S4 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)

Route of S4
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0.0 Unna
1.1 Unna West
3.9 Unna-Königsborn
7.2 Massen
8.7 Dortmund-Wickede
10.2 Dortmund-Wickede West
11.8 Dortmund-Asseln Mitte
14.2 Dortmund-Brackel
15.1 Dortmund Knappschaftskrankenhaus
16.8 Dortmund-Körne
17.8 Dortmund-Körne West
20.1 Dortmund Stadthaus
21.3 Dortmund Möllerbrücke
22.3 Dortmund West
23.1 Dortmund-Dorstfeld S 1S 2
25.9 Dortmund-Marten Süd
27.9 Dortmund-Germania
28.8 Dortmund-Somborn
30.3 Dortmund-Lütgendortmund

Line S 4 is an S-Bahn of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn, running from Unna to the Dortmund suburb of Dortmund-Lütgendortmund. It is operated by DB Regio on behalf of Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr. It is operated at 20-minute intervals using class 422 four-car electrical multiple units.[1]

Line S 4 runs over several lines:

S-Bahn services commenced between old Lütgendortmund station and Unna station on 3 June 1984. The section from Germania to old Lütgendortmund station was closed on 31 August 1987 and operations on the new line to Lütgendortmund commenced on 23 May 1993.[1]

Extension of the S 4 line from its current western end in the tunnel at Dortmund-Lütgendortmund was formerly planned to be implemented with a target of opening it in 2015. This would have included an extension of the single-track tunnel to the immediate south of Dortmund-Bövinghausen station. The S 4 would run from there to Herne on the Duisburg-Ruhrort–Dortmund railway (the Emscher Valley Railway of the Cologne-Minden Railway Company) and there take over the Herne–Essen branch of the current S 2 line. The Emschertal-Bahn (RB 43) Regionalbahn service would only operate between Herne and Dorsten. The eastern section of the Emscher Valley Railway between Dortmund-Bövinghausen and Dortmund Hauptbahnhof would be used by a new line of the Dortmund Stadtbahn. For a long time funds have been available for the construction of the line to Bövinghausen, however, the financing for the operation of the line is not guaranteed. The Emschertal-Bahn runs between Dortmund-Bövinghausen and Herne every hour, but the S2 would run between Herne and Essen every twenty minute as an S-Bahn service, so the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr would have to fund the increased services through savings in other areas. Upon taking office, the transport minister Oliver Wittke called for all such proposals to be re-evaluated. The line extension has been removed from the integrated transportation plan for North Rhine-Westphalia; a resubmission is possible from 2015.

Notes

  1. 1 2 "S4 : Lütgendortmund - Dorstfeld - Unna". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  2. "Line 2213: Dortmund-Lütgendortmund ↔ Dortmund-Dorstfeld". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  3. "Line 2151: Bochum Präsident - Dortmund Abzw Flm". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  4. "Line 2126: Dortmund-Dorstfeld - Dortmund Süd". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  5. "Line 2112: Welver - Dortmund Süd". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  6. "Line 2852: Fröndenberg - Unna". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 18 October 2011.

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