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| Route number: | 450.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line length: | 8,8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track gauge: | 1435 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Voltage: | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum speed: | 100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Essen-Werden to Essen railway is a railway line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, now used by line S 6 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn. It was opened in 1877 by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (German: Bergisch-Märkischen Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) to connect the Ruhr Valley Railway to Essen Hauptbahnhof.
The steep slope between Essen-Werden and Essen Stadtwald has always placed a high demand on the vehicles operating on it. The Essen-Hügel station was built on a steep slope at the instigation of the Krupp family next to the Villa Hügel.