Gevelsberg-Kipp station explained

Gevelsberg-Kipp station
Native Name Lang:de
Symbol:s
Symbol Location:rhine-ruhr
Type:Through station
Address:Heidestr. 21
Borough:Gevelsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:Germany
Coordinates:51.3195°N 7.3273°W
Platforms:2
Zone:VRR

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Opened:1 June 1980 [2]
Website:www.bahnhof.de

Gevelsberg-Kipp station is a through station in the town of Gevelsberg in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station was opened on 1 June 1980 on a section of the Düsseldorf-Derendorf–Dortmund Süd railway, opened by the Rhenish Railway Company (German: Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, RhE) between Wuppertal-Wichlinghausen and Hagen RhE station (now Hagen-Eckesey depot) on 15 September 1879.[3] It has two platform tracks and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 6 station.

The station is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 8 between Mönchengladbach and Hagen and line S 9 between Recklinghausen and Hagen, both every 60 minutes.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: VER-Tarifinformation . Verkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr . 12 May 2020 . 20 July 2017.
  2. Web site: Gevelsberg-Kipp station operations . NRW Rail Archive . André . Joost . 10 May 2020 . de.
  3. Web site: Line 2423: Düsseldorf-Gerresheim - Dortmund-Westfalenhalle . NRW Rail Archive . André . Joost . 10 May 2020 . de.
  4. Web site: Gevelsberg-Kipp station . NRW Rail Archive . André . Joost . 10 May 2020 . de.