Solingen Grünewald station

Solingen Grünewald station
Operations
Category 3 [1]
Type Through station
Platforms in use 2
DS100 code KSGR
Station code 5778
Construction and location
Opened 6 May 2006[2]
Location Solingen
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
Route information
List of railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia

Solingen Grünewald station is in the city of Solingen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Wuppertal-Oberbarmen–Solingen railway. The line through the site of Solingen Grünewald station was opened on 12 February 1890 as part of the Solingen–Wuppertal-Vohwinkel line, known as the Korkenzieherbahn ("Corkscrew Railway"), to Vohwinkel.[3] The station was opened on 6 May 2006.[2] It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station.[1]

The station is served every 20 minutes during the day by Regionalbahn service Der Müngstener (RB 47) between Wuppertal and Solingen.[4]

Preceding station   DB AG   Following station
Terminus
 RB 47
Der Müngstener

It is served by a trolleybus line operated by Stadtwerke Solingen at 10 minute intervals. Stadtwerke Solingen also operates bus route 699 through the station six times a day. The station is served every 60 minutes by bus route 250 operated by Wiedenhoff.[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 28 October 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "Solingen Grünewald operations" (in German). NRW Rail Archive. André Joost. http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/kln/KSGR.htm. Retrieved 28 October 2011. 
  3. ^ "Line 2734: Solingen - Wuppertal-Vohwinkel" (in German). NRW Rail Archive. André Joost. http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/strecken/2734.htm. Retrieved 28 October 2011. 
  4. ^ a b "Solingen Grünewald station" (in German). NRW Rail Archive. André Joost. http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/bf/8005597.htm. Retrieved 28 October 2011.