Rheydt-Odenkirchen station

Rheydt-Odenkirchen
Through station
Platform canopy over platform subway
Location	Korbleiche 2a, Odenkirchen, Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	51°08′17″N 6°26′47″E / 51.138056°N 6.446389°E / 51.138056; 6.446389Coordinates: 51°08′17″N 6°26′47″E / 51.138056°N 6.446389°E / 51.138056; 6.446389
Line(s)	Mönchengladbach–Stolberg km 6.9 Rheydt–Köln-Ehrenfeld km 46.4
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	5261
DS100 code	KRYO
IBNR	8005073
Category	6
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1 January 1870
Previous names	Odenkirchen
Services
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station Rheydt Hbf toward Mönchengladbach Hbf RE 8 Rhein-Erft-Express Hochneukirch toward Koblenz Hbf RB 27 Rhein-Erft-Bahn

Rheydt-Odenkirchen is a station in the Mönchengladbach suburb of Odenkirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

The station was opened under the name of Odenkirchen in February 1870 at line kilometre 6.9 on the original line from Mönchengladbach. Between 1905 and 1945 there was a single-track connection to Rheydt freight yard. In 1908, a parallel route was built to Rheydt Hauptbahnhof, which is now part of the Cologne–Mönchengladbach railway. On 1 August 1929, Odenkirchen was merged with Rheydt, München-Gladbach, Giesenkirchen and Schelsen to form the new city of Gladbach-Rheydt. This city was dissolved again in 1933, but Odenkirchen, Giesenkirchen and Schelsen stayed with Rheydt and the station was renamed Rheydt-Odenkirchen in 1962. This name was not changed with the reincorporation of Rheydt into Mönchengladbach (its new name) on 1 January 1975.

Since 11 October 2004, the wooden canopy on platform 2 and the underpass between platforms 1 and 2 have been under heritage protection. The entrance building was demolished in the spring of 2012 and it was replaced by parking spaces.

Today, Odenkirchen station has an island platform with two edges. They are each 200 m long and 38 cm high. In February 2016, the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr announced that the platform would be raised to 76 cm by 2023 at the latest, and the station facilities would be modernised as part of the Modernisierungsoffensive 3 (modernisation campaign, MOF 3)).

The platform canopy with underpass was built in 1912/13. It was included as item K 086 in the heritage list of the city of Mönchengladbach on 23 January 2004.

Odenkirchen station is located west of the street of Kohrbleiche. The about 80 m long and about 7.5 m wide platform canopy is located on the island platform between tracks 6 and 7. It consists of a series of 18 legged pairs of columns, which are stiffened by construction with struts, purlins and rafters. The columns stand on pedestals (predominantly made from basalt). The wooden beams of the canopy originally were originally painted dark red and the upper side of the roof was painted white. The roofs are strongly weathered.