Gevelsberg Central Station

Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof
Operations
Category 6 [1]
Type Through stattion
DS100 code EGVH
Station code 2113
Construction and location
Opened 15 September 1879 [2]
Location Ennepetal
State NRW
Country Germany
Local authority Gevelsberg
Home page www.bahnhof.de
Route information
List of railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia

Gevelsberg Central Station (German: Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof) is a railway station in the municipality of Gevelsberg in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station was opened along with a section of the Düsseldorf-Derendorf–Dortmund Süd railway, opened by the Rhenish Railway Company (German: Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, RhE) between Wuppertal-Wichlinghausen and Hagen RhE station (now Hagen-Eckesey depot) on 15 September 1879.[3] It has two platform tracks and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 6 station.[1]

Operational usage

The station is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn lines S 8 between Mönchengladbach and Hagen twice an hour (with intervals of 20 and 40 minutes alternatively).[4] The station is unique in the fact that it is the only Hauptbahnhof in Germany that is served exclusively by S-Bahn trains. This is because Gevelsberg as a municipality is a relatively recent creation, and traditionally Ennepetal (Gevelsberg) on the direct line from Wuppertal to Hagen carries most of the regional and mid-distance traffic for Ennepetal and Gevelsberg. Whilst Gevelsberg Hbf therefore is more central to Gevelsberg, it does not offer any connections other than the S8 trains running twice an hour, making it one of the least busy Hauptbahnhof stations in Germany.

Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station
S8
toward Hagen Hbf

The station is also served by 5 bus routes operated by Verkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr: SB38 (every 60 minutes), 551 (30), 552 (20/40), 565 (60) and 563 (30). It is served by bus route 542 operated by Hagener Straßenbahn at 15-30 minute intervals.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Station catgories 2011" (in German) (PDF). Deutsche Bahn. http://www.deutschebahn.com/site/shared/de/dateianhaenge/infomaterial/sonstige/bahnhofskategorieliste__db__station__service__2011.pdf. Retrieved 1 November 2011. 
  2. ^ "Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof operations" (in German). NRW Rail Archive. André Joost. http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/esn/EGVH.htm. Retrieved 1 November 2011. 
  3. ^ "Line 2423: Düsseldorf-Gerresheim - Dortmund-Westfalenhalle" (in German). NRW Rail Archive. André Joost. http://home.arcor.de/nrwbahnarchiv/strecken/2423.htm. Retrieved 1 November 2011. 
  4. ^ a b "Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof" (in German). NRW Rail Archive. André Joost. http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/bf/8002267.htm. Retrieved 1 November 2011.