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Düsseldorf-Gerresheim station
Railway station in Düsseldorf, Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Düsseldorf-Gerresheim station is a through station in the district of Gerresheim in the city of Düsseldorf in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station was opened along with the Düsseldorf–Elberfeld railway from Düsseldorf to Erkrath by the Düsseldorf-Elberfeld Railway Company on 20 December 1838.[6] It has two platform tracks and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[1] Its station building, which has been refurbished as Kulturbahnhof (culture station) is the oldest extant station building in Germany.
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Location | Heyestr. 194, Düsseldorf, Gerresheim, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°13′13″N 6°51′51″E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Düsseldorf–Elberfeld (KBS 450.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | 1413[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DS100 code | KDGE[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
IBNR | 8001590 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Category | 5[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Website | www.bahnhof.de | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 20 December 1838[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The station is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn lines S 8 between Mönchengladbach and Wuppertal-Oberbarmen or Hagen every 20 minutes, S 28 between Mettmann Stadtwald or Wuppertal Hauptbahnhof and Kaarster See every 20 and several S 68 services between Wuppertal-Vohwinkel and Langenfeld in the peak hour.[7]
It is also served by Stadtbahn line U73 (every 10 minutes) and four bus routes: 730 (10), 736 (20), 736 (20/40) and 737 (20), all operated by Rheinbahn.[7]