Schwerte (Ruhr) station

Schwerte (Ruhr) station
Operations
Category 4 [1]
Type Through station
Platforms in use 4 [2]
DS100 code ESRT
Station code 5763
Construction and location
Opened 1 June 1980 [3]
Location Schwerte
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
Route information
List of railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia

Schwerte station is a through station in the town of Schwerte in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station was opened with the section of the Hagen–Hamm railway between Hagen and Holzwickede, opened by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (German: Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, BME) on 1 April 1867.[4] It has six platform tracks[2] and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 6 station.[1]

The station is served by the Rhein-Münsterland-Express (RE 7) between Krefeld and Rheine, the Maas-Wupper-Express (RE 13) between Venlo and Hamm, the Sauerland-Express (RE 17) between Hagen and Warburg or Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe and the Ardey-Bahn (RB 53) between Dortmund and Iserlohn, each hourly.[5]

Preceding station   DB AG   Following station
RE 7
Rhein-Münsterland-Express
Holzwickede
toward Rheine
Terminus
RE 17
Sauerland-Express
Fröndenberg
toward Kassel Hbf
Dortmund-Aplerbeck Süd
RB 53
Ardey-Bahn
Ergste
toward Iserlohn
Preceding station   Eurobahn   Following station
toward Venlo
RE 13
Maas-Wupper-Express
Holzwickede
toward Hamm

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