Dortmund-Scharnhorst station

Dortmund-Scharnhorst station is located between the Dortmund suburbs of Alt-Scharnhorst and Brackel in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Dortmund–Hamm line on Flughafenstraße.

Dortmund-Scharnhorst
Through station
Eastern access bridge
Location	Flughafenstr. Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	51°32′18″N 7°32′13″E
Owned by	DB Netz
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Dortmund–Hamm
Platforms	2
Train operators	DB Regio NRW eurobahn
Other information
Station code	1324[1]
DS100 code	EDSH[2]
IBNR	8001515
Category	5[1]
Fare zone	VRR: 382[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1 April 1928[4]
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio NRW   Following station Dortmund Hbf toward Aachen Hbf RE 1 NRW-Express Dortmund-Kurl toward Hamm Hbf Preceding station   eurobahn   Following station Dortmund Hbf toward Düsseldorf Hbf RE 3 Rhein-Emscher-Express Dortmund-Kurl toward Hamm Hbf
Location
Dortmund-Scharnhorst Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

Scharnhorst station track plan (as of 2005 - sidings shown are schematic)

Scharnhorst station in January 2007

History

During the construction of Dortmund Hauptbahnhof a freight rail bypass was built between Scharnhorst and Nette in 1903 along with the Scharnhorst marshalling yard, where a passenger station was initially established for railway staff. On 6 May 1926, the station became available for normal passenger services following the construction of the first Dortmund airport nearby and the station was renamed Bahnhof Dortmund-Flughafen (Dortmund Airport station). Although the airport closed in 1959, the station retained the name until 31 May 1986. During the construction of the station a small station building was also built with a waiting room, a ticket counter, baggage storage and a bike shed.

Station

Today the station has no station building anymore; in its place there is the Dortmund-Scharnhorst signal box. The two platforms are connected by an old steel bridge running parallel to the road bridge. At the western end of the station another and more modern pedestrian and cycle bridge also connects the two platforms together.

Services

Dortmund-Scharnhorst station is served by the NRW-Express (RE 1, every second hour) and the Rhein-Emscher-Express (RE 3).[5][6]

Line	Line name	Route
RE 1	NRW-Express	Hamm (Westf) – Dortmund-Scharnhorst – Dortmund – Bochum – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Aachen
RE 3	Rhein-Emscher-Express	Hamm – Dortmund-Scharnhorst – Dortmund – Herne – Gelsenkirchen – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf

The station is also served by bus route 420 (Scharnhorst – Derne + Brackel – Aplerbeck), operated by Dortmunder Stadtwerke (DSW21) at 20-minute intervals.[5]

References

1. "Stationspreisliste 2020" [Station price list 2020] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
3. "Tarifplan Dortmund". Dortmunder Stadtwerke AG. November 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
4. "Dortmund-Scharnhorst station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
5. "Dortmund-Scharnhorst station". NRW rail archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
6. "VRR rapid-transit plan 2013" (PDF) (in German). VRR. Retrieved 20 December 2013.

External links

• "Information and photographs of Dortmund-Scharnhorst station" (in German). Retrieved 10 September 2011.