Sechtem station
Railway station in Germany
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Sechtem station is a through station in the district of Sechtem of the town of Bornheim in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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| Location | Bornheim, NRW Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°47′45″N 6°57′26″E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | DB Netz | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | DB Station&Service | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 5773[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DS100 code | KSEC[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| IBNR | 8005499 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Category | 4[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | VRS: 2531[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.bahnhof.de | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 March 1844[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sechtem station was opened on 1 March 1844 on the Left Rhine line, which was opened between Cologne and Bonn by the Bonn–Cologne Railway Company on 15 February 1844.[5] It was completely modernised and rebuilt to be barrier-free in 2010. Since then, it has had an underpass, a lift, and elevated platforms, providing barrier-free boarding and alighting of trains.[6]
The station has three platform tracks and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[1]
Rail services
The station is served by the following two lines:[7]
| Line | Line name | Route | Frequency | Operator |
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| RB 26 | MittelrheinBahn | Köln Messe/Deutz – Cologne – Sechtem – Bonn – Remagen – Andernach – Koblenz-Stadtmitte – Koblenz - (Mainz) | 1x per hour | trans regio |
| RB 48 | Rhein-Wupper-Bahn | Wuppertal-Oberbarmen – Wuppertal – Cologne – Sechtem – Bonn – Bonn-Mehlem | 1x per hour | DB Regio NRW |
It is also served by bus route 818, operated by Regionalverkehr Köln at 60-minute intervals.[7]