Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof

Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof
Bf
File:Mönchengladbach Hbf.jpg The outside of the station building
Location	Mönchengladbach, NRW Germany
Coordinates
Line(s)	Aachen–Mönchengladbach (KBS 485) Duisburg-Ruhrort–Mönchengladbach (KBS 425) Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf (KBS 485, 450.8) Mönchengladbach–Cologne (KBS 465)
Other information
Station code	4162
DS100 code	KM
Category	2
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1851

Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof (German for Mönchengladbach main station) is a railway station in the city of Mönchengladbach in western Germany.

Overview

The station is the largest railway station in the city and, along with Rheydt Hbf, one of the two Hauptbahnhof stations in Mönchengladbach. Mönchengladbach is the only city with two stations designated as a Hauptbahnhof on its soil, due to the merger between the cities of Mönchengladbach and Rheydt in the 1970s, and the subsequent reluctance of Deutsche Bundesbahn to rename Rheydt Hauptbahnhof. Mönchengladbach Hbf also is the busiest (in terms of passengers) station in Germany to lack long-distance trains.

Railway lines calling at the station

The station is on the following routes:

• Aachen–Mönchengladbach (KBS 485)
• Duisburg-Ruhrort–Mönchengladbach (KBS 425)
• Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf (KBS 485, 450.8)
• Mönchengladbach–Cologne (KBS 465)

Line	Line name	Route	Frequency
RE 4	Wupper-Express	Aachen Hbf–Mönchengladbach Hbf–Neuss Hbf–Düsseldorf Hbf–Wuppertal Hbf–Hagen Hbf–Dortmund Hbf	hourly
RE 8	Rhein-Erft-Express	Mönchengladbach Hbf–Köln Hbf–Köln/Bonn Flughafen–Koblenz Hbf	hourly
RE 11	Rhein-Hellweg-Express	Hamm (Westf) – Dortmund – Bochum – Essen – Duisburg – Krefeld – Viersen – Mönchengladbach	hourly
RE 13	Maas-Wupper-Express	Venlo–Viersen –Mönchengladbach Hbf–Neuss Hbf–Düsseldorf Hbf–Wuppertal Hbf–Hagen Hbf–Hamm	hourly
RB 27	Rhein-Erft-Bahn	Mönchengladbach Hbf–Cologne Hbf–Koblenz Hbf	Only peak hours, hourly
RB 33	Rhein-Niers-Bahn	(Wesel – Oberhausen –) Duisburg – Krefeld – Viersen – Mönchengladbach (– Aachen)	to Duisburg: half-hourly, to Aachen and Wesel: hourly
RB 34	Schwalm-Nette-Bahn	Mönchengladbach Hbf–Rheydt Hbf–Wegberg–Dalheim	two hourly (peak hours: hourly)
S 8	S 8	Mönchengladbach Hbf–Neuss Hbf–Düsseldorf Hbf–Wuppertal Hbf–Hagen Hbf Every 60 minutes continuing from Hagen to Dortmund as S 5	to Wuppertal-Oberbarmen: every 20 minutes, to Hagen: every 40 minutes

Preceding station		Deutsche Bahn		Following station
Rheydt Hbf toward Aachen Hbf		RE 4 Wupper-Express		Neuss Hbf toward Dortmund Hbf
Rheydt Hbf toward Koblenz Hbf		RE 8 Rhein-Erft-Express		Terminus
Terminus		RE 11 Rhein-Hellweg-Express		Viersen toward Hamm Hbf
Rheydt Hbf toward Koblenz Hbf		RB 27 Rhein-Erft-Bahn		Terminus
Rheydt Hbf toward Aachen Hbf		RB 33 Rhein-Niers-Bahn		Viersen toward Wesel
Rheydt Hbf toward Dalheim		RB 34		Terminus
Preceding station		eurobahn		Following station
Viersen toward Venlo		RE 13 Maas-Wupper-Express		Neuss Hbf toward Hamm Hbf
Preceding station		Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn		Following station
Terminus		S 8		Mönchengladbach-Lürrip toward Hagen Hbf