Dortmund University station (german: Haltepunkt Dortmund Universität) is an underground

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station on the line between Dortmund and Bochum 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 ...

. The station was opened on 24 September 1983 by

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on a new line (line 2190) built between Bochum-Langendreer and Dortmund-Dorstfeld. Like other stations on this line, it is served only by passenger trains. The station has side platforms on the two track, which are both 218 m long and 96 cm high and therefore allow a level access to the trains running there. There are no other rail facilities. The station is located directly beneath the campus of the

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. The code for the operating point is EDUV (E = former railway division of Essen, D = Dortmund, UV = University).

Services

The station is served by line S 1 of the

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(

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–

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) 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 ...

. The S 1 service also provides a connection towards the

Ruhr University Bochum The Ruhr University Bochum (, ) is a public research university located in the southern hills of the central Ruhr area, Bochum, Germany. It was founded in 1962 as the first new public university in Germany after World War II. Instruction began in ...

, the

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and the

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. On Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, trains run every half-hour, and hourly at night. Services are operated by

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NRW GmbH. Directly above the station is a stop on the Dortmund

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. Both stations are connected by a common lift, providing barrier-free access for disabled passengers. In addition, the station is served day each at twenty-minute intervals by buses operated by ''DSW21'' on lines 445, 447 and 462.

References

External links

* {{cite web, url= http://eisenbahntunnel-portal.de/lb/inhalt/tunnelportale/2190.html, title= Tunnel Universität (photos of the tunnel portals) , publisher= Tunnelportale , accessdate=3 October 2011 , language=German Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn stations S1 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn) Railway stations in Dortmund Railway stations in Germany opened in 1983