Wuppertal-Vohwinkel station

Vohwinkel station is the most western station in the city of Wuppertal. It is located in the district of Vohwinkel. It is a triangular station, built at a railway junction.

Interior

Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
Through station
Entrance building
Location	Bahnhofstr. 14-16, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	51°14′2.7″N 7°4′17.15″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Düsseldorf–Elberfeld Gruiten–Köln-Deutz Wuppertal-Vohwinkel–Essen-Überruhr
Platforms	8
Construction
Architectural style	Art Nouveau
Other information
Station code	6937
DS100 code	KWV[1]
IBNR	8006718
Category	3[2]
Fare zone	VRR: 656[3] VRS: 1650 (VRR transitional tariff)[4]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	10 April 1841[5]
Services Preceding station   Abellio Rail NRW   Following station Velbert-Neviges toward Wesel RE 49 Wupper-Lippe-Express Wuppertal Hbf Terminus Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station Düsseldorf Hbf toward Aachen Hbf RE 4 Wupper-Express Wuppertal Hbf toward Dortmund Hbf Preceding station   Eurobahn   Following station Düsseldorf Hbf toward Venlo RE 13 Maas-Wupper-Express Wuppertal Hbf toward Hamm Hbf Preceding station   National Express Germany   Following station Gruiten toward Bonn-Mehlem RB 48 Rhein-Wupper-Bahn Wuppertal Hbf toward Wuppertal-Oberbarmen Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station Gruiten toward Mönchengladbach Hbf S 8 Wuppertal-Sonnborn toward Hagen Hbf Wülfrath-Aprath toward Haltern am See S 9 Wuppertal-Sonnborn toward Hagen Hbf Gruiten toward Langenfeld S 68 Terminus
Location
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History

The original station was built slightly further west than the present station in 1841 by the Düsseldorf-Elberfeld Railway Company. The Prince William Railway was extended to Vohwinkel in 1848, creating a railway junction. The present building was built at the beginning of the 20th century by the Prussian state railways to the design of Alexander Rüdell.[6][7]

In the early 20th century a three km long marshalling yard was built to the west of the station, but it has since been closed and demolished.

In addition to the Düsseldorf-Elberfeld through line and the branch to the former Prince William line (now the line to Essen), in the past there was a railway line connecting to the now closed Wuppertal Northern Railway and the now closed Corkscrew line from Solingen terminated there.

Services

No long-distance services stop at the station, but it is served by the Wupper-Express (RE 4), the Maas-Wupper-Express (RE 13), the Wupper-Lippe-Express and the (RE 49) Regional-Express services and the Rhein-Wupper-Bahn (RB 48) Regionalbahn service and lines S8 and S9 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn.[8]

Lines	Route	Frequency
RE 4	Aachen – Herzogenrath – Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Wuppertal – Hagen – Dortmund	60 mins
RE 13	Venlo – Viersen – Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Wuppertal – Hagen – Hamm (Westf)	60 mins
RE 49	Wesel – Oberhausen – Mülheim – Essen – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Wuppertal	60 mins
RB 48	Bonn-Mehlem – Bonn – Cologne – Solingen – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Wuppertal – Wuppertal-Oberbarmen	30 mins
S 8	Mönchengladbach – Neuss – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Wuppertal (– Schwelm – Hagen)	20 min
S 9	(Haltern am See –) Bottrop – Essen – Velbert-Langenberg – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Wuppertal (– Schwelm – Hagen)	30 min
S 68	Langenfeld (Rheinl) – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel	Several services in the peak, in the peak direction

It is a short walk from both Bruch and Vohwinkel (Schwebebahn) on the Wuppertal Schwebebahn (Wuppertal Suspension Railway)

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
2. "Stationspreisliste 2020" [Station price list 2020] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
3. "Wabenplan für das Rheinbahn-Bedienungsgebiet" (PDF). Rheinbahn. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
4. "Ticketberater". Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
5. Joost, André. "Wuppertal-Vohwinkel station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 11 May 2020.
6. "Der neue Personenbahnhof in Vohwinkel (Rheinland) (The new passenger station in Vohwinkel (Rheinland))" (in German). Prussian Ministry of Works. 1908. p. 637.
7. Cornelius, Carl (1921). "Dr.-Ing. Alexander Rüdell †. (obituary)" (in German). Prussian Ministry of Finance. p. 3.
8. Joost, André. "Wuppertal-Vohwinkel station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 11 May 2020.