Benrath (German pronunciation: [ˈbɛnʁaːt]) is a quarter of Düsseldorf in the south of the city, part of Borough 9.

The settlement was mentioned for the first time in 1222 in a document from Cologne where Everhard de Benrode is named as an attestor.

The line is also called maken-machen-line since speakers south of it say machen and north of it maken (to make or to do) because of the High German consonant shift.

It is served by two Regional-Express services: RE 1 (NRW-Express) and RE 5 (Rhein-Express) and Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 6, all operated by Deutsche Bahn.

By 1962, a single-track narrow gauge tram went from Benrath (beginning in the Paulistraße) via Hilden to Solingen-Ohligs to Haan and Wuppertal-Vohwinkel.