knowledge Overview
The first Hauptbahnhof was opened on 1 October 1891; today's station building in the New Objectivity style was built in 1932–1936 and extensively rebuilt in 1980–1985. The station is a hub of rail passenger transport in the Rhine-Ruhr region with around 270,000 travellers per day (2017).
Services
- Long-distance rail: ICE 10, ICE 41, ICE 42, ICE 43; plus IC/EC lines, Thalys to Paris and ÖBB Nightjet
- S-Bahn: Lines of the S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr (among others S1, S6, S8, S11, S28, S68)
- Regional rail: Ten RE lines (including RRX) and several RB lines
Station layout
The station has 16 platform tracks at eight covered platforms. Below lies an underground Stadtbahn station opened in 1988 with four tracks at two island platforms, served by trunk lines 1 and 2 of the Düsseldorf Stadtbahn network.