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Merten station

Coordinates: 50°46′13″N 7°23′09″E / 50.77038°N 7.38588°E / 50.77038; 7.38588
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Merten
Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn
Through station
General information
LocationBurgweg, Merten (Sieg), Eitorf, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates50°46′13″N 7°23′09″E / 50.77038°N 7.38588°E / 50.77038; 7.38588
Line(s)
Platforms2
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code4070[1]
DS100 codeKMES[2]
IBNR8003987
Category6[1]
Fare zoneVRS: 2591[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1897/1905[4]
Services
Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station
Blankenberg (Sieg)
towards Horrem
S12 Eitorf
towards Au (Sieg)
Hennef im Siegbogen
towards Düren
S19
Location
Merten is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Merten
Merten
Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

Merten station is a station on the Sieg Railway, situated in Eitorf, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station was opened between 1897 and 1905 on a section of the Sieg Railway, opened by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (German: Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, CME) between Hennef (Sieg) and Eitorf on 1 August 1860.[5] It has two platform tracks and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 6 station.[1]

The station is served by 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 S12 services operate hourly, but the S19 services are less frequent.[6]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  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. 199. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Merten (Sieg) station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Line 2651: Köln-Deutz - Gießen". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Merten (Sieg) station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 16 March 2017.