Dortmund Knappschaftskrankenhaus station explained

Dortmund Knappschaftskrankenhaus
Native Name Lang:de
Symbol:s
Symbol Location:rhine-ruhr
Type:Through station
Borough:Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:Germany
Coordinates:51.5187°N 7.5374°W
Line:Unna–Dortmund
Platforms:2
Opened:26 May 1963 [1]
Zone:VRR

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Website:www.bahnhof.de

Dortmund Knappschaftskrankenhaus is a railway station in the Dortmund district of Brackel in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia near the Knappschaftskrankenhaus (literally "miners' hospital"). It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 6 station. It was opened on 26 May 1963 on the Welver–Sterkrade railway completed between Welver and the old Dortmund Süd (south) station by the Royal Westphalian Railway Company on 15 May 1876 and electrified on 25 May 1984.[3]

It is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 4 at 30-minute intervals (15-minute intervals in the peak between Dortmund-Lütgendortmund and).[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dortmund Knappschaftskrankenhaus station operations . NRW Rail Archive . André Joost . 15 December 2013 . German.
  2. Web site: Tarifplan Dortmund . Dortmunder Stadtwerke AG . 8 May 2020 . November 2019.
  3. Web site: Line 2112: Welver - Dortmund Süd . NRW Rail Archive . André Joost . 15 December 2013 . German.
  4. Web site: Dortmund Knappschaftskrankenhaus station . NRW Rail Archive . André Joost . 15 December 2013 . German.
  5. Web site: VRR rapid-transit plan 2013 . PDF . VRR . 15 December 2013 . German.