Aachen Hauptbahnhof

Aachen Hauptbahnhof is the most important railway station for the city of Aachen, in the far west of Germany near the Dutch and Belgian border. It is the largest of the four currently active Aachen stations, and is integrated into the long-distance network.

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Type: Railway station
Description: railway station in Aachen, Germany
Also known as: “Aachen Central Station”, “Aachen Central Train Station”, “Aachen Hbf”, “Aachener Hauptbahnhof”, “gare d’Aix-la-Chapelle”, “Glavna železniška postaja Aachen”, “Hauptbahnhof Aachen”, “Station Aachen Hauptbahnhof”, “Station Aachen Hbf”, “Station Aken”, “stazione di Aachen Hauptbahnhof”, “Аахенский вокзал”, and “Вокзал Аахен”
Address: Bahnhofstraße 2a, Aachen, 52064

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Haus Grenzwacht and Aachen Cathedral.

Haus Grenzwacht

Public building

Haus Grenzwacht

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Haus Grenzwacht is a public building.

Aachen Cathedral

Church

Aachen Cathedral

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Aachen Cathedral is a Catholic church in Aachen… Aachen Cathedral is situated 1 km northwest of Aachen Hauptbahnhof.

Marschiertor

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Marschiertor is situated 320 metres west of Aachen Hauptbahnhof.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burtscheid and Kaiserplatz.

Burtscheid

Suburb

Photo: ArthurMcGill, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Burtscheid is a district of the city of Aachen, part of the Aachen-Mitte Stadtbezirk.

Kaiserplatz

Neighborhood

Photo: ArthurMcGill, CC BY 3.0.

Kaiserplatz is a neighborhood.

Forst

Suburb

Photo: ArthurMcGill, CC BY 3.0.

Forst is a suburb.

Aachen Hauptbahnhof

Categories: inter-city rail station, central station, border train station, through station, junction station, station, and transport
Location: Aachen, Aachen, Cologne District, Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

50.76777° or 50° 46′ 4″ north

Longitude

6.09138° or 6° 5′ 29″ east

Elevation

189 metres (620 feet)

Established

1905

Wheelchair access

yes

Operator

DB InfraGO AG

Network

DB

IATA airport code

XHJ

UIC ID

8000001

Open location code

9F28Q39R+4H

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3070631211

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“Aachen Hauptbahnhof” goes by many names.

Chinese: “亚琛火车总站”
Czech: “Aachen Hauptbahnhof”
Dutch: “Aachen Hauptbahnhof”
Dutch: “Aken Centraal”
French: “Aix-la-Chapelle Gare Centrale”
French: “Aix-la-Chapelle-Centrale”
French: “Gare centrale d’Aix La Chapelle”
French: “gare centrale d’Aix-la-Chapelle”
French: “Gare centrale d’Aix-la-Chapelle”
German: “Aachen Hauptbahnhof”
Hungarian: “Aachen főpályaudvar”
Italian: “stazione di Aquisgrana Centrale”
Italian: “Stazione di Aquisgrana Centrale”
Japanese: “アーヘン中央駅”
Polish: “Aachen Hauptbahnhof”
Russian: “Ахенский вокзал”
Russian: “Вокзал Ахен”
Slovenian: “Aachen Hauptbahnhof”
Urdu: “آخن ہاپٹ بان ہوف”

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Places to explore: Hai Nam and Aachen Hauptbahnhof.

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