Dortmund-Löttringhausen station is on the former

Rhenish Railway Company The Rhenish Railway Company (German: ''Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', RhE) was along with the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (CME) and the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (BME) one of the railway companies that in the mid-19th century ...

in the suburb of Löttringhausen in the Dortmund district of Hombruch in the German state of

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

General

The station is located on the former

Düsseldorf-Derendorf–Dortmund Süd railway The Düsseldorf-Derendorf–Dortmund Süd railway is a partially closed line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia from Düsseldorf-Derendorf station (formerly ''Düsseldorf RhE'' station) to Dortmund South station (formerly ''Dortmund Rh ...

opened by the Rhenish Railway Company (''Rheinischen Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'') between 1873 and 1879. Dortmund-Löttringhausen station was also the terminus of former Dortmund-Löttringhausen–Bochum-Langendreer railway, the so-called ''Rheinischer Esel'' ("Rhenish ass"), which opened in 1880. Löttringhausen station was built to serve the nearby, economically important Gottessegen coal mine. Shortly south of Löttringhausen station is the Ender Tunnel, where the railway crosses the

Ardey Hills The Ardey Hills (german: Ardeygebirge or ''Ardey'') are a range of wooded hills, up to , in the territory of the city of Dortmund and the districts of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis and Kreis Unna, Unna in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The hil ...

Current condition

Today only one two-way track is operational. The remains of the old station (old platform, a row of trees, old station sign, etc.) are still visible. On an adjoining property there are only remnants of the former roundhouse in the form of rubble. An extensive renovation of the station was completed in May 2013. File:BF Loettringhausen 1.JPG, Dortmund-Löttringhausen after renovation File:BF Loettringhausen 2.JPG, Dortmund-Löttringhausen after renovation File:BF Loettringhausen 3.JPG, Dortmund-Löttringhausen after renovation File:Dortmund Löttringhausen Bahnhof 3.JPG, Murals of the neighbouring Gottessegen workshop

Services

The station is currently served by one Regionalbahn line: The station is served by bus line 448 to Witten-Rüdinghausen via Dortmund-Barop.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dortmund-Lottringhausen station Railway stations in Dortmund Railway stations in Germany opened in 1879