Mülheim (Ruhr) West station
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Mülheim West station is located in the German city of Mülheim
in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia
. It is on the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg line and is classified by Deutsche Bahn
as a category 5 station
.
The station was opened 1 March 1862 by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company and was called Mülheim (BM) station until 1892, when it was renamed Mülheim (Ruhr). Although it was larger than the station now known as Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof
, it was not accepted as the town's main station, because it was too far from its central area. On 26 May 1974, it was renamed to its current name.
It is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 3 every 20 minutes and two tram lines, 110 (every 20 minutes) and 112 (every 10 minutes) operated by Mülheimer VerkehrsGesellschaft.
Mülheim
Mülheim an der Ruhr, also called "City on the River", is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It is located in the Ruhr Area between Duisburg, Essen, Oberhausen and Ratingen...
in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...
. It is on the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg line and is classified by Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...
as a category 5 station
German railway station categories
About 5,400 railway stations in Germany that are owned and operated by the Deutsche Bahn subsidiary DB Station&Service are assigned into seven categories, denoting the service level available at the station....
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The station was opened 1 March 1862 by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company and was called Mülheim (BM) station until 1892, when it was renamed Mülheim (Ruhr). Although it was larger than the station now known as Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof
Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Mülheim in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was renamed as a Hauptbahnhof in 1974 at the time of the rebuilding of the Dortmund–Duisburg line as part of the establishment of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn....
, it was not accepted as the town's main station, because it was too far from its central area. On 26 May 1974, it was renamed to its current name.
It is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 3 every 20 minutes and two tram lines, 110 (every 20 minutes) and 112 (every 10 minutes) operated by Mülheimer VerkehrsGesellschaft.