Düren station

Düren
Through station
Station and RE1 train
Location	Hauptbahnhof 1, Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	50°48′39″N 6°28′57″E / 50.81083°N 6.48250°E / 50.81083; 6.48250Coordinates: 50°48′39″N 6°28′57″E / 50.81083°N 6.48250°E / 50.81083; 6.48250
Line(s)	Cologne–Aachen Düren–Heimbach Jülich–Düren Düren–Euskirchen Düren–Neuss (closed) Düren–Distelrath (closed)
Platforms	8
Other information
Station code	1392
DS100 code	KDN
IBNR	8000084
Category	3
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1 September 1841

Düren station is located to the north of the centre of Düren and is the largest station in the city and the district of Düren. It is located at the intersection of the Cologne–Aachen high-speed line with the lines to Linnich, Heimbach and Euskirchen. Until 1992 it was also connected to the Erft Railway.

The train is served by Regional-Express, Regionalbahn and S-Bahn trains. It is the terminus of line S12 Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn. In addition, a pair of Intercity-Express between Aachen, Cologne and Berlin and a single InterCity train from Berlin stop at the station. The station was opened on 1 September 1841 by the Rhenish Railway Company on its original line from Cologne to Belgium.

Düren station was established on 1 September 1841 with the opening of the Aachen–Düren–Cologne line. The station became more and more important during the period of industrialisation. This resulted in the opening of the following lines:

Due to its ever-improving accessibility Düren was served by increasing numbers of express trains on the various lines. Thus, there were express trains via Euskirchen to Bonn and via Bedburg and Neuss to Düsseldorf.

A depot for the maintenance of locomotives was also built at Düren. It was originally located immediately next to the station. In 1930, construction began on a new railway depot, which was located on the Aachen–Cologne line towards Merzenich. The construction took about three years and it became operational in 1933.