Merzenich is a railway station situated at Merzenich, Kreis Düren in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Cologne–Aachen railway. It opened on 29 April 2003 with the S-Bahn tracks. It has an island platform and a large commuter parking area.
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| Location | Obererz 1, Merzenich, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°50′24″N 6°31′05″E / 50.83995°N 6.51794°E | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 5485[1] | ||||||||||||||
| DS100 code | KMEZ[2] | ||||||||||||||
| IBNR | 8003990 | ||||||||||||||
| Category | 5[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | www.bahnhof.de | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 15 June 2003[5] | ||||||||||||||
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It is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn lines S13 between Sindorf or Düren and Troisdorf and by S19 between Düren and Hennef (Sieg), Blankenberg (Sieg), Herchen or Au (Sieg). Together these provide two services an hour to Cologne on weekdays and Saturdays and once an hour on Sundays and public holidays.[6] It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ^ "Liniennetzplan Region Düren" (PDF). Aachener Verkehrsverbund. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 204. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ Joost, André. "Merzenich operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^ Joost, André. "Merzenich station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 2 June 2020.
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