Euregiobahn

RB 20: euregiobahn
Route number:528 (Heerlen–Herzogenrath)


482.3 (Alsdorf-Poststraße–Herzogenrath)
485 (Herzogenrath–Aachen)
480 (Aachen–Stolberg)
482.1 (Stolberg–Stolberg-Altstadt)


482.2 (Stolberg–Langerwehe)
Maximum speed:120 km/h
Operator: DB Regio NRW
German state:  North Rhine-Westphalia
Route
Legend
Merzbrück Airport
Eschweiler-St. Jöris
Alsdorf Poststraße
Alsdorf-Mariadorf
Alsdorf-Kellersberg
Alsdorf-Annapark
Alsdorf-Busch
Herzogenrath-August-Schmidt-Platz
Herzogenrath-Alt-Merkstein
Herzogenrath IC, RE
Kohlscheid
Aachen West RE
Aachen Schanz RE
Aachen Central Station THA, ICE, IC, RE
Aachen-Rothe Erde RE
Eilendorf
Stolberg Central Station RE
 Stolberg freight yard(train separation)
Stolberg Central Station(track 27)
Stolberg-Schneidmühle
Stolberg-Mühlener Bahnhof
Stolberg-Rathaus
Stolberg-Altstadt
 Eschweiler-Auenot before 2013
 Eschweiler-West
 Eschweiler Talbahnhof
 Eschweiler-Nothberg
 Eschweiler-Weisweiler
 Langerwehe RE
 Düren IC, RE

Euregiobahn is a system of cross-border regional trains (RB 20) in the combined area of the AVV (Aachener Verkehrverbund) at the Aachen (district), Düren (district) and the neighbouring Dutch Zuid-Limburg operated by DB Regio NRW.

History

The historical predecessors of Euregiobahn were the first 2-hour-interval City Express trains between Heerlen and Aachen of the (Sittard–Herzogenrath railway) and (Aachen–Mönchengladbach railway), which were introduced in 1992 to replace the Maastricht–Aachen railway. As the first stage of the Euregiobahn regional rail system, the service from Heerlen, Herzogenrath, Kohlscheid and Aachen to Stolberg (Rhineland) came into operation in June 2001. The section from Stolberg - Hauptbahnhof to Stolberg-Altstadt was reopened to passengers, including the Stolberg-Altstadt station (formerly Stolberg (Rhineland) Hammer) and the stations at Stolberg Rathhaus and Stolberg Mühlener Bf.

As a second stage the Eschweiler - Talbahn, Stolberg to Eschweiler-West Eschweiler Talbahnhof / Raiffeisen-Platz, Eschweiler-Nothberg to Eschweiler-Weisweiler and section of to Herzogenrath Alt-Merkstein, Herzogenrath August-Schmidt-Platz came into operation between September and December 2004. In December 2005, the route was extended via Alsdorf - Busch to Alsdorf - Anna Park. Finally the Euregiobahn opened two new stations in December 2007: Heerlen de Kissel and Eygelshoven Markt between Herzogenrath and Heerlen.

Despite public protests in support of the Eschweiler Eschweiler-Aue was not reopened in 2004 for financial reasons.

Owing to drastically reduced state funding, routes could at first be extended only sparingly. Construction of the new line from Eschweiler-Weisweiler to Langerwehe started in the summer of 2007 and it was opened on 14 June 2009. From that day trains ran from Eschweiler-Weisweiler to Langerwehe and finally in December 2009 the hourly service was extended to Düren. Since locations between Eschweiler-Nothberg and Langerwehe are now served by the Euregiobahn, the station at Nothberg on the Cologne–Aachen high-speed railway was closed in December 2009.

November 2011 saw the first test ride on the next section of the ring to be completed, the stretch from Alsdorf - Anna Park to Alsdorf - Kellerberg and Alsdorf - Poststrasse. The official inauguration took place on 9 December 2011 when a special train on the Euregiobahn at 18:02, for invited guests only, left the Alsdorf-Anna Park track. The scheduled passenger service began on 11 December 2011.

Reactivated routes

The following routes have been reopened for the operation of the infrastructure managed for Euregiobahn by EVS:

New routes

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