Voerde (Niederrhein) station

Voerde is a railway station in Voerde, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The station is located on the Arnhem-Oberhausen railway. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn and Abellio Deutschland.

Voerde
General information
Location	Voerde, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Coordinates	51°35′50″N 6°41′18″E
Line(s)	Arnhem-Oberhausen railway
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	6429[1]
DS100 code	EVD[2]
IBNR	8006098
Category	5[1]
Fare zone	VRR: 133[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	Between 1880 and 1897[4]
Services
Preceding station National Express Germany Following station Friedrichsfeld (Niederrhein) towards Wesel RE 5 (Rhein-Express) Dinslaken towards Koblenz Hbf Preceding station VIAS Following station Friedrichsfeld (Niederrhein) towards Arnhem Centraal or Bocholt RE 19 Dinslaken towards Düsseldorf Hbf Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station Friedrichsfeld (Niederrhein) towards Wesel RE 49 Dinslaken towards Wuppertal Hbf
Location Voerde Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

History

The station appears to have been opened sometime between 1880 and 1897^[4] on the Oberhausen–Arnhem line, which was opened by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, CME) on 20 October 1856.^[5] It was opened under the name of Vörde, but it had been renamed Vörde (Bez.Düsseldorf) by 1905. It was renamed Vörde (Niederrh) by 1914 and Voerde (Niederrh) by 1936.^[4]

Transport services

Voerde station is served (as of 2020) by the following lines (the Wupper-Lippe-Express operates on weekdays only):^[6]

Line	Line name	Route	Frequency
RE 5	Rhein-Express	Emmerich – Wesel – Voerde – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Remagen – Andernach – Koblenz	60 mins
RE 19	Rhein-IJssel-Express	Arnhem – Emmerich – Wesel – Voerde – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf	60 mins
RE 49	Wupper-Lippe-Express	Wesel – Voerde – Oberhausen – Mülheim – Essen – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Wuppertal	60 mins

Buses

It is also served by two bus routes operated by NIAG at hourly intervals:^[6]

• 16 (Friedrichsfeld – Heidesiedlung/Oberemmelsum)
• 25 (Friedrichsfeld – Möllen - Dinslaken - Hiesfeld)

See also

• List of railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia

Notes

1. "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
3. "16 Voerde-Spellen - Friedrichsfeld - Rathausplatz - Voerde Klosterkamp und zurück" (PDF). Niederrheinische Verkehrsbetriebe. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
4. Joost, André. "Voerde (Niederrhein) station operations". NRW rail archive (in German). Retrieved 7 April 2020.
5. Joost, André. "Line 2270: Oberhausen - Emmerich (Grenze)". NRW rail archive (in German). Retrieved 7 April 2020.
6. Joost, André. "Voerde (Nrh) station". NRW rail archive (in German). Retrieved 7 April 2020.

External links

• NIAG Website (in German)