Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof

Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof (German for Gevelsberg main station) is a railway station in the municipality of Gevelsberg in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station was opened along with a section of the Düsseldorf-Derendorf–Dortmund Süd railway, opened by the Rhenish Railway Company (German: Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, RhE) between Wuppertal-Wichlinghausen and Hagen RhE station (now Hagen-Eckesey depot) on 15 September 1879.[5] It has two platform tracks and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 6 station.[1] It is the only Hauptbahnhof in Germany, which in fact is not a Bahnhof, but a Haltepunkt ("halt", defined in Germany as having no sets of points). It and Remscheid Hauptbahnhof are the only Hauptbahnhof stations which are served only by S-Bahn trains.

Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof
Through station
LocationJahnstrasse 12, Gevelsberg, NRW
Germany
Coordinates51°19′26″N 7°20′22″E
Line(s)
Other information
Station code2113[1]
DS100 codeEGVH[2]
IBNR8002267
Category6[1]
Fare zoneVRR: 679[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened15 September 1879[4]
Services
Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station
S 8
toward Hagen Hbf
S 9
toward Hagen Hbf

Operational usage

The station is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 8 between Mönchengladbach and Hagen and line S 9 between Haltern am See and Hagen, both every 60 minutes.[6] The station along with Remscheid Hauptbahnhof are the only Hauptbahnhofs in Germany that are served exclusively by S-Bahn trains. This is because Gevelsberg as a municipality is a relatively recent creation, and traditionally Ennepetal (Gevelsberg) on the direct line from Wuppertal to Hagen carries most of the regional and mid-distance traffic for Ennepetal and Gevelsberg. Whilst Gevelsberg Hbf therefore is more central to Gevelsberg, it does not offer any connections other than the S8 trains running twice an hour, making it one of the least busy Hauptbahnhof stations in Germany.

The station is also served by the follow bus services:

Line noTerminals and important stopsOperator
SB 38Ennepetal Busbahnhof − Gevelsberg Mitte − Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof − Silschede Mitte − Wetter Bf − Witten Hauptbahnhof − Hattingen Mitte BahnhofVerkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr
542Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof − Haspe Zentrum − Hagen Hauptbahnhof − HA-Stadtmitte − Loxbaum − Boele Markt − KabelHagener Straßenbahn
551(Hiddinghausen −) Haßlinghausen Busbahnhof − Sprockhövel-Uellendahl − Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof − GEV-Mitte − Ennepetal (Gevelsberg) Bf − EN-Busbahnhof − Klutert − Ennepetal VoerdeVerkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr
552Wetter Loh − Silschede − Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof − Gevelsberg Mitte − GEV-Rathaus/LusebrinkVerkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr
556Gevelsberg Knapp Bf − Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof − Schwelm HELIOS Klinikum − Schwelm Bahnhof − Schwelm BlücherstraßeVerkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr
563EN-Busbahnhof − Ennepetal (Gev.) Bf − Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof − Gevelsberg ElsernstraßeVerkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr
NE3[7]Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof − Haspe Zentrum − Hagen Hauptbahnhof − HA-StadtmitteHagener Straßenbahn
NE27[7]Haßlinghausen Busbahnhof − Sprockhövel-Uellendahl − Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof − GEV-Mitte − Ennepetal (Gevelsberg) Bf − EN-Busbahnhof − Klutert − Ennepetal VoerdeVerkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr

Notes
  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. "VER-Tarifinformation". Verkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  4. Joost, André. "Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  5. Joost, André. "Line 2423: Düsseldorf-Gerresheim - Dortmund-Westfalenhalle". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  6. Joost, André. "Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  7. NE means NachtExpress, which is a night bus service
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