Essen-Überruhr station
Essen-Überruhr station | |
|---|---|
| Through station | |
 | |
| Location |
Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany |
| Coordinates | 51°25′45″N 7°04′09″E / 51.429233°N 7.069132°ECoordinates: 51°25′45″N 7°04′09″E / 51.429233°N 7.069132°E |
| Line(s) | |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | 1712 |
| DS100 code | EEUE |
| Category | 5 [1] |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 December 1847 [2][3] |
Essen-Überruhr station is located in the district of Überruhr in the city of Essen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Wuppertal-Vohwinkel–Essen-Überruhr line and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[1]
The station was opened on 1 December 1847 by the Prince William Railway Company as the northern terminus of its Vohwinkel–Überruhr line, after its takeover, standardisation and extension of the Deil Valley Railway Company's line from Kupferdreh to Nierenhof (the oldest German railway).[2][4]
It is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 9 (Haltern–Wuppertal), operating every 20 minutes during the day.[5]
| Preceding station | Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
toward Haltern am See | S 9 | toward Wuppertal Hbf |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Stationspreisliste 2015" [Station price list 2015] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Busch, J. Rainer; Deilmann, H.G. (1992). Prinz-Wilhelm-Eisenbahn—Die erste Eisenbahn-Aktiengesellschaft auf deutschem Boden (Prince William Railway Company—The first railway corporation on German soil) (in German). Essen.
- ↑ "Essen-Überruhr station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- ↑ "Der Prinz-Wilhelm-Eisenbahn" (in German). Pro Niederbergbahn e.V. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- ↑ "Essen-Überruhr station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 11 October 2011.