Wuppertal-Vohwinkel station

Vohwinkel station is the most western station in the city of Wuppertal. It is located in the district of Vohwinkel. It is a triangular station, built at a railway junction.

Interior
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
Through station
Entrance building
LocationBahnhofstr. 14-16, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates51°14′2.7″N 7°4′17.15″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms8
Construction
Architectural styleArt Nouveau
Other information
Station code6937
DS100 codeKWV[1]
IBNR8006718
Category3[2]
Fare zone
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened10 April 1841[5]
Services
Preceding station   Abellio Rail NRW   Following station
toward Wesel
RE 49
Wupper-Lippe-Express
Terminus
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station
toward Aachen Hbf
RE 4
Wupper-Express
toward Dortmund Hbf
Preceding station   Eurobahn   Following station
toward Venlo
RE 13
Maas-Wupper-Express
toward Hamm Hbf
Preceding station   National Express Germany   Following station
toward Bonn-Mehlem
RB 48
Rhein-Wupper-Bahn
Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station
S 8
toward Hagen Hbf
S 9
toward Hagen Hbf
toward Langenfeld
S 68Terminus
Location
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
Location in North Rhine-Westphalia
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
Location in Germany
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
Location in Europe

History

The original station was built slightly further west than the present station in 1841 by the Düsseldorf-Elberfeld Railway Company. The Prince William Railway was extended to Vohwinkel in 1848, creating a railway junction. The present building was built at the beginning of the 20th century by the Prussian state railways to the design of Alexander Rüdell.[6][7]

In the early 20th century a three km long marshalling yard was built to the west of the station, but it has since been closed and demolished.

In addition to the Düsseldorf-Elberfeld through line and the branch to the former Prince William line (now the line to Essen), in the past there was a railway line connecting to the now closed Wuppertal Northern Railway and the now closed Corkscrew line from Solingen terminated there.

Services

No long-distance services stop at the station, but it is served by the Wupper-Express (RE 4), the Maas-Wupper-Express (RE 13), the Wupper-Lippe-Express and the (RE 49) Regional-Express services and the Rhein-Wupper-Bahn (RB 48) Regionalbahn service and lines S8 and S9 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn.[8]

Lines Route Frequency
RE 4 Aachen – Herzogenrath – Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Wuppertal – Hagen – Dortmund 60 mins
RE 13 Venlo – Viersen – Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Wuppertal – Hagen – Hamm (Westf) 60 mins
RE 49 Wesel – Oberhausen – Mülheim – Essen – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Wuppertal 60 mins
RB 48 Bonn-Mehlem – Bonn – Cologne – Solingen – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Wuppertal – Wuppertal-Oberbarmen 30 mins
S 8 Mönchengladbach – Neuss – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Wuppertal (– Schwelm – Hagen) 20 min
S 9 (Haltern am See –) Bottrop – Essen – Velbert-Langenberg – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Wuppertal (– Schwelm – Hagen) 30 min
S 68 Langenfeld (Rheinl) – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel Several services in the peak, in the peak direction

It is a short walk from both Bruch and Vohwinkel (Schwebebahn) on the Wuppertal Schwebebahn (Wuppertal Suspension Railway)

References
  1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  3. "Wabenplan für das Rheinbahn-Bedienungsgebiet" (PDF). Rheinbahn. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  4. "Ticketberater". Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  5. Joost, André. "Wuppertal-Vohwinkel station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  6. "Der neue Personenbahnhof in Vohwinkel (Rheinland) (The new passenger station in Vohwinkel (Rheinland))" (in German). Prussian Ministry of Works. 1908. p. 637.
  7. Cornelius, Carl (1921). "Dr.-Ing. Alexander Rüdell †. (obituary)" (in German). Prussian Ministry of Finance. p. 3.
  8. Joost, André. "Wuppertal-Vohwinkel station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 11 May 2020.
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