S5 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)

Line S 5 is a S-Bahn line in the Rhine-Ruhr network. It is operated by DB Regio. It runs from Dortmund Hbf via Witten Hbf to Hagen Hbf. There are current plans to expand the line by building five new stations. It is operated between Dortmund and Witten at 30-minute intervals and between Witten and Hagen at 60-minute intervals using Alstom Coradia Continental type 1440.3.

Route of S5
31.3
 Dortmund Hbf S 1S 2
 Dortmund West (planned)
25.6
 Dortmund-Barop
 Dortmund-Hombruch (planned)
23.2
 Dortmund-Kruckel
 Witten-Rüdinghauser Feld (planned)
20.3
 Witten-Annen Nord
 Witten University (planned)
15.3
 Witten Hbf
7.8
 Wetter
4.3
 Hagen-Vorhalle
 Hagen-Eckesey (planned)
0.0
 Hagen Hbf S 8
Source: German railway atlas[1]

Line S 5 runs over the Elberfeld–Dortmund railway opened by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company on 20 December 1848.[2]

S-Bahn services commenced on the whole length of the route on 29 May 1994.[3]

References
  1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 139, 143. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. "Line 2801: Hagen -Witten- - Dortmund". NRW rail archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  3. "S5: Dortmund - Witten - Hagen". NRW rail archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
Witten Hauptbahnhof
Further information: Elberfeld–Dortmund railway


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