page_title: Duisburg Hauptbahnhof
section_title: Deutsche Bahn
hierarchical_section_title: Duisburg Hauptbahnhof / History / Deutsche Bahn
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Duisburg HBF - Empfangshalle nach der Renovierung
context_page_description: Duisburg Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the city of Duisburg in western Germany. It is situated at the meeting point of many important national and international railway lines in the Northwestern Ruhr valley.
context_section_description: On 12 December 2008 Deutsche Bahn and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia announced that much-needed renovation work would begin in mid of 2009. The total cost was estimated at €60 million. The first phase includes the renovation of the lobby and the underpass. Among other things, the false ceilings would be removed and the building returned to its original state. Renovation work on the monumental facade is planned. The cost for the first phase is estimated at €10.1 million.
  On 24 July 2009, the first phase of renovation work began and the major renovations in the entrance hall were completed on 22 December 2009. From January 2010 work started on the renovation of the pedestrian tunnel. In a second, much more expensive construction phase, the railway platforms, railway tracks and the dilapidated roof will be rehabilitated in 2011.
caption: Lobby shortly before the completion of the renovation
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