Düsseldorf-Eller station is located in the district of Eller

Düsseldorf-Eller

Eller is an urban borough of Düsseldorf.It is located in the east of the central district. Eller has been a part of Düsseldorf since the year 1909.-History:Archeological findings tell of a continuous settlement in Eller up from the second century A.D....

 in the German city of Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...

 in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

. It is on the Düsseldorf–Solingen line and is classified by Deutsche Bahn

Deutsche Bahn

Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...

 as a category 5 station

German railway station categories

About 5,400 railway stations in Germany that are owned and operated by the Deutsche Bahn subsidiary DB Station&Service are assigned into seven categories, denoting the service level available at the station....

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Location

The station is located in the east of the district Düsseldorf-Eller. It is elevated above Vennhauser Allee. The station has a central platform with access to Vennhauser Allee.

History

The station building was built of brick in 1872. In 1909, a waiting room was added. By 1975, the station building was no longer used for railway purposes, but instead it was used for artists' studios. In 1982, it had its first public exhibition, which was followed by over 100 other shows, which were attended by more than 400 artists. In 1986, Freundeskreis Kulturbahnhof Eller e.V. (Friends of the Culture Station of Eller) was founded.

On 1 April 1985, the old station building was registered on Düsseldorf’s heritage list in the category of technical monuments.

Services

The station is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 1 every 20 minutes and four bus routes (722, 730, 735 and 736), operated by Rheinbahn

Rheinbahn

The Rheinbahn is a public transport provider operating in and around Düsseldorf. Its network consists of 7 Stadtbahn lines as well as 13 tram and 92 bus services and is integrated in the Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn network. The total rail network length is...

, each at 20 minute intervals.