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Gladbeck West Railway Station
Gladbeck West station is located in the German city of Gladbeck in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd–Hamm line and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station. The station was opened 1 May 1905 by the Prussian state railways. It is served by Regional-Express service RE 14: Emscher-Münsterland-Express (Essen– Bottrop-''Gladbeck''-Dorsten), train part 1 Borken (Westf) / train part 2 Coesfeld (Westf) and Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 9 (Recklinghausen / Haltern–Wuppertal / Hagen). Special 15 minutes tact RE 14 / S 9 : (Gladbeck-West - Bottrop Hbf, Essen-Borbeck, Essen Hbf). S 9 separation station Recklinghausen or GE-Buer, Marl, Haltern am See It is also served by five bus routes: SB36, 253, 254 and 258 (all operated by Vestische Straßenbahnen The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (), abbreviated VRR, is a public transport association (Verkehrsverbund) in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It covers most o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladbeck
Gladbeck () is a town in the district of Recklinghausen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Gladbeck is quite a young town, first recognised 21 July 1919 when it was given town rights. The town established itself around five farming villages, Brauck, Butendorf, Ellinghorst, Rentfort and Zweckel. Geography Gladbeck is located in the northern part of the Ruhr Area and belongs to the so-called Emscherzone in which mining started late in relation to other towns of this area. Gladbeck is predominantly surrounded by Bottrop, Gelsenkirchen, Dorsten and by Essen in the south. History Pre-industrial society Early archeological finds prove a population in the region of Gladbeck already in about 2000 BC. It was first mentioned in 1020 as Gladbeki and was originally a small village of 300 inhabitants. The village with its five peasantries (Butendorf, Brauck, Rentfort, Ellinghorst and Zweckel, now quarters of Gladbeck) was arranged around St. Lamberti cathedral. From 1180 to 1802 Gladbec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coesfeld (Westf) Station
Coesfeld Station (Westphalia) is the main railway station of the town of Coesfeld and an important transport hub in western Münsterland in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is a junction station on the Dortmund–Enschede, Essen-Coesfeld and Empel-Rees–Münster lines. History The Dortmund-Gronau-Enschede Railway Company (german: Dortmund-Gronau-Enscheder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, DGE) began to build its line from Dortmund in 1874. On 1 August 1875, it opened Coesfeld Station (Westphalia) at the end of the section from Dülmen East. Nearly two months later, another section was opened to Gronau, so that Coesfeld station became a through station. The Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway of the Cologne-Minden Railway Company was of great national importance and the Rhenish Railway Company (''Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', RhE) planned its Duisburg–Quakenbrück railway to compete with it. With the completion of this line on 1 July 1879, Coesfeld station became a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Stations
The Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region (german: Metropolregion Rhein-Ruhr) is the largest metropolitan region in Germany, with over ten million inhabitants. A polycentric conurbation with several major urban concentrations, the region covers an area of , entirely within the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region spreads from the Ruhr area (Dortmund-Essen-Duisburg-Bochum) in the north to the urban areas of the cities of Mönchengladbach, Düsseldorf (the state capital), Wuppertal, Leverkusen, Cologne (the region's largest and Germany's fourth largest city), and Bonn in the south. The location of the Rhine-Ruhr at the heart of the European Blue Banana makes it well connected to other major European cities and metropolitan areas such as the Randstad, the Flemish Diamond and the Frankfurt Rhine Main Region. The metropolitan area is named after the Rhine and Ruhr rivers, which are the region's defining geographical features and historically its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vestische Straßenbahnen
The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (), abbreviated VRR, is a public transport association ( Verkehrsverbund) in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It covers most of the Ruhr area, as well as neighbouring parts of the Lower Rhine region, including Düsseldorf and thus large parts of the Rhine-Ruhr conurbation. It was founded on 1 January 1980, and is Europe’s largest body of such kind, covering an area of some with more than 7.8 million inhabitants, spanning as far as Dorsten in the north, Dortmund in the east, Langenfeld in the south, and Mönchengladbach and the Dutch border in the west. Structure and responsibilities The VRR is tasked with coordinating public transport in its area. This means the following: * setting and developing the fare system (“VRR-Tarif”) ** redistributing ticket revenue onto the transport companies * coordinating local train services (''Schienenpersonennahverkehr'', SPNV) within its area as public service obligations (PSO) * inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essen-Borbeck Station
Essen-Borbeck is a railway station in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The station is located on the Essen–Bottrop railway and is served by Regional-Express, RE and S-Bahn services operated by NordWestBahn and Abellio Deutschland, Abellio Rail NRW . Train services Special 15 minutes-tact RE14 / S9 : Gladbeck West station, Gladbeck - Bottrop Hauptbahnhof, Bottrop - Essen-Borbeck - Essen Hauptbahnhof, Essen Hbf The following services currently call at Essen Borbeck: Tram service * 103 at 10-minute intervals. Bus services It is served by routes 140, 143, 160, 170, 185 and 186 at 20-minute intervals, operated by Ruhrbahn. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Essen-Borbeck Station S9 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn) Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn stations Railway stations in Essen, Borbeck Railway stations in Germany opened in 1862 1862 establishments in Prussia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hagen Hauptbahnhof
