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Location | Stromberger Str. 1, Herchen, Windeck, North Rhine-Westphalia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 50°46′16″N 7°31′19″E / 50.77121558°N 7.52200559°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Cologne–Siegen ( KBS 460, KBS 450.12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | 2705 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
DS100 code | KHEC [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
IBNR | 8002768 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Category | 5 [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | VRS: 2597 [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | www.bahnhof.de | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1860 [4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Herchen station is a through station in the town of Windeck in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station was opened in 1860 on a section of the Sieg Railway, opened by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company ( German: Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, CME) between Eitorf and Wissen on 1 August 1861. [5] It has two platform tracks and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station. [2]
The station is served by the Rhein-Sieg-Express (RE 9), 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 RE 9 and S12 services operate hourly, and the S19 services are less frequent. [6]