S2 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)

Line S2 is a S-Bahn line in the Rhein-Ruhr network. It starts in Dortmund Hauptbahnhof and runs westerly. During the day one service per hour runs to Duisburg Hauptbahnhof and one service each to Essen Hauptbahnhof and Recklinghausen Hauptbahnhof using class 422 electric multiple units.^[1]

Line S2 runs over lines built by various railway companies:

• from Dortmund Hauptbahnhof to Dortmund-Dorstfeld over the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway, opened by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company in 1862,
• from Dortmund-Dorstfeld to Dortmund-Mengede over the Welver–Sterkrade railway, opened by the Royal Westphalian Railway Company in 1878,
• from Dortmund-Mengede to Duisburg via Herne station and Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof over the Duisburg–Dortmund Railway opened by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company in 1847,
• from Gelsenkirchen to Essen over the Essen–Gelsenkirchen railway, opened from Gelsenkirchen to Essen-Kray Nord by the Rhenish Railway Company in 1872 and from Essen-Kray Nord to Essen by the Prussian state railways in 1905,
• from Herne to Recklinghausen over the Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway opened by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company in 1870.

S-Bahn services commenced between Dortmund and Duisburg on 2 June 1991. Services commenced between Dortmund and Essen on 29 September 1991. Services commenced between Dortmund and Recklinghausen on 24 May 1998.^[1]

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References

• Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2007. ISBN 978-3-89494-136-9.