Grevenbroich station is a junction station in the city of Grevenbroich in the German state of

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. It is located at the junction of the

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and the Düren–Neuss railway. It is classified by

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as a category 4 station. With stops by ''Busverkehr Rheinland'' (BVR, a bus operator owned by Deutsche Bahn) in the five bays of the bus station in the station forecourt, Grevenbroich station is the transport hub of Grevenbroich.

History

The first entrance building of Grevenbroich station was demolished after the Second World War, probably as a result of war damage. It was replaced by the existing station building. The area of the former goods yard, which lay to the west of the platforms, has been reduced dramatically in recent years, so that today it is no longer used. Only a large brownfield area indicates its former size. With the commissioning of

electronic interlocking In railway signalling, an interlocking is an arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through an arrangement of tracks such as junction (rail), junctions or crossings. In North America, a set of signalling appliances a ...

at Grevenbroich on the Rheydt-Ehrenfeld route in 2007, the ''Gnf'' and ''Gs'' signal boxes were closed, but they still exist. The station was partially restored in the period from July to September 2012. A new floor covering with a tactile guidance system for the visually impaired and blind was installed and the entrance area was renovated. The middle entrance door was replaced by an automatically opening door, it allows wheelchair users and people with restricted mobility to enter the station. Deutsche Bahn invested about €300,000 for this project.

Operations

Grevenbroich station is served by the following three services:

Planning

There were plans to replace the former RB 38 service (which ran from

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via Horrem,

Bedburg Bedburg () is a town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia of Germany with 25,000 residents. Since 2014, Sascha Solbach is the mayor of Bedburg. The town is documented as existing as early as 893. Climate Notable people Sons an ...

and Grevenbroich) by a new

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line S 18, which would have involved electrifying the Düren–Neuss railway through Grevenbroich station, although this plan is not currently being pursued for the section north of Bedburg. The section from Bedburg to Düsseldorf has been separated and now operates as the Düssel-Erft-Bahn, which has been renumbered as the RB 39.

Platform usage

In general, rail services use the platforms as follows:

Bus routes

The station is served by the following bus routes operated by Busverkehr Rheinland:

References

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