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
Deutsche Bahn
Through station
General information
LocationMoosweg 2, Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates51°01′52″N 7°00′54″E / 51.031034°N 7.01509°E / 51.031034; 7.01509
Line(s)
Platforms3
Other information
Station code3694[1]
DS100 codeKLS[2]
IBNR8003669
Category5[1]
Fare zoneVRS: 2200[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened25 August 1867[4]
Previous namesLeverkusen-Schlebusch
Services
Preceding station National Express Germany Following station
Köln-Mülheim
towards Bonn-Mehlem
RB 48 (Rhein-Wupper-Bahn) Opladen
Location
Leverkusen-Manfort is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Leverkusen-Manfort
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

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  1. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b 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.