S6 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)

Route of S6

				0.0	Essen Hbf S1S2S3S9
				1.5	Essen Süd
				3.5	Essen Stadtwald
				5.9	Essen-Hügel
				8.6	Essen-Werden
				13.2	Kettwig
				14.5	Kettwig Stausee
				18.4	Hösel
				23.8	Ratingen Ost
				26.8	Düsseldorf-Rath
				27.9	Düsseldorf-Rath Mitte
				30.7	Düsseldorf-Derendorf S1S11
					Düsseldorf Zoo S1S11
				32.8	Düsseldorf Wehrhahn S1S11
				33.9	Düsseldorf Hbf S1S8S11S28S68
					Düsseldorf Volksgarten S1S68
					Düsseldorf-Oberbilk S1S68
				39.9	Düsseldorf-Eller Süd S68
				42.5	Düsseldorf-Reisholz S68
				44.9	Düsseldorf-Benrath S68
				47.4	Düsseldorf-Garath S68
				48.7	Düsseldorf-Hellerhof S68
				50.7	Langenfeld-Berghausen S68
				53.2	Langenfeld S68
					Network change from VRR to VRS
				57.4	Leverkusen-Rheindorf
				60.1	Leverkusen-Küppersteg
				61.7	Leverkusen Mitte
				64.0	Leverkusen Chempark
				65.9	Köln-Stammheim
				69.9	Köln-Mülheim S11
					Köln-Buchforst S11
				73.4	Köln Messe/Deutz S11S12S13S19
				73.6	Köln Hbf S11S12S13S19
				74.4	Köln Hansaring S11S12S13S19
				75.9	Köln-Nippes S11

Source: German railway atlas^[1]

Line S 6 is a S-Bahn line in the Rhein-Ruhr network. It calls, among others, at the cities of Essen, Düsseldorf and Cologne and was the first S-Bahn line in the Rhine-Ruhr network, becoming operational on 28 September 1967 between Ratingen Ost and Düsseldorf-Garath. It is operated at 20-minute intervals using coupled sets of class 422 four-car electrical multiple units.

Line S 6 runs over lines built by various railway companies:

from Essen Hauptbahnhof to Essen-Werden over the Essen-Werden–Essen railway, opened by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company in 1877,
from Essen-Werden to Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof over the Ruhr Valley Railway, opened by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company in 1872 and 1874,
from Düsseldorf to Cologne over the Cologne–Duisburg railway, opened by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company in 1845 and
from Cologne to Köln-Nippes over the West Lower Rhine Railway opened by the Cologne-Crefeld Railway Company in 1855.

It was opened on 28 September 1967 between Ratingen Ost and Düsseldorf-Garath. It was extended from Ratingen Ost to Essen on 26 May 1968 and from Garath to Langenfeld (Rheinl) on 12 December 1968, from Langenfeld to Köln Hansaring on 2 June 1991 and from Hansaring to Köln-Nippes on 13 June 2004.

References

^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 136–9. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.

[Eisenbahnatlas-1] Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 136–9. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.

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