S2 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)
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Line S2 is a S-Bahn line in the Rhein-Ruhr network. It starts in Dortmund Hauptbahnhof and runs westerly. During weekdays one service per hour runs each to Essen Hauptbahnhof and Recklinghausen Hauptbahnhof using class 422 electric multiple units.[2][3]
Line S2 runs over lines built by various railway companies:
- from Dortmund Hauptbahnhof to Dortmund-Mengede over a line opened by Deutsche Bundesbahn on 2 June 1991,[4] largely using part of the track bed of the Welver–Sterkrade railway, built by the Royal Westphalian Railway Company on 1 September 1878.[5]
- from Gelsenkirchen to Essen over the Essen–Gelsenkirchen railway, opened from Gelsenkirchen to Essen-Kray Nord by the Rhenish Railway Company in 1872 and from Essen-Kray Nord to Essen by the Prussian state railways in 1905,[6]
- from Herne to Recklinghausen over tracks competed in October 1901 by Deutsche Reichsbahn[7] and the Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway opened by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company in 1870.[8]
S-Bahn services commenced between Dortmund and Duisburg on 2 June 1991. Services commenced between Dortmund and Essen on 29 September 1991. Services commenced between Dortmund and Recklinghausen on 24 May 1998.[3] Services between Gelsenkirchen and Duisburg ended on 15 December 2019 and were replaced by the RB 32 (Rhein-Emscher-Bahn).
Notes
- Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 136–9. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- Wegener, Marco. "S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr-Sieg - Fahrplanangebot" (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- "S2: Dortmund - Herne - DU/E/RE". NRW rail archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- "Line 2191: Dortmund-Mengede - Dortmund-Dorstfeld". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- "Line 2136: Dortmund Süd - Dortmund-Bodelschwing". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- "Line 2168: Essen-Kray Nord - Gelsenkirchen". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- "Line 2221: Recklinghausen Süd - Herne". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- "Line 2220: Wanne-Eickel - Hamburg". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
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References
- Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2007/2008 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2007. ISBN 978-3-89494-136-9.
Platforms of Gelsenkirchen-Rotthausen station
| Preceding station | Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn | Following station | ||
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Terminus | S 2 | Terminus |
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Terminus |
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