Hürth-Kalscheuren station
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Hurth-Kalscheuren station is in the town of Hürth
Hürth
Hürth is a town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Hürth shares borders with the city of Cologne.-Geography:Hürth is situated about 9 km to the southwest of Cologne city centre, at the northeastern slope of the natural preserve Kottenforst-Ville.The town, consisting of...

 in the Rhein-Erft district
Rhein-Erft-Kreis
The Rhein-Erft-Kreis is a district in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Neuss, district-free Cologne, Rhein-Sieg, Euskirchen, Düren.-History:...

 in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

. It is at the junction of the Eifel Railway with the West Rhine Railway. The station was built in 1859 at the initiative of the city of Hurth
Hürth
Hürth is a town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Hürth shares borders with the city of Cologne.-Geography:Hürth is situated about 9 km to the southwest of Cologne city centre, at the northeastern slope of the natural preserve Kottenforst-Ville.The town, consisting of...

, but was renamed Hurth-Kalscheuren as a result of a contribution of the equivalent of Deutsche Mark 14,000 from Kalscheuren.

Location

Hurth-Kalscheuren station is located on the eastern edge of the city of Hürth in the district of Kalscheuren near the local television studios on the border of the city of Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...

.

North to the station’s track field is the southern exit from the container terminal of Cologne Eifeltor freight yard.

Hurth-Kalscheuren station is served by bus line 714 of Hurth public transport, connecting to the centre of Hurth and the Vorgebirgsbahn (literally “foothills railway”, now line 18 of the Cologne Stadtbahn
Cologne Stadtbahn
The Cologne Stadtbahn is a light rail system in the German city of Cologne, including several surrounding cities...

) station.

Structure

Hurth-Kalscheuren station is a junction station built on an island between the tracks. The station building is located between platform track 1 and track 51 and there are crossovers between the two tracks to the north and south of the station. In addition to the main platform, there are two island platforms, which lie between tracks 53 and 51 and between tracks 2 and 3.

Tracks 1 and 2 are the East Rhine line , which runs between Cologne
Köln Hauptbahnhof
Köln Hauptbahnhof is the central railway station in Cologne, Germany.The station is an important local, national and international hub, with many ICE, Thalys and Intercity trains calling there, as well as regional RegionalExpress, RegionalBahn and local S-Bahn trains...

, Bonn
Bonn Hauptbahnhof
is a railway station located on the left bank of the Rhine along the Cologne–Mainz line. It is the principal station serving the city of Bonn. In addition to extensive rail service from Deutsche Bahn it acts as a hub for local bus, tram, and Stadtbahn services....

 and Koblenz
Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Koblenz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is the focal point of rail transport in the Rhine-Moselle-Lahn area. It is a through station in southern Koblenz built below Fort Großfürst Konstantin and opened in 1902 in the Neustadt , which was built...

. Tracks 3 and 4 (which has no platform) are used to haul freight to Cologne-Ehrenfeld
Köln-Ehrenfeld station
Köln-Ehrenfeld is a railway station situated at Ehrenfeld, Cologne in western Germany. It is served by the S12 line of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn as well as regional trains to Aachen or Mönchengladbach...

 and Cologne-Nippes freight yard. Tracks 51 and 53 and some other tracks without platforms connect to the Eifel Railway, which runs between Cologne, Kall and Gerolstein
Gerolstein
Gerolstein is a town in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the seat of the like-named Verbandsgemeinde. Gerolstein is headquarters to a large mineral water firm, Gerolsteiner Brunnen...

.

Services

The station is served by Regionalbahn
RegionalBahn
The Regionalbahn is a type of local passenger train in Germany.-Service:Regionalbahn trains usually call at all stations on a given line, with the exception of RB trains within S-Bahn networks, these may only call at selected stations...

 service RB 24, operated by DB Regio
DB Regio
DB Regio AG is a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn which operates short and medium distance passenger train services in Germany, and operates light and heavy rail infrastructure in the United Kingdom.-Germany:...

 NRW
on the Eifel Railway, and MRB 26, operated by TransRegio Deutsche Regionalbahn GmbH on the East Rhine line, both running once an hour each way every day. Long-distance and Regional-Express trains pass through Kalscheuren Hürth station without stopping, as do services of RB 48 (Rhein-Wupper-Bahn) between Wuppertal and Bonn-Mehlem
Bonn-Mehlem station
Bonn-Mehlem station is a through station in the Bonn district of Lannesdorf in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has three platform tracks and is located on the Left Rhine line south of Bonn Hauptbahnhof. The station also is served by buses and has parking spaces...

 which serve all the other stations along their route.
Line Line name Route
Eifel-Bahn Köln Messe/Deutz – Cologne Hbf
Köln Hauptbahnhof
Köln Hauptbahnhof is the central railway station in Cologne, Germany.The station is an important local, national and international hub, with many ICE, Thalys and Intercity trains calling there, as well as regional RegionalExpress, RegionalBahn and local S-Bahn trains...

 – Hürth-KalscheurenEuskirchen
Euskirchen station
Euskirchen station is an important transport hub with heavy commuter traffic in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is it situated on Cologne–Trier, Bonn–Euskirchen, Euskirchen–Bad Münstereifel and the Euskirchen–Düren lines...

 – Kall
Kall
Vodafone Faroe Islands is a Faroese telecommunications company, which started in October 2000. On May 29 2008 the company being previously known as Kall was rebranded to Vodafone....

MittelrheinBahn Köln Messe/Deutz – Cologne Hbf – Hürth-KalscheurenBonn
Bonn Hauptbahnhof
is a railway station located on the left bank of the Rhine along the Cologne–Mainz line. It is the principal station serving the city of Bonn. In addition to extensive rail service from Deutsche Bahn it acts as a hub for local bus, tram, and Stadtbahn services....

 – Koblenz
Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Koblenz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is the focal point of rail transport in the Rhine-Moselle-Lahn area. It is a through station in southern Koblenz built below Fort Großfürst Konstantin and opened in 1902 in the Neustadt , which was built...

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