Hagen Hauptbahnhof is a railway station serving the city of Hagen in western Germany. It is an important rail hub for the southeastern Ruhr area, offering regional and long distance connections. The station was opened in 1848 as part of the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company's Elberfeld–Dortmund line and is one of the few stations in the Ruhr valley to retain its original station hall, which dates back to 1910. History The original Elberfeld–Dortmund trunk line of the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company was completed in 1848/49 linking Hagen to the rapidly expanding Prussian railway network. This led to Hagen quickly becoming an industrial city based steel and metal production. After the opening of the Ruhr–Sieg railway to Siegen via Altena in 1861 the city also became an important railway junction. The Baroque Revival entrance building, opened on 14 September 1910, was built of brick and partly covered with sandstone. It survived bombing during the Second World War, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wuppertal Hauptbahnhof
Wuppertal Hauptbahnhof (German for Wuppertal main rail station) is a railway station in the city of Wuppertal, just south of the Ruhr Area, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the line between Düsseldorf/Cologne and Dortmund. The 1848 reception building is one of the oldest of its kind. The station was originally Elberfeld station and has been renamed several times since. Since 1992, it has been called ''Wuppertal Hauptbahnhof''. Wuppertal Hauptbahnhof is also the site of lost luggage operations for Deutsche Bahn. History On 3 September 1841, a few years after the opening of the first railway in Germany, the Dusseldorf-Elberfeld Railway Company (German: ''Düsseldorf-Elberfelder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', DEE) began operation of the Düsseldorf–Elberfeld line from its Düsseldorf station to its Elberfeld station (now Wuppertal-Steinbeck station). It was the first steam-worked railway line in Western Germany and Prussia. The Bergisch-Märkische Railway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haltern Am See Station
Haltern am See station is a station in the town of Haltern am See in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway from Wanne-Eickel to Hamburg. It is the northern terminus of Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 9. It was opened in 1870. It is served by the Rhein-Haard-Express (RE 2), the Niers-Haard-Express The Rhein-Haard-Express (RE 2) is a Regional-Express service in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), running from Osnabrück via Münster, Recklinghausen, Gelsenkirchen, Essen and Duisburg to Düsseldorf. The Haard-Bahn (RB 42) ope ... (RE 42) and S-Bahn line S 9, each hourly. Passengers with reduced mobility, strollers or heavy luggage should take note that the station does not have any elevators. With many trains arriving at platform 2, this means going down 20 steps, crossing and then ascending 20 steps. References Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn stations S9 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn) Railway stations in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recklinghausen Hauptbahnhof
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 April 1, 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. References Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia Hauptbahnhof Central stations or central railway stations emerged in the second half ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S9 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)
Line S 9 is an S-Bahn line on the Rhine-Ruhr network, operated by DB Regio. It runs from Recklinghausen Hbf / Haltern am See in the north through Gladbeck West - Essen Hbf to Hagen (Westphalia) Main Station in the south. During the day two services per hour run between Wuppertal and Gladbeck West, one service per hour between Gladbeck and Recklinghausen Hbf and Gladbeck and Haltern am See and one service per hour between Wuppertal and Hagen, using FLIRT 3XL electric multiple units. Line S 9 runs over lines built by various railway companies: *Line branch 1 from Recklinghausen Hbf (Wanne-Eickel-Hamburg railway) - to Abzwg Blumenthal (Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd-Hamm railway), opened by Prussian state railways on 1 May 1905, direction Gladbeck West (separation station) *Line branch 2 from Haltern am See to Marl Lippe junction over the Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway opened by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company on 1 January 1870, from Marl Lippe junction to Gelsenkirchen-Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn
The Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn (german: S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr) is a polycentric and electrically driven S-train network covering the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region in the German federated state of North Rhine-Westphalia. This includes most of the Ruhr (and cities such as Dortmund, Duisburg and Essen), the Berg cities of Wuppertal and Solingen and parts of the Rhineland (with cities such as Cologne and Düsseldorf). The easternmost city within the S-Bahn Rhine-Ruhr network is Unna, the westernmost city served is Mönchengladbach. The S-Bahn operates in the areas of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr and Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg tariff associations, touching areas of the Aachener Verkehrsverbund (AVV) at Düren and Westfalentarif at Unna. The network was established in 1967 with a line connecting Ratingen Ost to Düsseldorf-Garath. The system consists of 16 lines. Most of them are operated by DB Regio NRW, while line S28 is operated by Regiobahn and S7 by Vias. The S19 will run 24/7 between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borken (Westf) Station
Borken (Westf) station (german: Bahnhof Borken (Westf)) is the main station of the town of Borken and important transport hub of west Münsterland in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Borken station is a former railway junction on the Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck–Winterswijk railway, the Empel-Rees–Münster railway and the Borken–Steinfurt railway. Since 1996, it has been the terminus of the only section of the Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck–Winterswijk line that is still operating. History The Dutch Westphalian Railway (NWE) began to build its Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck–Winterswijk line in 1878. It opened it together with the line from Borken-Gemen station as a through station on 21 June 1880. It was named Borken (Westphalia) station on 6 March 1883. The Prussian state railways (PSE) took over the line of the NWE in 1889. On 1 August 1902, it opened the Empel-Rees–Münster railway from Bocholt station, making Borken station into a railway junction. Just two months l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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