Bedburg station

Bedburg (Erft) station is a station in the town of Bedburg, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Bedburg Bedburg (Erft)
Through station
Bedburg station
Location	Bahnstraße 15, 50181 Bedburg, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	50°59′14″N 6°34′22″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Düren–Neuss Bedburg–Horrem Bedburg–Ameln railway (closed)
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	447[1]
DS100 code	KBE[2]
IBNR	8000030
Category	6[1]
Fare zone	VRS: 2891[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1869[4]
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio NRW   Following station Terminus RB 38 Erft-Bahn Glesch toward Köln Hbf Preceding station   VIAS   Following station Gustorf toward Düsseldorf Hbf RB 39 Düssel-Erft-Bahn Terminus
Location
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History

Bedburg station was opened in 1869 with the Düren–Neuss railway. The Erft Railway to Horrem was opened in 1897. The Bedburg–Ameln railway, which was popularly known as the Amelner Johännchen (Ameln Johnny), commenced operations in 1898. The traffic on the line to Ameln was closed on 17 March 1953 as it was no longer profitable.

Because of the Hambach open cast mine, the Düren–Bedburg section was closed in 1995 and dismantled in 1995. The remaining gravel on the former routes is a reminder of the once extensive track infrastructure. Bedburg had two signal boxes ("Bnf" and "Bsf"). "Bsf" was taken out of service in 1995 with the decommissioning of the section to Düren and demolished after a fire. "Bnf" took control of the remaining turnouts and signals until it was taken out of service with the commissioning of the electronic interlocking in 2007.

Services

Bedburg is served by the RB 38 (Erft-Bahn), which runs every 30 minutes to Horrem, with every second service continuing to Cologne. It is also served by the RB 39 (Düssel-Erft-Bahn), which runs every 60 minutes to Düsseldorf.[5]

Line	Line name	Route
RB 38	Erft-Bahn	Cologne Hbf – Horrem – Bedburg
RB 39	Düssel-Erft-Bahn	Düsseldorf – Neuss – Grevenbroich – Bedburg

Outlook

In the 1990s, it was planned (as part of a network targeted for 2015) to extend the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn network from Horrem via Bedburg to Düsseldorf as line S 18. This meant that the line would be upgraded and electrified. The plans for the extension of the S-Bahn on the northern section of the line have not be pursued further by the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR). The Zweckverband Nahverkehr Rheinland (NVR), which is responsible for the southern section and the connecting Erft Railway, is planning to operate the S 12 from Horrem via the Erft Railway to Bedburg. Since the timetable change in December 2017, the new RB 39 service has been running from Neuss in Bedburg. The RB 38 service continues to run between Cologne and Bedburg. Subject to an agreement with the VRR, the S-Bahn will later replace the Regionalbahn service to Grevenbroich.[6]

References

1. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (10 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.
3. "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 198. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
4. "Bedburg station operations". NRWbahnarchiv (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
5. "Bedburg station". NRWbahnarchiv (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
6. "SPNV-Nahverkehrsplan NVR 2016" (PDF) (in German). Zweckverband Nahverkehr Rheinland. March 2016. pp. 62–67. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2018.