Schwerte (Ruhr) station

Schwerte (Ruhr) station
Through station
Location Schwerte, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates 51°26′30″N 7°33′31″E / 51.44158°N 7.558663°ECoordinates: 51°26′30″N 7°33′31″E / 51.44158°N 7.558663°E
Line(s)
Platforms 6 [1]
Other information
Station code 5763
DS100 codeESRT
Category4 [2]
History
Opened 1 April 1867 [3]

Schwerte station is a through station in the town of Schwerte in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station was opened with the section of the Hagen–Hamm railway between Hagen and Holzwickede, opened by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (German: Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, BME) on 1 April 1867.[4] It has six platform tracks[1] and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.[2]

The station is served by the Rhein-Münsterland-Express (RE 7) between Krefeld and Rheine, the Maas-Wupper-Express (RE 13) between Venlo and Hamm, the Sauerland-Express (RE 17) between Hagen and Warburg or Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe and the Ardey-Bahn (RB 53) between Dortmund and Iserlohn, each hourly.[5]

Line Line name Service Route
RE 7 Rhein-Münsterland-Express (Rheine –) Münster – Hamm – Unna – Schwerte – Hagen – Wuppertal – Solingen – Cologne – Krefeld 60 min
RE 13 Maas-Wupper-Express Hamm – Unna – Schwerte – Hagen – Wuppertal – Düsseldorf – Mönchengladbach – Venlo 60 min
RE 17 Sauerland-Express Hagen – Schwerte – Arnsberg (Westf) – Brilon-Wald – Warburg (–Kassel Hbf – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe) 60 min
RB 53 Ardey-Bahn Dortmund – Schwerte – Iserlohn 60 min
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station
toward Krefeld Hbf
RE 7
Rhein-Münsterland-Express
toward Rheine Hbf
Terminus
RE 17
Sauerland-Express
toward Kassel Hbf
Dortmund-Aplerbeck Süd
toward Dortmund Hbf
RB 53
Ardey-Bahn
Ergste
toward Iserlohn
Preceding station   Eurobahn   Following station
toward Venlo
RE 13
Maas-Wupper-Express
toward Hamm

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Station track plan" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Stationspreisliste 2015" [Station price list 2015] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Schwerte (Ruhr) station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  4. ↑ "Line 2550: Aachen - Kassel". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  5. ↑ "Schwerte (Ruhr) station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 10 November 2011.