Voerde (Niederrhein) station

Voerde
General information
LocationVoerde, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Coordinates51°35′50″N 6°41′18″E / 51.59722°N 6.68833°E / 51.59722; 6.68833
Line(s)Arnhem-Oberhausen railway
Platforms2
Tracks2
Other information
Station code6429[1]
DS100 codeEVD[2]
IBNR8006098
Category5[1]
Fare zoneVRR: 133[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
OpenedBetween 1880 and 1897[4]
Services
Preceding station National Express Germany Following station
Friedrichsfeld (Niederrhein)
towards Wesel
 RE 5 (Rhein-Express) Dinslaken
towards Koblenz Hbf
Preceding station VIAS Following station
Friedrichsfeld (Niederrhein)
towards Arnhem Centraal or Bocholt
 RE 19 Dinslaken
towards Düsseldorf Hbf
Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station
Friedrichsfeld (Niederrhein)
towards Wesel
 RE 49 Dinslaken
towards Wuppertal Hbf
Location
Voerde is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Voerde
Voerde
Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

Voerde is a railway station in Voerde, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The station is located on the Arnhem-Oberhausen railway. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn and Abellio Deutschland.

History

The station appears to have been opened sometime between 1880 and 1897[4] on the Oberhausen–Arnhem line, which was opened by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, CME) on 20 October 1856.[5] It was opened under the name of Vörde, but it had been renamed Vörde (Bez.Düsseldorf) by 1905. It was renamed Vörde (Niederrh) by 1914 and Voerde (Niederrh) by 1936.[4]

Transport services

Voerde station is served (as of 2020) by the following lines (the Wupper-Lippe-Express operates on weekdays only):[6]

Line Line name Route Frequency
RE 5 Rhein-Express Emmerich – Wesel – Voerde – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Remagen – Andernach – Koblenz 60 mins
RE 19 Rhein-IJssel-Express Arnhem – Emmerich – Wesel – Voerde – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf 60 mins
RE 49 Wupper-Lippe-Express Wesel – Voerde – Oberhausen – Mülheim – Essen – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Wuppertal 60 mins

Buses

It is also served by two bus routes operated by NIAG at hourly intervals:[6]

  • 16 (Friedrichsfeld – Heidesiedlung/Oberemmelsum)
  • 25 (Friedrichsfeld – Möllen - Dinslaken - Hiesfeld)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. ^ "16 Voerde-Spellen - Friedrichsfeld - Rathausplatz - Voerde Klosterkamp und zurück" (PDF). Niederrheinische Verkehrsbetriebe. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  4. ^ a b c Joost, André. "Voerde (Niederrhein) station operations". NRW rail archive (in German). Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  5. ^ Joost, André. "Line 2270: Oberhausen - Emmerich (Grenze)". NRW rail archive (in German). Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  6. ^ a b Joost, André. "Voerde (Nrh) station". NRW rail archive (in German). Retrieved 7 April 2020.