Bochum-Nord station

Bochum Nord
Closed station
Location Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates 51°28′58″N 7°13′31″E / 51.48278°N 7.22528°ECoordinates: 51°28′58″N 7°13′31″E / 51.48278°N 7.22528°E
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Other information
Station code n/a
DS100 codeEBNO[1]
History
Opened
  • 15 October 1874 [1]

Bochum Nord station was a station on the Ostring (east ring) in the city of Bochum in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was built by the Rhenish Railway Company between 1871 and 1874 and opened on 15 October 1874. The station, which was originally called Bochum Rheinisch ("Rhenish") station, for a long time served passenger and freight traffic on the Osterath–Dortmund Süd railway.[1][2]

East of the station building, an 11-road roundhouse was built in the freight yard, which is still preserved in parts.[2] In 1883, the station was connected by the Bochum-Weitmar–Bochum-Nord branch[3] of the Essen-Überruhr–Bochum-Langendreer railway to the Ruhr Valley Railway in Bochum Dahlhausen.

Before the construction of the connecting curve in 1979 from the current Bochum Central Station (Hauptbahnhof) to the Bochum–Gelsenkirchen railway, the station was served by passenger trains in the route to Wanne-Eickel and Herne.

During the period of Nazi Germany, the deportation of Jews to concentration camps in Bochum was usually held at Bochum Nord station.

The locomotive depot was abandoned in 1959 and passenger services were abandoned in 1979. The second floor of the station building was closed after the Second World War for rehabilitation. Since 1979, the station building has only been used by the railway administration. The Moritz Fiege private brewery has acquired the station building so that it can be used as a restaurant and for administration.[2]

The freight yard is also the location of the main customs office of the Federal Government in the city of Bochum.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Bochum Nord station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Bahnhof Bochum Nord" (in German). Ruhr Industrial Heritage Trail. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Line 2155: Bochum Nord - Bochum-Weitmar". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 20 July 2013.

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