Leverkusen-Manfort station

Leverkusen-Manfort station is a through station in the district of Manfort of the city of Leverkusen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was named after the nearby town of Schlebusch and opened on 25 August 1867 on the Gruiten–Köln-Deutz railway, which was completed between the former Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (BME) station in Mülheim and Opladen by the BME on 1 May 1868. It received its current name in December 2021.^[5] It has three platform tracks and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.^[1]

Leverkusen-Manfort
Through station
General information
Location	Moosweg 2, Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	51°01′52″N 7°00′54″E
Line(s)	Gruiten–Köln-Deutz (KBS 455)
Platforms	3
Other information
Station code	3694[1]
DS100 code	KLS[2]
IBNR	8003669
Category	5[1]
Fare zone	VRS: 2200[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	25 August 1867[4]
Previous names	Leverkusen-Schlebusch
Services
Preceding station National Express Germany Following station Köln-Mülheim towards Bonn-Mehlem RB 48 (Rhein-Wupper-Bahn) Opladen towards Wuppertal-Oberbarmen
Location Leverkusen-Manfort Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

The station is served by the Rhein-Wupper-Bahn (RB 48) between Wuppertal-Oberbarmen and Cologne twice an hour during the day, with one train an hour to/from Bonn-Mehlem.^[6]

It is also served by eight bus routes operated by Kraftverkehr Wupper-Sieg:^[7] 209 (at 20 minute intervals), 210 (20), 211 (20), 212 (20), 217 (once a day), 222 (20), 226 (4 times a day) and 227 (20).^[6]

In December 2021, the station was renamed from Leverkusen-Schlebusch to Leverkusen-Manfort.^[8]

References

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. "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 203. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
4. Joost, André. "Leverkusen-Manfort station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 1 April 2022.
5. Joost, André. "Line 2730: Gruiten - Neurather Ring". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 12 June 2020.
6. Joost, André. "Leverkusen-Manfort station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2022.
7. "Busse in Leverkusen" (in German). leverkusen.com. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
8. Leverkusen, Radio. "Bahnhof Schlebusch wird endgültig umbenannt". Radio Leverkusen (in German). Retrieved 2023-12-06.