Blankenberg (Sieg) station explained

Blankenberg (Sieg)
Native Name Lang:de
Symbol:s
Symbol Location:rhine-ruhr
Type:Through station
Address:Siegtalstr., Blankenberg (Sieg), Hennef, North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:Germany
Coordinates:50.7683°N 7.3494°W
Owned:Deutsche Bahn
Platforms:2
Zone:VRS

2570[1]

Opened:1860/61 [2]
Website:www.bahnhof.de
Map Type:North Rhine-Westphalia#Germany#Europe
Map Dot Label:Blankenberg (Sieg)
Embedded:
Stroke-Colour:
  1. C60C30
Stroke-Width:3
Marker:rail-underground
Marker-Colour:
  1. 009D58
Zoom:15

Blankenberg (Sieg) station is a through station in the town of Hennef in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station was opened in 1860/61 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.[3] It has two platform tracks and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 6 station.

The station is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S12 between Düren and Au (Sieg) hourly. Seven services each way of S19 start or finish in Blankenberg in the peaks. Other S19 services starting or finishing in Herchen or Au pass through without stopping.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif . . 9 May 2020 . 201 . German . 20 April 2020 . 11 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200611234728/https://www.vrs.de/fileadmin/Dateien/Downloadcenter/Tarif/VRS_Gemeinschaftstarif_20042020.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: Blankenberg (Sieg) station operations . NRW Rail Archive . André Joost . 16 March 2017 . German.
  3. Web site: Line 2651: Köln-Deutz - Gießen . NRW Rail Archive . André Joost . 16 March 2017 . German.
  4. Web site: Blankenberg (Sieg) station . NRW Rail Archive . André Joost . 16 March 2017 . German.