Erftstadt station

Erftstadt
Through station
Location	Bahnhofstr. 136-146, Erftstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	50°48′26″N 6°49′59″E / 50.8071°N 6.8331°E / 50.8071; 6.8331Coordinates: 50°48′26″N 6°49′59″E / 50.8071°N 6.8331°E / 50.8071; 6.8331
Line(s)	Cologne–Ehrang (11.4 km) Mödrath-Liblar-Brühl railway (closed) Euskirchen District Railway (closed)
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	1631
DS100 code	KEST
Category	4
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1 October 1875 reopening: November 1984
Previous names	Liblar
Services
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station Weilerswist toward Gerolstein RE 22 Eifel-Express Köln Süd toward Köln Messe/Deutz Weilerswist toward Kall RB 24 Eifel-Bahn Kierberg toward Köln Messe/Deutz

Erftstadt station is the only passenger station of the town of Erftstadt in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and is thus the major transport hub of the town. The station building is located in the district of Liblar. The station is served by Regional-Express services, RE 22 (Eifel Railway) and RE 12 (Eifel-Mosel-Express) and Regionalbahn service RB 24 (Eifelbahn) of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (Rhine-Sieg transport association, VRS), which run from Trier via Kalle to Cologne Hauptbahnhof and together provide services at 30-minute intervals. These services operate on the Eifel Railway (Eifelstrecke).

The station area is located on the south-eastern edge of the town between the Ville chain of lakes in the east and the town centre of Erftstadt in the west. The station itself is located in the southern part of the Liblar district.

In 1874, the Rhenish Railway Company (Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, RhE) began the construction of an elaborate station in a historicist style, which was opened in October 1875 with the name of Liblar. The first Rhenish briquettes were made on 1 March 1877. As a result, Liblar station also developed into a substantial freight yard in subsequent years. The station building was enlarged in 1913. In 1938, Liblar station was expanded to 16 tracks due to the ever growing demand for brown coal. By 1960, the last open-pit mines had been closed and dismantled and the export of brown coal from Liblar had ended. In the following years, Liblar station lost its importance. In 1969, as part of a municipal reform and the reorganisation of the district of Euskirchen, several municipalities (including Liblar) were combined and the city of Erftstadt was founded. In 1981, the old station building was demolished by Deutsche Bundesbahn. The modern station was built in the same location as the original station during the upgrade of the Cologne–Trier railway. The station was renamed Erftstadt on 27 May 1990.

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