Kettwig Stausee station

Kettwig Stausee
Kettwig-Pusch
Operations
Category 6 [1]
Type Hp
Platforms in use 2
DS100 code EKGS
Station code 3167
Construction and location
Opened 28 May 1945[2]
Location Essen
State NRW
Country Germany
Local authority Kettwig
1968/1974 S-Bahn service started
Route information
List of railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia

Kettwig Stausee is a railway station in the city of Essen in western Germany on the Ruhr Valley line. It serves the southern part of the Kettwig borough, Kettwig vor der Brücke, and is situated right next to the river Ruhr.

History

The station was opened in 1945 as Kettwig-Pusch after the German army had destroyed the Ruhr bridges in Kettwig during the last days of World War II. It was used to connect the railway lines to Mülheim an der Ruhr, Düsseldorf and Velbert with each other. After a single Ruhr bridge was rebuilt, the station was renamed Kettwig Stausee in 1953. In 1960, services to Velbert and in 1968 services to Mülheim ended. The station building was torn down in 1981, and the station was downgraded to a mere S-Bahn stop.

The station today sees regular service by Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn trains on the S6 line.[3]

Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station
S6
toward Essen Hbf

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