Merten station

Merten station is a station on the Sieg Railway, situated in Eitorf, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station was opened between 1897 and 1905 on a section of the Sieg Railway, opened by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (German: Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, CME) between Hennef (Sieg) and Eitorf on 1 August 1860.[5] It has two platform tracks and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 6 station.[1]

Merten
Through station
LocationBurgweg, Merten (Sieg), Eitorf, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates50°46′13″N 7°23′09″E
Line(s)
Platforms2
Other information
Station code4070[1]
DS100 codeKMES[2]
IBNR8003987
Category6[1]
Fare zoneVRS: 2591[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1897/1905[4]
Services
Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station
toward Horrem
S 12
toward Düren Hbf
S 19
Location
Merten
Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

The station is served by S-Bahn S 12 services from Köln-Ehrenfeld (Horrem in the peak) to Au (Sieg) and S19 services on weekdays from Düren to Herchen or Au (Sieg). The S12 services operate hourly, but the S19 services are less frequent.[6]

Notes
  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) (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. 199. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  4. "Merten (Sieg) station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  5. "Line 2651: Köln-Deutz - Gießen". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  6. "Merten (Sieg) station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
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