Eitorf station

Eitorf station is located on the Sieg Railway in the town of Eitorf in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was opened in 1859 by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company with the Sieg Railway and served passenger and freight traffic.

Eitorf
Through station
Eitorf station
General information
Location	Bahnhofstr. 32, Eitorf, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	50°46′25″N 7°26′46″E / 50.773657°N 7.446043°E / 50.773657; 7.446043
Line(s)	Cologne–Siegen
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	1541^[1]
DS100 code	KEIT^[2]
IBNR	8001736
Category	5^[1]
Fare zone	VRS: 2591^[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1859^[4]
Services
Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station Hennef (Sieg) towards Aachen Hbf RE 9 Herchen towards Siegen Hbf Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station Merten towards Horrem S12 Herchen towards Au (Sieg) Merten towards Düren S19
Location Eitorf Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

Station building

 

The Station building

The original station building opened in 1859 was destroyed in World War II. The current station building was opened by Deutsche Bundesbahn in 1962. The building stood empty for several years and in the meantime could not be used by passengers. Since February 2009, a bakery outlet has occupied the former ticket hall. Next to the station there is a parking station and a parking lot for park and ride commuters.

Platforms

Until spring 2004, the station had a platform next to the entrance building and a platform between tracks 1 and 2, which could only be reached at ground level over track 1. Therefore, only one train at a time was allowed to stop at Eitorf and to prevent two trains crossing at the station, one train had to wait outside the station for the departure of the other.

Since the renovation of the station the side platform is now on the other side of track 2. Ramps have also been installed to give barrier-free access to the platforms for the disabled. The platforms have a height of 76 centimetres, which means that there is no access for wheelchair to the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn trains (which have an entrance height of 96 centimetres) without assistance; such assistance is available.

Train services

The station is served by the Rhein-Sieg-Express (RE 9) every hour. It is also served by S-Bahn S 12 services from Köln-Ehrenfeld (Horrem in the peak) to Au (Sieg) and S19 services on weekdays from Düren to Herchen or Au (Sieg). The S12 services operate hourly, but the S19 services are less frequent.^[5] In the morning peak, two extra RE 9 services run to Cologne and in the afternoon peak two extra RE 9 services run to Siegen. Freight trains rarely operate through the station. All passenger trains running through the station are operated by DB Regio Rheinland. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn since January 2011 as a category 5 station.^[1]

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  The Eitorf signal box
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  The closed freight loading ramp
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  Disused freight tracks

Notes

1. "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
3. (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 199. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
4. "Eitorf station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
5. "Eitorf station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 16 March 2017.