Essen-Werden station explained

Essen-Werden
Native Name Lang:de
Symbol:s-bahn
Symbol Location:essen
Type:Bf
Address:Im Löwental 11
Borough:Essen-Werden, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:Germany
Platforms:2
Zone:VRR

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Opened:1 February 1872[2]
Years1:1968
Events1:S-Bahn service started[3]
Website:www.bahnhof.de

Essen-Werden is a railway station in the city of Essen in western Germany. It serves the southern city borough Werden and is situated on the bank of the river Ruhr at the junction of the Ruhr Valley Railway and the line to Essen.

The station was opened in 1872 as part of the Düsseldorf-Werden-Kupferdreh line of the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn. In 1877, a line to Essen opened. Passenger services on the line to Kupferdreh closed on 29 May 1965.[4]

The station today sees regular service by Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn trains on the S6 line since 1974. Trains currently run in 20-minute intervals.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wabenplan Essen . Ruhrbahn . 30 October 2019 . November 2012 . 30 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191030174722/https://www.ruhrbahn.de/fileadmin/downloads/Wabenplaene/WABEN_Plan_Gesamt_2012.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: Essen-Werden station operations . NRW Rail Archive . André . Joost . 20 May 2020 . de.
  3. Web site: S6: Köln-Nippes - Düsseldorf - Essen . NRW rail archive. André . Joost . 20 May 2020 . de.
  4. Web site: Line 2400: Düsseldorf - Hagen . NRW Rail Archive . André . Joost . 20 May 2020 . de.
  5. Web site: Essen-Werden station . NRW Rail Archive . André . Joost . 20 May 2020 . de.