Dortmund-Oespel station is in the district of Oespel of the city of

Dortmund Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-largest city of Germany, with a population of 588,250 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the la ...

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 States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

. It was built on a loop line (line 2190) off the

Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway The Witten/Dortmund, Oberhausen/Duisburg railway is one of the most important railways in Germany. It is the main axis of long distance and regional rail transport on the east–west axis of the Ruhr and is served by Intercity-Express, InterCi ...

, which was opened on 24 September 1983 from Bochum-Langendreer to Dortmund-Dorstfeld. The station was opened on 24 September 1983 and it is classified by

Deutsche Bahn The (; abbreviated as DB or DB AG) is the national railway company of Germany. Headquartered in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company ( AG). The Federal Republic of Germany is its single shareholder. describes itself as the se ...

as a category 5 station. The station is served by line S 1 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn (

–

Solingen Solingen (; li, Solich) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located some 25 km east of Düsseldorf along the northern edge of the region called Bergisches Land, south of the Ruhr area, and, with a 2009 population of 161,366, ...

) on week days every 15 minutes during the day between Dortmund and

Essen Essen (; Latin: ''Assindia'') is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and D ...

. In addition, the station is served by buses on three routes operated by ''DSW21'', generally at twenty-minute intervals: 440, 465 and 470. It is also served by bus route 371 to Witten Hbf, operated by ''Verkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr'' at thirty-minute intervals.

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Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn stations S1 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn) Railway stations in Dortmund Railway stations in Germany opened in 1983 1983 establishments in West Germany {{NorthRhineWestphalia-railstation-stub