Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof
- Aachen -Mönchengladbach ( KBS 485)
- Ruhrort -Mönchengladbach ( KBS 425)
- Mönchengladbach- Stolberg
- Mönchengladbach- Dusseldorf ( KBS 485, 450.8 )
- Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach- Neuwerk ( decommissioned)
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The main railway station is Mönchengladbach before Rheydter station is the largest railway station in Mönchengladbach and forms with the central bus station Hauptbahnhof / Europe place the central hub of the city. Since December 2009, again run long-distance trains, further keep in Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof planned numerous lines of transport. The station was built in 1851, belongs to the train station category 2 and is a junction station.
The main railway station was completely renovated by the end of 2012 for a total of 6 million euros of railway, country and city. On 21 September 2009, the construction work had officially begun. The first phase mainly concerned the vestibule of the train station. This was followed by work on the second section ( porch and stores ). The conversion had paused end of November 2010, because the intended anchor tenant McDonald's refused to sign the contract with the DB AG. However, the DB AG took place in the drugstore chain IhrPlatz a new anchor tenant and the construction work continued.
- 5.1 Seasonal long-distance transport
Location
The central station has the address space Europe 1 and is located in the center of Mönchengladbach. The pedestrian zone Hindenburg street with numerous retail stores will begin immediately at the train station, on the achievable also through the pedestrian tunnel to the train station back there are a few stores and the swimming pool Vitusbad.
Distance connection
At Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof branch off built by the Aachen- Dusseldorf - Ruhrorter Railway Company tracks. The railway line Aachen -Mönchengladbach approaches him from Aachen Coming from the south, north of the station includes the railway line to Dusseldorf Monchengladbach to the train station and extends in a curve to the east in the direction of Neuss. These two paths together form the KBS 485 Also north of the station begins the railway line Ruhrort -Mönchengladbach ( KBS 425) about Viersen and Krefeld to Duisburg. The formerly leading to Mönchengladbach - Neuwerk link to the railways Krefeld Rheydt.This went to Eicken parallel to the route to Viersen, it has already been mined.
At the southern end of the former eventually is still the beginning of the railway line Mönchengladbach- Stolberg, which was formerly used to Hochneukirch also trains to Cologne. The tracks run but only up to the station Reydt - Geneicken ( commercial area in the middle) and will be used exclusively for freight. Trains to Cologne ride since the closure of the section Reydt - Geneicken Rheydt.This - Odenkirchen exclusively first to Rheydt Central Station and then use the link from Rheydt Central to Rheydt - Odenkirchen.
Capital equipment
In Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof there are nine platform tracks, which are spanned by a concourse. The tracks 8 and 9 are almost exclusively used by the S-Bahn trains. Next to it are two Platform loose tracks, but these are rarely used as siding. East of the line tracks to Dusseldorf was formerly the goods yard. After its demolition only three tracks were preserved as passing loops.
Bahnbetriebswerk
North of the main railway station, at the junction of routes to Viersen and Neuss, the depot Mönchengladbach is a Diesel oil. Furthermore, there used to be a ( quite some time disused ) car wash for passenger coaches ( dismantled in the autumn of 2013), a turntable and a roundhouse were located in the numerous steam locomotives. Only parts of the engine shed and the pit of the turntable are still preserved. Recently, accumulator railcars of Class 515 were located for use on the Iron Rhine to Dalheim and small locomotives ( Köf II) in Mönchengladbach.
Current usage
The former hangar coaches in Bahnbetriebswerk Mönchengladbach was last used by the association steam railway Rur - Wurm - Inde eV. The association filed but early June 2008 its operation and disbanded.
Regional trains
Tunnel with platform access
Trackage south
Transport
It run the following transport lines of rail in Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof:
In days outskirts individual features in addition to the relation Kaldenkirchen - Mönchengladbach - Cologne
In the 60 -minute intervals further from Hagen to Dortmund as S 5
Furthermore run from the central bus station on the station forecourt numerous bus routes in all districts and the surrounding region.
Long-distance traffic
For a long time frequented Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof after the abolition of the D- train relation Cologne Eindhoven and Inter Regio Aachen -Erfurt schedule no long-distance transport. Thus, the city of Mönchengladbach was measured by the number of inhabitants, the largest city without a long-distance connection in Germany. Occasionally, held in Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof still ICE when they were redirected (eg due to construction or road closures ) on the way to Amsterdam from the railway Oberhausen- Arnhem over Mönchengladbach- Eindhoven.
The German railway was in October 2009 that Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof would be connected to the national long-distance network the timetable change on 13 December 2009. After the change of timetable now runs on Fridays and Sundays each IC and ICE connection between Berlin and Mönchengladbach. The IC connections are managed by or to Aachen.
On 13 December, the new long-distance line was opened with a welcome party.
In addition, the timetable change of December 2013 Mon-Fri wrong the IC train pair 2222/2223 Aachen -Mönchengladbach -Krefeld - Berlin.
The walkways of the main routes are as follows:
Seasonal long-distance transport
Due to construction work at the Arnhem train station frequented during the summer holidays 2010 and 2011 and in the autumn of 2010 Holidays additional ICE connections that were not included in the regular schedule. For the summer and fall connections, a separate schedule has been posted. The ICE and from Frankfurt am Main drove five times a day; the ICE train to Basel once daily.
Although the ICE 235 from Amsterdam to Basel SBB drove over Mönchengladbach, held there but not. The same was true for the City Night Line trains of Deutsche Bahn to and from Amsterdam.