Essen West station

Essen West station is situated in Essen on the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is served by lines S1, S3 and S9 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn.

Essen West
Essen West station in 2007
LocationAm Westbahnhof 1, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany[1]
Coordinates51°27′15″N 6°58′48″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Line(s)
Platforms4
Tracks8
Construction
Disabled accessyes[1]
Other information
Station code1693
DS100 codeEENW[2]
IBNR8001898
Category4[3]
Fare zoneVRR: 350[4]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1880 to 1889[5]
Services
Preceding station   Abellio Rail NRW   Following station
toward Wesel
RE 49
Wupper-Lippe-Express
Preceding station   NordWestBahn   Following station
toward Borken
RE 14
Der Borkener
toward Essen-Steele
Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station
toward Solingen Hbf
S 1
toward Dortmund Hbf
S 3
S 9
toward Hagen Hbf

History

The section of the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway between Essen and Mülheim an der Ruhr was opened by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company on 1 March 1862.

The location of the station was selected as a result of its proximity to coal mines and in particular to the Krupp cast steel works. In the 1880s, it was opened as Altendorf station. Later it was renamed Altendorf-Cronenberg, in 1898 it was renamed Altendorf Essen-Süd. In 1901, with the incorporation of Altendorf and Frohnhausen into the city of Essen, the station was renamed Essen West.[5]

Originally a former residence of the workers colony of Kronenberg on the north side of the former railway line and east of the present station served as the station building.

In 1912 and 1913, the current station building was built south of the line and a few hundred metres west of the old station. At times, it contained a station restaurant. After severe war damage to the entire station precinct in the Second World War, the not yet repaired Essen West station was mocking called Wasserbahnhof (“water station”). The station building was repaired with changes. The completely rebuilt station restaurant opened in March 1949.[6]

Essen West Station has been served by two S-Bahn lines S1 and S3 since 1974 and also by line S9 since 1998.

  • Location of the old Altendorf Essen-Süd station on a map of 1898
  • Altendorf Essen-Süd station between 1898 and 1901
  • Entrance building about 1913

Current situation

The station is exclusively served by the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn. It lies on the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway and the Mülheim-Heißen–Oberhausen-Osterfeld Nord railway. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.[3] An underpass leads from the station building, which was built in 1913, under the four tracks. The platforms were renovated in 2012 and 2013. A kiosk has replaced the former restaurant.

Transport services

The station is served by two Regional-Express services: the RE 14 (Der Borkener) and the RE 49 (Wupper-Lippe-Express). It is served by lines S 1, S 2 and S 9 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn.[7][8]

Line Route Frequency
RE 14 Dorsten – Gladbeck West – Bottrop – Essen West – Essen  – Essen-Steele 60 mins
RE 49 Wesel – Oberhausen – Mülheim – Essen West –Essen – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Wuppertal 60 mins
S 1 Dortmund – Bochum – Essen – Essen West – Mülheim (Ruhr) – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Flughafen – Düsseldorf – Hilden – Solingen 30 min
S 3 Hattingen – Bochum-Dahlhausen – Essen – Essen West – Oberhausen 30 min
S 9 Wuppertal – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Velbert-Langenberg – Essen – Essen West – Bottrop – Gladbeck West – Haltern am See 30 min

Notes
  1. "Essen West". Deutsche Bahn (in German). www.bahnhof.de. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  4. "Wabenplan Essen" (PDF). Ruhrbahn. November 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  5. "Essen West station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  6. "Ein Geschenk für Essen-West". Neue Ruhr Zeitung (in German). 23 March 1949.
  7. "Essen West station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  8. "VRR rapid-transit plan 2013" (PDF) (in German). VRR. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
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