Herchen station

Herchen
Deutsche Bahn
Through station
Location Herchen-Bahnhof, Windeck, North Rhine-Westphalia
Coordinates 50°46′16″N 7°31′19″E / 50.77121558°N 7.52200559°E / 50.77121558; 7.52200559
Line(s) Cologne–Siegen (KBS 460, KBS 450.12)
Platforms 2
Other information
Station code 2705
DS100 codeKHEC[1]
IBNR8002768
Category5[2]
History
Opened 1860 [3]
Services
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station
toward Aachen Hbf
RE 9
Rhein-Sieg-Express
toward Siegen
Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station
toward Düren
S 12
toward Au (Sieg)

Herchen station is a through station in the town of Windeck in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station was opened in1860 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.[4] It has two platform tracks and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[2]

The station is served by the Rhein-Sieg-Express (RE 9) and Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 12 between Düren and Au (Sieg), both operating hourly.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. 1 2 "Stationspreisliste 2016" [Station price list 2016] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Herchen station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Line 2651: Köln-Deutz - Gießen". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "Herchen station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
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