Schladern (Sieg)
Deutsche Bahn Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn
Through station
Entrance building
General information
LocationWaldbröler Str. 3, Schladern (Sieg), Windeck, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates50°48′26″N 7°35′33″E / 50.80719126°N 7.59237639°E / 50.80719126; 7.59237639
Line(s)Cologne–Siegen (KBS 460, KBS 450.12)
Platforms2
Other information
Station code5580[1]
DS100 codeKSLA[2]
IBNR8005356
Category5[1]
Fare zoneVRS: 2597[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1859[4]
Services
Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station
Herchen
towards Aachen Hbf
 RE 9 Au (Sieg)
towards Siegen Hbf
Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station
Dattenfeld (Sieg)
towards Horrem
 S12 Rosbach (Sieg)
towards Au (Sieg)
Dattenfeld (Sieg)
towards Düren
 S19
Location
Schladern (Sieg) is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Schladern (Sieg)
Schladern (Sieg)
Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

Schladern (Sieg) is a station on the Sieg Railway in Windeck-Schladern in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station building was built in 1859 and has monument protection. It was built on a section of the Sieg Railway that was 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.[1]

Use

The station building, which was no longer occupied by the railway, was purchased in 2002 by the Wirtschaftsförderungs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft Windeck (Windeck business development and development company), resold and rented out after renovation. In addition to offices, it currently houses a café and a municipal tourist office. There is also a pedelec charging station and an ATM at the station. The stop is used by 15,000 passengers annually.[6]

Services

The station is served by S-Bahn S 12 services from Köln-Ehrenfeld (Horrem in the peak) to Au (Sieg) and S19 services on week days from Düren to Au (Sieg). The S12 services operate hourly, but the S19 services are less frequent.[7]

Heritage-listing

The brick building built in the Wilhelmine style and is listed as item A 169 in the list of monuments in Windeck.

Others

The station was designated in 2014 as a Wanderbahnhof NRW ("hiking station" of NRW). Nearby are the Sieg fall, Mauel Castle and Windeck Castle.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "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. ↑ "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 208. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "Schladern (Sieg) station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Line 2651: Köln-Deutz - Gießen". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  6. ↑ Cordula Orphal (25 August 2014). "Zu Fuß zu den "Niagara-Fällen"". Rhein-Sieg-Rundschau (in German). p. 25.
  7. ↑ "Schladern (Sieg) station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
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