Leichlingen station

Leichlingen
General information
LocationBahnhofstraße 33c, Leichlingen, NRW
Germany
Coordinates51°06′28″N 7°00′19″E / 51.107868°N 7.005374°E / 51.107868; 7.005374
Line(s)
Platforms2
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code3621
DS100 codeKLEL
IBNR8003616
Category5
Fare zoneVRS: 2330
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened25 August 1867
Services
Preceding station National Express Germany Following station
Opladen
towards Bonn-Mehlem
RB 48 (Rhein-Wupper-Bahn) Solingen Hbf

Leichlingen station is a through station in the town of Leichlingen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was opened on 25 August 1867 on the Gruiten–Köln-Deutz railway, which was completed between Gruiten and Opladen by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company on 25 September 1867. It has two platform tracks and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.

The station is served by the Rhein-Wupper-Bahn (RB 48) between Wuppertal-Oberbarmen and Cologne twice an hour during the day, with one train an hour to/from Bonn-Mehlem.

It is also served by two bus routes operated by Hüttebräucker: 253 (once a day) and 254 (at 60 minute intervals). It is served by bus route 255, operated by Wiedenhoff at 20–40 minute intervals and by bus route 694, operated by Stadtwerke Solingen at 30–60 minute intervals.