Wattenscheid station
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Wattenscheid station is on the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway. It is one of two stations in the formerly independent city of Wattenscheid
, now a district of the city of Bochum
in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia
. The other station is Wattenscheid-Höntrop
. In late 2007, Wattenscheid station was downgraded to a Haltepunkt (literally “halt”, meaning that it is not a rail junction and has no sets of points
). It is located just south of central Wattenscheid, next to the A 40 autobahn
on the western edge of an industrial area.
, which was built in 1957. The freight tracks were dismantled with the closure of the mine.
A passing loop without a platform running towards Dortmund was removed in early 2006 and a passing loop running towards Essen were removed at the end of 2007, leaving Wattenscheid station with only two tracks around a central platform. With the new 2007/2008 timetable the tracks were renumbered, with the remaining tracks 3 and 4 now renumbered as tracks 1 and 2. Since the two bridges east of the station were built for the outer tracks the platform length was reduced from 310 metres to 250 metres and it was widened so that the tracks could use the outer alignments.
In 2008, Deutsche Bahn
renewed the track, formation, signals and overhead lines in Wattenscheid, repaired the broken station clock and replaced the two existing ticket machines with a new one. Since 2008, the signal box has been closed, with signalling now worked remotely. Over the years, a fast food restaurant and a kiosk have opened in the station's empty rooms.
Since 2009, further work has been underway to upgrade the line in the area of the station, with the complete dismantling of the old sidings and connections to factories, as well as work on the overhead lines.
Rehabilitation of the station and upgrading it for access for the disabled is planned from 2014.
Deutsche Bahn confirmed on 17 June 2009 that the government of North Rhine-Westphalia was considering including Wattenscheid station in the Rhine-Ruhr Express program, which is scheduled to provide high-speed regional express services from 2023.
service. Apart from Bochum Hauptbahnhof
, it is the only station in the city of Bochum served by Regional-Express services.
The S1 services of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn run between Bochum and Essen on the southern S-Bahn line through Wattenscheid-Höntrop station instead of serving Wattenscheid.
operate on the northern track 1, trains to Bochum
operate on platform 2. The central platform is 76cm high and on it is a ticket machine and several display cases with current travel information. It is partly sheltered and is not accessible for the disabled.
The station has in autumn 2010 a departure board in the foyer as well as destination displays on the platform. Passenger information is also supplied by automated announcements. In the station building, there is a vacant restaurant, a fast food restaurant and a kiosk.
Wattenscheid
Wattenscheid was once a separate town in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany. In 1975 it became part of Bochum. It has a population of about 80,000 citizens. It is a part of the Ruhr area. Some famous firms have their headquarters in Wattenscheid e.g...
, now a district of the city of Bochum
Bochum
Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:...
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...
. The other station is Wattenscheid-Höntrop
Wattenscheid-Höntrop station
Wattenscheid-Höntrop station is after Wattenscheid station the second railway station in the district of Wattenscheid of the city of Bochum in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia...
. In late 2007, Wattenscheid station was downgraded to a Haltepunkt (literally “halt”, meaning that it is not a rail junction and has no sets of points
Railroad switch
A railroad switch, turnout or [set of] points is a mechanical installation enabling railway trains to be guided from one track to another at a railway junction....
). It is located just south of central Wattenscheid, next to the A 40 autobahn
Bundesautobahn 40
, is one of the most frequented Autobahns in Germany. It crosses the Dutch-German border as a continuation of the Dutch A67, crossing the Rhine, leading through the Ruhr valley toward Bochum, then becomes B 1 at the Kreuz Dortmund-West and eventually merges into the A 44 near...
on the western edge of an industrial area.
History
A station named Wattenscheid has been at this location since 1874. It was on a line of the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, BME), which was nationalised in 1882. The current station building dates from 1956. The station at that time had more than ten tracks and was one of two rail terminals of the Fröhliche Morgensonne mine. A few hundred metres to the west lies the "Wf" interlockingInterlocking
In railway signalling, an interlocking is an arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through an arrangement of tracks such as junctions or crossings. The signalling appliances and tracks are sometimes collectively referred to as an interlocking plant...
, which was built in 1957. The freight tracks were dismantled with the closure of the mine.
A passing loop without a platform running towards Dortmund was removed in early 2006 and a passing loop running towards Essen were removed at the end of 2007, leaving Wattenscheid station with only two tracks around a central platform. With the new 2007/2008 timetable the tracks were renumbered, with the remaining tracks 3 and 4 now renumbered as tracks 1 and 2. Since the two bridges east of the station were built for the outer tracks the platform length was reduced from 310 metres to 250 metres and it was widened so that the tracks could use the outer alignments.
In 2008, 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...
renewed the track, formation, signals and overhead lines in Wattenscheid, repaired the broken station clock and replaced the two existing ticket machines with a new one. Since 2008, the signal box has been closed, with signalling now worked remotely. Over the years, a fast food restaurant and a kiosk have opened in the station's empty rooms.
Since 2009, further work has been underway to upgrade the line in the area of the station, with the complete dismantling of the old sidings and connections to factories, as well as work on the overhead lines.
Rehabilitation of the station and upgrading it for access for the disabled is planned from 2014.
Deutsche Bahn confirmed on 17 June 2009 that the government of North Rhine-Westphalia was considering including Wattenscheid station in the Rhine-Ruhr Express program, which is scheduled to provide high-speed regional express services from 2023.
