn line S13.

* 1: At night, a ride on Horrem also continue to Aachen main station and back.