| Solingen Hauptbahnhof | |
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| Operations | |
| Category | 2 |
| Type | Crossing station |
| Platforms in use | 5 |
| Daily trains | 47 (long distance) 173 (regional) 75 (S-Bahn) |
| Daily entry/exit | 20,000 |
| DS100 code | KSO |
| Station code | 5882 |
| Construction and location | |
| Opened | 25 September 1867 (Originally "Ohligs-Wald") |
| Location | Solingen |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Home page | www.bahnhof.de |
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Solingen Central Station (German: Solingen Hauptbahnhof) is the only train station in Solingen, Germany offering ICE and IC long distance trains.
Solingen-Mitte station serves central Solingen but only with Regionalbahn trains.
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The first station in the area of present-day town of Solingen was built with the opening of the Gruiten-Cologne-Mülheim railway by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company.[1] The station opened on 25 September 1867 and was named Ohligs Wald ("Ohligs forest").[2] That same year a branch line to Solingen was built from this station.[3] In 1890, the Wald part of the name was dropped and with the incorporation of Ohligs into Solingen in 1929, the station was renamed Solingen-Ohlings.[2] In 1894, the line from Hilden was opened.[4]
The importance of the Solingen-Ohligs station always exceeded that of the other stations in Solingen, including the old Solingen Hauptbahnhof, since only Ohligs station is located on a main line. Consequently, it was the stopping point for long-distance traffic. This factor lead to the discussion of renaming this station to Hauptbahnhof and giving the Hauptbahnhof a new name. These discussions, however, never came to a conclusion, so the station kept its name until the end of 2006. With the decommissioning of the old Hauptbahnhof in May 2006, Solingen-Ohlings station was renamed as Solingen Hauptbahnhof on 10 December 2006.[2]
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toward Hannover Hbf
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ICE 43 |
toward Basel SBB
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toward Dortmund Hbf
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ICE 91 |
toward Wien Westbf
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| IC/EC 31 |
toward Passau Hbf
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Terminus
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IC 55 |
toward Leipzig Hbf
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toward Rheine
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RE 7 Rhein-Münsterland-Express |
toward Krefeld Hbf
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| Terminus | RB 47 Der Müngstener |
toward Wuppertal Hbf
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toward Wuppertal Hbf
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RB 48 Rhein-Wupper-Bahn |
toward Bonn-Mehlem
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| Preceding station | Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn | Following station | ||
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toward Dortmund Hbf
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S1 | Terminus |