Recklinghausen Hauptbahnhof Explained

Recklinghausen Hauptbahnhof
Native Name Lang:de
Symbol:rail
Symbol2:s
Symbol Location:de
Symbol Location2:rhine-ruhr
Type:Hbf
Address:Große Perdekamp Str. 2
Recklinghausen, NRW
Country:Germany
Coordinates:51.6162°N 7.203°W
Owned:Deutsche Bahn
Line:Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg
Platforms:3
Zone:VRR

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Opened:1870
Years1:1945
Events1:Destroyed
Years2:1998
Events2:Current structure built
Website:www.bahnhof.de
Map Type:North Rhine-Westphalia#Germany#Europe
Map Dot Label:Recklinghausen Hauptbahnhof
Embedded:
Stroke-Colour:
  1. C60C30
Stroke-Width:3
Marker:rail-underground
Marker-Colour:
  1. 009D58
Zoom:15

Recklinghausen Hauptbahnhof is a railway station for the city of Recklinghausen in Germany.

History

The original station opened in 1870 by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company as part of the construction of the Hamburg-Venlo railway.

During the Second World War, on 1 April 1945, a heavy bombing raid mostly destroyed the station and tracks. It is commemorated by the bunker built next to the station, in which the Kunsthalle Recklinghausen was established in 1950.

An outstanding feature of the architecture of the station building with its glass front is now the clock tower. The new bus station was built in 1998. Up until the renovation of the building, a plaque commemorating the 5000th kilometer of electrified rail of the Deutsche Bundesbahn, was located in the station. The plaque has been missing since the completion of the renovation.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: StadtLinie 201 . Vestische Straßenbahnen GmbH . 6 November 2019 . 9 July 2016.