Horrem station

Horrem
Through station
File:Horrem Bahnhof 06.JPG
Location	Horrem, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates
Line(s)	Cologne–Aachen high-speed railway (KBS 480) Erft Railway (KBS 481)
Other information
Station code	2919
DS100 code	KHR
Category	3
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	6 September 1841

File:Horrem Bahnhof 01.JPG

Regional-Express at platform

Horrem station is a station in the Kerpen district of Horrem in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is a railway junction of the Cologne–Aachen high-speed railway and the Erft Railway (Horrem–Bedburg, connecting with Neuss). The Trianglular station of Horrem is served by regional services and by S-Bahn trains of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn. Long-distance trains run through on the high-speed line without stopping. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station.

Entrance building

The station was opened on 6 September 1841 along with the Lövenich–Aachen section of the Cologne–Aachen railway. The station building was demolished in 2012 and completely rebuilt in 2013. The new station building was built as part of a pilot project of Deutsche Bahn’s StationGreen XL-Modul program, strictly according to ecological principles and equipped with eco-friendly technology.

In front of the station, there is a bus station with six platforms served by VRS bus routes towards Bergheim, Bedburg, Elsdorf, Erftstadt, Frechen, Hücheln, Hürth, Kerpen, Königshoven and Sindorf. The station forecourt and bus station have being rebuilt and completely redesigned since 2010.

Nord-Süd-Bahn

On the eastern edge of Horrem is the North-South Railway (Nord-Süd-Bahn) of RWE Power (formerly Rheinbraun). Lignite and overburden are transported on this industrial railway between mines and coal-fired power stations. At the point where it crosses the railway line between Cologne and Aachen, the then longest reinforced concrete bridge in Germany built was built in 1953/54. This was necessary, because the roof of the 1623-metre long Königendorf tunnel was removed to enable its electrification and it was converted into a deep cutting. The tunnel was built in 1840 for the Belgium–Aachen–Cologne railway.

Operations

Horrem station is served by the following lines (as of 9 December 2012):

Line	Line name	Route
RE 1	NRW-Express	Aachen Hbf – Düren – Horrem – Cologne Hbf – Düsseldorf Hbf – Duisburg Hbf – Essen Hbf – Dortmund Hbf – Hamm (Westf) – Paderborn Hbf
RE 9	Rhein-Sieg-Express	Aachen Hbf – Düren – Horrem – Cologne Hbf – Siegburg/Bonn – Siegen
RB 38	Erft-Bahn	Cologne Hbf – Horrem – Bedburg (Erft) – Grevenbroich – Neuss Hbf – Düsseldorf Hbf
S 12		Düren – Horrem – Cologne Hbf – Troisdorf – Hennef (Sieg) – Au (Sieg)
S 13		(Aachen – Düren – )Horrem – Cologne Hbf – Cologne/Bonn Airport station – Troisdorf

Preceding station		Deutsche Bahn		Following station
Düren toward Aachen Hbf		RE 1 NRW-Express		Köln-Ehrenfeld toward Paderborn Hbf
Düren toward Aachen Hbf		RE 9 Rhein-Sieg-Express		Köln-Ehrenfeld toward Siegen
Quadrath-Ichendorf toward Düsseldorf Hbf		RB 38 Erft-Bahn		Köln-Ehrenfeld toward Cologne Hbf
Preceding station		Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn		Following station
Sindorf toward Düren		S 12		Frechen-Königsdorf toward Au (Sieg) Hbf
Sindorf toward Horrem		S 13 peak hours only		Frechen-Königsdorf toward Troisdorf

References

• (Contributions to the History of the Erft district 5).