Meerbusch-Osterath_station
Meerbusch-Osterath is the only station in Meerbusch in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located in the district of Osterath and lies at the Lower Left Rhine Railway (Linksniederrheinische Strecke) and on the Osterath–Dortmund Süd railway.
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 Former entrance building, platforms in the foreground | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Bahnhofsweg 31, Osterath, Meerbusch, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°16′08″N 6°37′33″E | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 4023[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DS100 code | KMBO[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| IBNR | 8004694 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Category | 5[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | VRR: 422[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.bahnhof.de | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 26 January 1856[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Meerbusch (until 1980) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Meerbusch-Osterath station was opened on 26 January 1856 on the Lower Left Rhine Railway as Osterath station. From 1866, it was also the starting point of the Osterath–Dortmund Süd railway. In 1980, it was renamed Meerbusch-Osterath as a result of the foundation of the city of Meerbusch.
On 5 December 2017, a passenger train ran into the rear of a freight train near Meerbusch. Forty-seven people were injured.
The station is located on the eastern edge of Osterath on the road connecting Meerbusch and Willich. The entrance building Is now used as a restaurant.
Osterath is served by two Regional-Express services. The RE 7 connects with Krefeld, Neuss and Cologne and the RE 10 with Kleve, Krefeld and Düsseldorf.[5]
| Line | Route | Interval | Railway |
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| RE 7 | Rhein-Münsterland-Express: Rheine – Emsdetten – Greven – Münster Hbf – Münster-Hiltrup – Drensteinfurt – Hamm (Westf) – Bönen – Unna – Holzwickede – Schwerte – Hagen Hbf – Ennepetal (Gevelsberg) – Schwelm – Wuppertal-Oberbarmen – Wuppertal Hbf – Solingen Hbf – Opladen – Köln Messe/Deutz – Cologne Hbf – Dormagen – Neuss Hbf – Meerbusch-Osterath – Krefeld-Oppum – Krefeld Hbf Status: December 2015 timetable |
60 min | Lower Left Rhine Railway |
| RE 10 | Niers-Express: Kleve – Bedburg-Hau – Goch – Weeze – Kevelaer – Geldern – Nieukerk – Aldekerk – Kempen (Niederrhein) – Krefeld Hbf – Krefeld-Oppum – Meerbusch-Osterath – Düsseldorf Hbf Status: December 2015 timetable |
30 min | Lower Left Rhine Railway |
Bus services
The station is accessible by bus at the Osterath Bf. and the Osterath, Bahnhofsweg stops. These two bus stops are served by two bus routes, 071 and 832. Route 071 is a regional route and connects the station with Viersen and Willich in the west and with Haus Meer U-Bahn station in the east, where there is a connection to the Düsseldorf Stadtbahn line U76. Route 832 is a local route and connects the station with Meerbusch-Strümp and Meerbusch-Lank-Latum.[5]
- "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- "Wabenplan für das Rheinbahn-Bedienungsgebiet" (PDF). Rheinbahn. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- André Joost. "Meerbusch-Osterath station operations". NRWbahnarchiv-Bahnhofsinfo (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- "Meerbusch-Osterath station". NRWbahnarchiv (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 14 February 2016.