Herchen station is a through station in the town of Windeck in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station was opened in 1860 on a section of the Sieg Railway, opened by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (German: Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, CME) between Eitorf and Wissen on 1 August 1861.[5] It has two platform tracks and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[2]
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| Location | Stromberger Str. 1, Herchen, Windeck, North Rhine-Westphalia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°46′16″N 7°31′19″E / 50.77121558°N 7.52200559°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Cologne–Siegen (KBS 460, KBS 450.12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 2705 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DS100 code | KHEC[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IBNR | 8002768 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Category | 5[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | VRS: 2597[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.bahnhof.de | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1860 [4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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  Herchen Location within North Rhine-Westphalia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
The station is served by the Rhein-Sieg-Express (RE 9), 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 RE 9 and S12 services operate hourly, and the S19 services are less frequent.[6]
Notes edit
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 208. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ "Herchen station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ "Line 2651: Köln-Deutz - Gießen". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ "Herchen station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
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