Easy to navigate and many boarding platforms have WORKING escalators!! Plenty of shops and food in…read morethe underground mall!

The main train station in Duisberg is generally clean, safe and very well organized. It's much…read moresmaller than Dusseldorf so easy to navigate and located right in the city center. There are a few shops/snack stands available so you can buy snacks for your ride as well as a very few retail stores - mostly lower end, cheap fashion accessory items. If you love Gummi candy, be aware they have a whole store of just that! There is a smaller Deutschebahn office here as well with both agents and kiosks to buy tickets.

Okay, you get off the train here to visit Essen, not that there is actually all that much in Essen…read moreto see. The thing that really annoyed me about this place was that the change machine in the locker rooms didn't work, and the lockers only accepted coins. As such I wasted something like ten minutes trying to work out where to get some change, and the casino next door was incredibly unhelpful. In fact the owner of the casino next door was incredibly rude. I eventually got some coins, and dumped our bags, but it is something that I am going to remember next time.

The Essen Hauptbahnhof has recently undergone extensive renovation. It is not a very big main…read morestation, so getting to the platforms only takes a couple of minutes. There are enough shops and food stalls to cover your basic needs. It is modern enough and there is a huge display panel with the arrival and departure information.

Considering that I spent three days in Düsseldorf, it's surprising that I only stopped in the…read morehauptbahnhof the one time when I arrived. It is a large station with 16 rail platforms plus four tram platforms and four Stadtbahn platforms. As such, it is Germany's sixth busiest station. The parts that I encountered were step free but I'm not sure if the entire station is such. I was able to roll my spinner suitcase easily from the train, through the station and out to the tram. Signage looked good and easy to read. Lots of food and some retail shopping opportunities here. And in 2021, masks are required throughout the train system. [Review 16340 overall - 151 in Germany - 1847 of 2021.]

This is the central train station in Dusseldorf, Germany. The station is very clean and modern…read more There is an Information Desk at the entrance. There are a lot of shops and places to get food. Signage is excellent, and all overhead announcements are in English in addition to German.