Düsseldorf Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Transport== ===Düsseldorf Airport=== [[File:Duesseldorf international terminal.jpg|thumb|Düsseldorf Airport]] [[Düsseldorf Airport]], also referred to as Rhein-Ruhr Airport, is located {{convert|8|km|spell=in|abbr=off|0}} north of the city centre and can easily be reached by train or the [[Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn|S-Bahn]] urban railway. There is a [[Düsseldorf Airport station|long-distance train station]] served by regional and national services, which is linked to the airport by the [[Düsseldorf SkyTrain|SkyTrain]], an automatic [[people mover]]. Another station situated under the terminal building carries the S-Bahn line ([[S11 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)|S11]]) to [[Düsseldorf Central Station]], and to [[Cologne]] as well as a few selected night services. After those of Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin, Düsseldorf Airport is Germany's fourth largest [[airport|commercial airport]], with 25.5 million passengers annually (2019).<ref>{{Cite web |last=derwesten.de |first=DerWesten- |date=2021-09-08 |title=Größte Flughäfen in Deutschland: DAS sind die Airports mit den meisten Passagieren in der Bundesrepublik |url=https://www.derwesten.de/panorama/vermischtes/groesste-flughaefen-in-deutschland-passagiere-verkehrsflughafen-passagieraufkommen-fluggesellschaft-drehkreuz-id233264561.html |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=www.derwesten.de |language=de |archive-date=27 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727093256/https://www.derwesten.de/panorama/vermischtes/groesste-flughaefen-in-deutschland-passagiere-verkehrsflughafen-passagieraufkommen-fluggesellschaft-drehkreuz-id233264561.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The airport offers 180 destinations on 4 continents, and is served by 70 airlines. The airport buildings were partly destroyed by a devastating fire caused by welding works in 1996, killing 17 people. It was completely rebuilt and the Skytrain installed. ===Railway=== [[File:StadtbahnD.png|thumb|right|Düsseldorf Straßenbahn and Düsseldorf Stadtbahn network, part of the [[Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr]]]] The city is a major hub in the [[Deutsche Bahn]] (DB) railway network. More than 1,000 trains stop in Düsseldorf daily. [[Düsseldorf Central Station]] at Konrad-Adenauer-Platz is located in [[Düsseldorf-Stadtmitte]]. Several [[Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn]] lines connect Düsseldorf to other cities of [[Rhine-Ruhr]]. Local [[Trams in Düsseldorf|Düsseldorf Straßenbahn]] and [[light rail]] [[Düsseldorf Stadtbahn]] traffic, as well as local bus traffic, is carried out by the city-owned [[Rheinbahn]] which operates within the [[Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr|VRR]] [[public transport]] system. The light rail system also serves neighbouring cities and is partially operated underground. The Central Station and the Airport Station (Flughafen-Bahnhof) are connected to the national and [[High-speed rail in Europe|European high-speed systems]] (Intercity/Eurocity, IC/EC and [[InterCityExpress]]). ===Taxi=== [[File:PKW Mercedes W210 P4297201.JPG|thumb|left|Officially licensed taxis are always ivory coloured.]] In Düsseldorf there are 1320 officially licensed Taxis. According to the regulations, the cars are always in ivory colour. On the back window you always find a black number on a yellow patch. Credit card payment has to be accepted at the Taxi stands at Airport of Düsseldorf. The supply of taxis in Düsseldorf is over the German average.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}} Two taxi organisations cover the market.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}} "Taxi-Düsseldorf" offers more than 1180 cabs in different sizes for max. 8 Passengers. The smaller one is "Rhein-Taxi" with more than 120 cabs. It is obligatory to carry out any journeys to destinations in the city and directly neighbouring cities.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.duesseldorf.de/stadtrecht/3/33/33_202.shtml |title=Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf - Verordnung über die Beförderungsentgelte und Beförderungsbedingungen im Gelegenheitsverkehr mit den in der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf zugelassenen Taxen (Taxentarifordnung) |access-date=6 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113728/https://www.duesseldorf.de/stadtrecht/3/33/33_202.shtml |archive-date=4 March 2016 }} Verordnung über die Beförderungsentgelte und Beförderungsbedingungen im Gelegenheitsverkehr mit den in der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf zugelassenen Taxen (Taxentarifordnung) (German)</ref> ===Carsharing=== In addition to stationary car sharing, where vehicles must be returned to their original location after use, [[one-way carsharing]] vehicles have also been available for hire since 2012. These vehicles, which can be parked anywhere where parking is normally allowed within Düsseldorf, can be rented from Car2go, Greenwheels, Stadtmobil and DriveNow.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.duesseldorf.de/verkehrsmanagement/clever-unterwegs/carsharing.html|title=CarSharing|first=Landeshauptstadt|last=Düsseldorf|website=www.duesseldorf.de|access-date=28 October 2019|archive-date=28 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028134206/https://www.duesseldorf.de/verkehrsmanagement/clever-unterwegs/carsharing.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Autobahn=== North Rhine-Westphalia has the densest network of [[autobahn]]s in Germany and Düsseldorf is directly accessible via the [[Bundesautobahn 3|A3]], [[Bundesautobahn 44|A44]], [[Bundesautobahn 46|A46]], [[Bundesautobahn 52|A52]], [[Bundesautobahn 57|A57]], [[Bundesautobahn 59|A59]] and [[Bundesautobahn 524|A524]]. ===Cycling=== Düsseldorf is connected to some national and international cycling paths, including [[EV15 The Rhine Cycle Route]]. The city of Düsseldorf is a member of the German North Rhine-Westphalia District, Municipality and City Friends of Pedestrians and Cyclists Working Group, who bestowed upon Düsseldorf the title of "Friend of Cyclists City" in 2007, although the city still has a few gaps in the network of cycle paths in the eyes of many of its citizens. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page