Operations
Wattenscheid is served by four Regional-Express services and a RegionalbahnRegionalBahn
The Regionalbahn is a type of local passenger train in Germany.-Service:Regionalbahn trains usually call at all stations on a given line, with the exception of RB trains within S-Bahn networks, these may only call at selected stations...
service. Apart from Bochum Hauptbahnhof
Bochum Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Bochum in western Germany. In its current incarnation, it was built from 1955 to 1957 and is one of the most notable 1950s railway stations in Germany....
, it is the only station in the city of Bochum served by Regional-Express services.
The S1 services of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn run between Bochum and Essen on the southern S-Bahn line through Wattenscheid-Höntrop station instead of serving Wattenscheid.
| Line | Name | Route | Operator |
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| NRW-Express | (Paderborn Paderborn Hauptbahnhof is the main passenger station in the city of Paderborn in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the Hamm–Warburg line, part of the Mid-Germany Connection from Cologne or Düsseldorf to Thuringia and Saxony... – Soest Soest (Germany) station Soest station is a passenger station in the city of Soest in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Hamm–Warburg and the Dortmund–Soest lines. It was also served by passenger trains on the Möhne Valley Railway from 1899 to 1960.-Train services:It is served by occasional Intercity... –) Dortmund Dortmund Hauptbahnhof is the central station for the city of Dortmund in Germany.The station's origins lie in a joint station of the Köln-Mindener Eisenbahn and Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn which was built north of the city centre in 1847. That station was replaced by a new station, erected in 1910 at the current site.... – Bochum Bochum Hauptbahnhof is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Bochum in western Germany. In its current incarnation, it was built from 1955 to 1957 and is one of the most notable 1950s railway stations in Germany.... – Wattenscheid – Essen Essen Hauptbahnhof is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Essen in western Germany. It is situated south of the old town centre, next to the A 40 motorway.It was opened in 1862 by the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn... – Duisburg Duisburg Hauptbahnhof is the Hauptbahnhof of the city of Duisburg in western Germany. It is situated at the meeting point of many important national and international railway lines in the Northwestern Ruhr valley.- Lines :... – Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Düsseldorf in Germany, state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:The station was opened on 1 October 1891 opened as Düsseldorf Central Station... – Cologne Köln Hauptbahnhof Köln Hauptbahnhof is the central railway station in Cologne, Germany.The station is an important local, national and international hub, with many ICE, Thalys and Intercity trains calling there, as well as regional RegionalExpress, RegionalBahn and local S-Bahn trains... – Aachen Aachen Hauptbahnhof Aachen Central Station is the train station for the city of Aachen, in the far west of Germany near the Dutch and Belgian border. It is the largest of the four currently active Aachen stations, and is integrated into the long-distance network.- History :... |
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| Westfalen-Express | Minden (Westf) – Bielefeld Bielefeld Hauptbahnhof is the central railway station of the city of Bielefeld in Germany. The station was opened in 1847 as part of the Cologne-Minden trunk line. The current building was built in 1910 in the Art Nouveau style.-Train services:... – Dortmund – Bochum – Wattenscheid – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf |
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| Rhein-Hellweg-Express | Dortmund – Bochum – Wattenscheid – Essen – Duisburg – Krefeld Krefeld Hauptbahnhof Krefeld Hauptbahnhof is the largest station of the city of Krefeld in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The double-track and electrified Duisburg-Ruhrort–Mönchengladbach railway and the Lower Left Rhine Railway cross at the station. A line to Rheydt formerly began at the station, but... – Viersen Viersen station Viersen station is a station in the city of Viersen in the west of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:The first Viersen station was opened on 5 October 1849 by the Aachen-Düsseldorf-Ruhrort Railway Company as part of its Ruhrort–Gladbach line near Alte Bruchstraße.On 4 March 1850,... – Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the city of Mönchengladbach in western Germany.-Overview:The station is the largest railway station in the city and, along with Rheydt Hbf, one of the two Hauptbahnhof stations in Mönchengladbach... |
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| Ruhr-Sieg-Express | Essen – Wattenscheid – Bochum – Witten Witten Hauptbahnhof is the Hauptbahnhof for the town of Witten in western Germany. It is situated southwest of the town.In 1849 the station was opened as Witten West by the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft. At the end of the 19th century the whole station was reconstructed, the new station building was was... – Hagen Hagen Hauptbahnhof is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Hagen in western Germany. It is an important rail hub for the southeastern Ruhr area, offering regional and long distance connections.... – Letmathe – Iserlohn or Finnentrop Finnentrop Finnentrop is a community in Olpe district in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Geography :Finnentrop lies near the forks of the rivers Bigge and Lenne in the Sauerland and is divided into the following constituent communities:- History :... – Siegen Siegen station Siegen station is the main station of the town of Siegen, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is in close to the modern centre of Siegen, which includes the bus station and the Sieg Carré and City Galerie shopping centres.-History :... |
Abellio Rail NRW | |
| Ruhr-Lenne-Bahn | Essen – Wattenscheid – Bochum – Witten – Hagen |
Station complex
All trains to EssenEssen Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Essen in western Germany. It is situated south of the old town centre, next to the A 40 motorway.It was opened in 1862 by the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn...
operate on the northern track 1, trains to Bochum
Bochum Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Bochum in western Germany. In its current incarnation, it was built from 1955 to 1957 and is one of the most notable 1950s railway stations in Germany....
operate on platform 2. The central platform is 76cm high and on it is a ticket machine and several display cases with current travel information. It is partly sheltered and is not accessible for the disabled.
The station has in autumn 2010 a departure board in the foyer as well as destination displays on the platform. Passenger information is also supplied by automated announcements. In the station building, there is a vacant restaurant, a fast food restaurant and a kiosk.