Essen West station

Essen West
Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn
Essen West station in 2007
General information
LocationAm Westbahnhof 1, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany[1]
Coordinates51°27′15″N 6°58′48″E / 51.45417°N 6.98000°E / 51.45417; 6.98000
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Line(s)
Platforms4
Tracks8
Construction
Accessibleyes[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 NordWestBahn Following station
Essen-Borbeck
towards Borken (Westf) or Coesfeld (Westf)
 RE 14 Essen Hbf
Terminus
Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station
Mülheim (Ruhr) Hbf
towards Wesel
 RE 49 Essen Hbf
towards Wuppertal Hbf
Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station
Essen-Frohnhausen
towards Solingen Hbf
 S1 Essen Hbf
towards Dortmund Hbf
Essen-Frohnhausen
towards Oberhausen Hbf
 S3 Essen Hbf
towards Hattingen (Ruhr) Mitte
Essen-Borbeck Süd
towards Haltern am See or Recklinghausen Hbf
 S9 Essen Hbf
towards Hagen Hbf

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.

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
    Location of the old Altendorf Essen-Süd station on a map of 1898
  • Altendorf Essen-Süd station between 1898 and 1901
    Altendorf Essen-Süd station between 1898 and 1901
  • Entrance building about 1913
    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
S1 Dortmund – Bochum – Essen – Essen West – Mülheim (Ruhr) – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Flughafen – Düsseldorf – Hilden – Solingen 30 min
S3 Hattingen – Bochum-Dahlhausen – Essen – Essen West – Oberhausen 30 min
S9 Hagen - Wuppertal – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Velbert-Langenberg – Essen – Essen West – Bottrop – Gladbeck West – Recklinghausen / Haltern am See 30 min

Notes

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Wabenplan Essen" (PDF). Ruhrbahn. November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  5. ^ a b "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2013.