Rheydt Hauptbahnhof Explained

Rheydt Hauptbahnhof
Native Name Lang:de
Symbol Location:de
Borough:Rheydt, Mönchengladbach, NRW
Country:Germany
Platforms:4
Zone:
Opened:1852[3]
Website:www.bahnhof.de

Rheydt Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in Mönchengladbach, Germany. Mönchengladbach is the only city in Germany that has two stations called Hauptbahnhof, due to the merger of the city of Rheydt into Mönchengladbach in the late 1970s.

Rheydt Hbf and Mönchengladbach

After the merging of the two cities, the station was not renamed to Mönchengladbach-Rheydt as in all other cases where cities were merged in the 1970s. The Deutsche Bundesbahn retained the name (and the name of suburban stops such as Rheydt-Odenkirchen); Mönchengladbach has two "main stations", Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof and Rheydt Hauptbahnhof.

Operational usage

The station is served by the following lines:

Only regional services call at the station.[4] It is at the southwestern border of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr, with services extending into the area of the Aachener Verkehrsverbund.

Line Line name Route
Wupper-ExpressAachen – HerzogenrathGeilenkirchenRheydtMönchengladbachDüsseldorfWuppertalHagenDortmund
Rhein-Erft-ExpressMönchengladbach – Rheydt – GrevenbroichRommerskirchen – Cologne – Troisdorf – Bonn-Beuel – Linz (Rhein) – Neuwied – Engers – Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein – Koblenz
Rhein-Erft-BahnMönchengladbach – Rheydt – Grevenbroich – Rommerskirchen – Cologne – Cologne/Bonn Airport – Troisdorf – Bonn-Beuel – Linz (Rhein) – Neuwied – Engers – Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein – Koblenz
Rhein-Niers-BahnAachen – Herzogenrath – Übach-Palenberg – Geilenkirchen – Hückelhoven-Baal – Rheydt – Mönchengladbach – ViersenKrefeldRheinhausenDuisburg – Mülheim – Essen
Schwalm-Nette-BahnMönchengladbach – Rheydt – Wegberg – Dalheim

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fahrplan 2019/2020: Mönchengladbach/Jüchen/Korschenbroich . NEW mobil und aktiv Mönchengladbach . 12 May 2020 . 1 December 2019.
  2. Web site: Ticketberater . . 12 June 2020.
  3. Web site: Rheydt Hbf operations . NRW Rail Archive . André Joost . 30 March 2020 . de.
  4. Web site: Rheydt Hbf . NRW Rail Archive . André Joost . 30 March 2020 . de.