Kettwig Stausee station explained

Kettwig Stausee
Native Name Lang:de
Symbol:s-bahn
Symbol Location:essen
Type:Hp
Other Name:Kettwig-Pusch
Address:Werdener Str. 77
Borough:Kettwig, Essen, NRW
Country:Germany
Coordinates:51.3565°N 6.9389°W
Platforms:2
Zone:VRR

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Opened:28 May 1945[2]
Years1:1968/1974
Events1:S-Bahn service started
Website:www.bahnhof.de

Kettwig Stausee is a railway station in the city of Essen in western Germany on the Ruhr Valley line. It serves the southern part of the Kettwig borough, Kettwig vor der Brücke, and is situated right next to the river Ruhr.

History

The station was opened in 1945 as Kettwig-Pusch after the German army had destroyed the Ruhr bridges in Kettwig during the last days of World War II. It was used to connect the railway lines to Mülheim an der Ruhr, Düsseldorf and Velbert with each other. After a single Ruhr bridge was rebuilt, the station was renamed Kettwig Stausee in 1953. In 1960, services to Velbert and in 1968 services to Mülheim ended. The station building was torn down in 1981, and the station was downgraded to a mere S-Bahn stop.

The station today sees regular service by Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn trains on the S6 line.[3]

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: Kettwig Stausee station operations . NRW Rail Archive . André . Joost . 19 May 2020 . de.
  3. Web site: Kettwig Stausee station . NRW Rail Archive . André . Joost . 19 May 2020 . de.