Castrop-Rauxel Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the

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city of

Castrop-Rauxel Castrop-Rauxel (), often simply referred to as Castrop by locals, is a former coal mining city in the eastern part of the Ruhr Area in Germany. Geography Castrop-Rauxel is located in Germany between Dortmund to the southeast, Bochum to the sou ...

. It is situated on the S2 line of the

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, stopping every half hour. Additional, the RE 3 (

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) and the RB32 ( Rhein-Emscher-Bahn) both stop hourly.

History

The station was opened in 1848 as part of the

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of the former

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. Castrop station was opened for passenger services with this section of the line on 15 May 1847. Facilities were built at the station up to 1862 for handling freight. About 1880 the station was renamed Rauxel, as the station was located in that municipality at the time. After the municipal reform the mid-20th century, which merged of the towns of Castrop and Rauxel, the station was renamed again as Castrop-Rauxel Hauptbahnhof in about 1962. File:Bahnhof Castrop Emschertalbahn.jpg, Former Castrop station on the Westphalian Emscher Valley Railway

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* * Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn stations S2 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn) Railway stations in Germany opened in 1847 1847 establishments in Prussia {{NorthRhineWestphalia-railstation-stub