Marl Mitte station explained

Marl Mitte
Native Name Lang:de
Symbol:s
Symbol Location:rhine-ruhr
Type:Through station
Address:Marsweg 9, Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:Germany
Coordinates:51.6541°N 7.1005°W
Line:Gelsenkirchen-Buer Nord–Marl Lippe railway
Platforms:1
Zone:VRR

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Opened:24 October 1974[2]
Website:www.bahnhof.de

Marl Mitte is a railway station on the Gelsenkirchen-Buer Nord–Marl Lippe railway (a single-track electrified line built in 1968) in Marl in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 6 station and was opened on 24 October 1974.

The attached Marl Mitte (S) bus station is one of the central connecting points in the bus network of the Vestische Straßenbahnen. The Marler Stern shopping centre is also in the immediate vicinity of the halt. Access is via a pedestrian bridge with a lift connecting to the Marler Stern as well as via a level access to the east.

It is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 9 at hourly intervals (Haltern am See - Marl-Hamm - Marl-Mitte - Gelsenkirchen-Buer Nord - Gladbeck-West - Bottrop -Essen Hbf - Velbert - Wuppertal) . It is also served by bus routes 221 (Brassert – Marl Mitte, at 60-minute intervals), 222 (Sinsen – Recklinghausen + Polsum – Hassel – Buer, at 30-minute intervals), 223 (Chemiepark – Sinsen – Wacholderstr, at 30-minute intervals), 225 (Hüls – Hamm – Waldsiedlung, at 30-minute intervals), 238 (Drewer Süd – Hüls Süd – Recklinghausen, at 30-minute intervals), 242 (Sickingmühle – Haltern/Mersch, at 30-minute intervals), 270 (RE Hbf + Brassert – Hervest – Dorsten, at 30-minute intervals), SB26 (Barkenberg – Wulfen + Sinsen – Oer-Erkenschwick, at 30- to 60-minute intervals) and SB27 (Langenbochum – Herten – Wanne-Eickel, at 30-minute intervals), SB25 (Dorsten + Recklinghausen, at 30-minute intervals) and taxibus service 229 (Hagenstr – Blumensiedlung at 60-minute intervals), all operated by Vestische Straßenbahnen.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: StadtLinie 200 . Vestische Straßenbahnen GmbH . 13 May 2020 . 6 January 2019.
  2. Web site: Marl Mitte station operations . NRW Rail Archive . André Joost . 13 December 2013 . German.
  3. Web site: Marl Mitte station . NRW Rail Archive . André Joost . 13 December 2013 . German.
  4. Web site: VRR rapid-transit plan 2013 . PDF . VRR . 13 December 2013 . German.