Mülheim (Ruhr) West station is located in the German city of

Mülheim Mülheim, officially Mülheim an der Ruhr () and also described as ''"City on the River"'', is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It is located in the Ruhr Area between Duisburg, Essen, Oberhausen and Ratingen. It is home to many compa ...

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 ...

. It is on the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg line and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station. The station was opened 1 March 1862 by the

Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company The Bergisch-Markisch Railway Company (german: Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, BME), also referred to as the Berg-Mark Railway Company or, more rarely, as the Bergisch-Markische Railway Company, was a German railway company that togeth ...

and was called ''Mülheim (BM)'' station until 1892, when it was renamed ''Mülheim (Ruhr)''. Although it was larger than the station now known as

Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof is a railway station for the city of Mülheim in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was renamed as a Hauptbahnhof in 1974 at the time of the rebuilding of the Dortmund–Duisburg line as part of the estab ...

, it was not accepted as the town's main station, because it was too far from its central area. On 26 May 1974, it was renamed to its current name. It is served by

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 ...

line S 3 every 30 minutes, tram line 112 (every 10 minutes) operated by '' Stadtwerke Oberhausen'' and ''Ruhrbahn'', and bus line 128 (every 20 minutes) operated by ''Ruhrbahn''. The former tram line 110 was replaced by bus 128 on 4 October 2015.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mulheim (Ruhr) West Station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn stations S3 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn) Buildings and structures in Mülheim Railway stations in Germany opened in 1862 1862 establishments in Prussia