| Solingen Hauptbahnhof | |
| Native Name Lang: | de |
| Symbol: | rail |
| Symbol2: | s |
| Symbol Location: | de |
| Symbol Location2: | rhine-ruhr |
| Type: | Through station |
| Address: | Bahnstr. 5, Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country: | Germany |
| Coordinates: | 51.1615°N 7.0042°W |
| Platforms: | 5 |
| Zone: | |
| Opened: | 25 September 1867 |
| Former: | Ohligs-Wald |
| Passengers: | 20,000 |
| Website: | www.bahnhof.de |
Solingen Hauptbahnhof is the only railway station in Solingen, Germany, to be served by ICE and IC long distance trains.
The first station in the area of present-day town of Solingen was built with the opening of the Gruiten-Cologne-Mülheim railway by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company.[3] The station opened on 25 September 1867 and was named Ohligs Wald ("Ohligs forest").[4] That same year a branch line to Solingen was built from this station.[5] In 1890, the Wald part of the name was dropped and with the incorporation of Ohligs into Solingen in 1929, the station was renamed Solingen-Ohligs.[4] In 1894, the line from Hilden was opened.[6]
The importance of the Solingen-Ohligs station always exceeded that of the other stations in Solingen, including the old Solingen Hauptbahnhof, since only Ohligs station is located on a main line. Consequently, it was the stopping point for long-distance traffic. This factor lead to the discussion of renaming this station to Hauptbahnhof and giving the Hauptbahnhof a new name. These discussions, however, never came to a conclusion, so the station kept its name until the end of 2006. With the decommissioning of the old Hauptbahnhof in May 2006, Solingen-Ohligs station was renamed as Solingen Hauptbahnhof on 10 December 2006.[4]