Essen Süd station

Essen Süd
Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn
Through station

Former station building, now used as a restaurant
Location Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates 51°26′24″N 7°01′23″E / 51.4399°N 7.023136°ECoordinates: 51°26′24″N 7°01′23″E / 51.4399°N 7.023136°E
Line(s)
Platforms 2
Other information
Station code 1692[1]
DS100 codeEESD
Category5[1]
Website www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened 1914/17[2]

Essen Süd (south) station (German: Haltepunkt Essen Süd) is located on the Essen-Werden–Essen railway in the Essen borough of Südviertel ("southern quarter") in the German state of North Rhine Westphalia. It is heritage-listed.

History

The station is located the Essen-Werden–Essen railway, which was opened by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company on 15 August 1877 and connects the Ruhr Valley Railway to the Essen Hauptbahnhof.

Essen Süd, which was modelled on suburban stations in Berlin, was built in 1914. The station buildings are located on both sides of the tracks, which are in a deep cutting. The main building consists of a single-storey building with a gabled roof and its frontage is framed by neoclassical columns. The annex on the other side of the tracks is a smallish building with a hip roof and is set back from the road. Both parts of the building are connected by a covered walkway. The ensemble was heritage-listed as a monument of the city of Essen on 14 April 1988.[3]

Since 1974, Essen Süd station has been served by line S6 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn.

Current situation

The station is now served by line S6 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn and lies on the Essen-Werden–Essen railway. The owner of the property is DB Station&Service, which classified it as a category 5 station.[1]

In the former station building from 1914, which is no longer used as such today, there is a restaurant with a beer garden. The station has two outside platforms accessible from the street.

Operations

The station is served only by line S6 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn at 20 minute intervals.[4]

Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station
toward Köln-Nippes
S 6
Terminus

References

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  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. ↑ "Essen Süd station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Excerpt from the heritage list" (PDF; 461 KB) (in German). City of Essen. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Essen Süd station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 1 December 2013.