Essen-Werden station

Essen-Werden is a railway station in the city of Essen in western Germany. It serves the southern city borough Werden and is situated on the bank of the river Ruhr at the junction of the Ruhr Valley Railway and the line to Essen.

Essen-Werden
Bf
LocationIm Löwental 11
Essen-Werden, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates51.386824°N 6.997964°E / 51.386824; 6.997964
Line(s)
Platforms2
Other information
Station code1713[1]
DS100 codeEEWD[2]
IBNR8001915
Category5[1]
Fare zoneVRR: 452[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1 February 1872[4]
Key dates
1968S-Bahn service started[5]
Services
Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station
toward Köln-Nippes Hbf
S 6
toward Essen Hbf

The station was opened in 1872 as part of the Düsseldorf-Werden-Kupferdreh line of the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn. In 1877, a line to Essen opened.[4] Passenger services on the line to Kupferdreh closed on 29 May 1965.[6]

The station today sees regular service by Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn trains on the S6 line since 1974. Trains currently run in 20-minute intervals.[7]

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. "Wabenplan Essen" (PDF). Ruhrbahn. November 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  4. Joost, André. "Essen-Werden station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  5. Joost, André. "S6: Köln-Nippes - Düsseldorf - Essen". NRW rail archive (in German). Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  6. Joost, André. "Line 2400: Düsseldorf - Hagen". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  7. Joost, André. "Essen-Werden station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 20 May 2020.


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