Essen-Eiberg station

Essen-Eiberg station
Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn
Through station
Location Sachsenring 1, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates 51°26′30″N 7°06′35″E / 51.441672°N 7.109746°E / 51.441672; 7.109746Coordinates: 51°26′30″N 7°06′35″E / 51.441672°N 7.109746°E / 51.441672; 7.109746
Line(s) Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway (KBS 450.1)
Platforms 2
Other information
Station code 1700[1]
DS100 codeEEIB[2]
IBNR8001905
Category5[1]
Website www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened 1968/69[3]
Services
Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station
toward Solingen Hbf
S 1
toward Dortmund Hbf

Essen-Eiberg station is a station in the district of Eiberg of the city of Essen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway.

History

The name of the station refers to the former municipality of Eiberg, which extended over the western parts of modern Bochum and the eastern parts of the Essen suburbs of Freisenbruch and Horst. At the end of the 1960s the station was established[3] lies in the southeastern part of Freisenbruch on the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway, which is part of the main east–west trunk line of the Ruhr, opened in this area in 1874.

Current situation

The station is only served by line S1 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn and lies on the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway (timetable route 450.1). In Deutsche Bahn’s directory of operating points, the station is given the abbreviation of EEIB and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[1]

Rail services

The station is served by S1 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn, running between Dortmund and Solingen every 20 minutes during the day.[4]

It is also served by three bus routes, operated by Ruhrbahn at 10 or 20 minute intervals: 164, 174 and 184.[4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Stationspreisliste 2018" [Station price list 2018] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (10 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.
  3. 1 2 "Essen-Eiberg station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Essen-Eiberg station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
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