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Leverkusen Chempark station

Cologne–Duisburg railway

Platforms2Tracks2ConnectionsS6Other informationStation code437^[1]DS100 codeKBAY^[2]IBNR8000832Category5^[1]Fare zoneVRS: 2100 and 2200^[3]Websitewww.bahnhof.deHistoryOpened2 June 1991 ^[4]Previous namesBayerwerkServices

Preceding station	Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn			Following station
Köln-Stammheim towards Köln-Nippes		S6		Leverkusen Mitte towards Essen Hbf

Leverkusen Chempark, known as Bayerwerk until 2013.^[5] is a railway station on the Cologne–Duisburg railway, situated on the border of Leverkusen and Cologne in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.^[6] It is named after the nearby Bayer chemical production plants. It is served by the S6 line of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn at 20-minute intervals.^[7]^[8]

It is also served by the following bus routes: 151 and 152 (operated by Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe), 201 (operated by Kraftverkehr Wupper-Sieg) and 255 (operated by Kraftverkehr Gebr. Wiedenhoff), all at 20-minute intervals.^[7]

History

Before this station was built, there was a station one kilometre away called Leverkusen Wiesdorf, but it is now closed.

References

^ ^a ^b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
^ "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. pp. 202–203. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
^ Joost, André. "Leverkusen Chempark station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 20 May 2020.
^ Deutsche Bahn benennt S-Bahn-Haltestelle um
^ "Bayerwerk station information including map" (in German). VKB. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
^ ^a ^b Joost, André. "Leverkusen Chempark station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 20 May 2020.
^ "S-Bahn network map for the Cologne/Bonn Region" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2013.