Dortmund Möllerbrücke station

Dortmund Möllerbrücke
Through station

Dortmund Möllerbrücke station in 2008
Location Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates 51°30′26″N 7°27′07″E / 51.50710°N 7.45200°ECoordinates: 51°30′26″N 7°27′07″E / 51.50710°N 7.45200°E
Line(s)
Platforms 2
Other information
Station code 1291 [1]
DS100 codeEDMB [2]
Category6 [1]
History
Opened 26 May 1963 [3]
VRR underground station
S-Bahn train in Möllerbrücke station
Night view of the S-Bahn station
Access to the S-Bahn station

Dortmund Möllerbrücke station is a transportation hub to the southwest of the inner city of Dortmund, near the Kreuzviertel (district) and West Park. A Dortmund Stadtbahn underground station is located next to the station. The station is named after the nearby Möller bridge (Möllerbrücke) and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[1] The above ground section of the station is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 4 and the underground section is served by line U42 of the Dortmund Stadtbahn. It is located on the historic Ruhr line of the Rhenish Railway Company.

History

A block post was built on the site of today's S-Bahn station as early as 1910.[3] There has been a tram stop at Dortmund Möllerbrücke since 1925. Trains have stopped since 26 May 1963.[3] It was originally served by battery electric multiple units of class 515. It was served by Silberling carriages hauled by class 212 locomotives from 1980. Since 3 June 1984 x-Wagen (“x-cars”, a type of push–pull train) have operated, propelled initially by class 111 locomotives and from 1995 by class 143 locomotives. In December 2011, line S4 was converted to operation by class 422 electric multiple units.[4]

Architectural features

The Stadtbahn station was designed by the architects Kopka and Theil and opened in 2002. The design theme of the Stadtbahn station is "bridges", using materials made of Ruhr sandstone similar to the stone used to build the nearby Möller bridge.[5]

Rail services

Dortmund Möllerbrücke station is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 4 at 20 minute intervals.[6][7]

Line Route
S 4 Dortmund-Lütgendortmund – Dortmund-Möllerbrücke - Dortmund-Stadthaus – Dortmund-Asseln Mitte - Unna-Königsborn – Unna
Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station
S 4
toward Unna

It is also served by line U42 of the Dortmund Stadtbahn at 10 minute intervals.[6]

Line Route
U42 Dortmund-Grevel – Scharnhorst Zentrum – Kirchderne – Eving, Schulte Rödding – Reinoldikirche – Stadtgarten – Dortmund-Möllerbrücke – Barop Parkhaus – Hombruch, Grotenbachstraße
Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn   Following station
Städtische Kliniken
toward Grotenbachstraße
U42
Kreuzstraße
toward Grevel

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Stationspreisliste 2015" [Station price list 2015] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Dortmund Möllerbrücke station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "S4 : Lütgendortmund - Dorstfeld - Unna". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "Bahnhof Möllerbrücke" (in German). City of Dortmund. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Dortmund Möllerbrücke station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "VRR rapid-transit plan 2013" (PDF) (in German). VRR. Retrieved 15 December 2013.