Kaarst IKEA station

Kaarst IKEA
Through station
Location Kaarst, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates 51°13′00″N 6°37′47″E / 51.2168°N 6.6298°E / 51.2168; 6.6298Coordinates: 51°13′00″N 6°37′47″E / 51.2168°N 6.6298°E / 51.2168; 6.6298
Line(s)
Platforms 2
Other information
Station code n/a
DS100 codeKKAI [1]
History
Opened 1954/57 [2]

Kaarst IKEA station is a Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn station in the town of Kaarst in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was opened as Holzbüttgen between 1954 and 1957 on the remaining part of the Neuss–Viersen railway, which was opened by the Rhenish Railway Company on 15 November 1877.[3] It was reopened as IKEA Kaarst (after the nearby IKEA store) on 26 September 1999 and given its current name on 16 June 2002.[2]

The station is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 28 at 20 minute intervals[4][5]

Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station
toward Kaarster See
S 28

The station is served by one taxibus service, 861 (Holzbüttgen/Sandfeld – Neusser Str), operated by Busverkehr Rheinland at 60 minute intervals.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. 1 2 "Kaarst IKEA station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Line 2530, Neuss - Neersen". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Kaarst IKEA station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "VRR rapid-transit plan 2013" (PDF) (in German). VRR. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
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