It is on the Cologne–Duisburg line and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.

[1] Düsseldorf Wehrhahn is also a stop for several bus routes.

It is also stop of the new Wehrhahn-line which consists four Stadtbahn lines.

The station is centrally located between the districts of Düsseldorf-Stadtmitte, Düsseldorf-Flingern and Düsseldorf-Düsseltal.

The trams on this line enter the new tunnel via a ramp at Bilk station and run from there underneath the city centre towards the north-east, where they emerge shortly before Wehrhahn railway station, hence the line's nickname.