Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof

Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof
Through station
The station and main post office in 1924
Location	Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	51°30′16″N 7°6′5″E / 51.50444°N 7.10139°E / 51.50444; 7.10139Coordinates: 51°30′16″N 7°6′5″E / 51.50444°N 7.10139°E / 51.50444; 7.10139
Owned by	DB Netz
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Duisburg–Dortmund Essen–Gelsenkirchen Bochum–Gelsenkirchen S-Bahn
Platforms	6
Train operators	Abellio Rail NRW DB Fernverkehr DB Regio NRW eurobahn
Connections	S 2
Other information
Station code	2052[1]
DS100 code	EG[2]
IBNR	8000118
Category	2[1]
Fare zone	Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	15 May 1847[3]
Traffic
Passengers	ca. 17,500
Services
Preceding station   DB Fernverkehr   Following station Essen Hbf towards Innsbruck Hbf IC/EC 32 Selected trains only Wanne-Eickel Hbf towards Münster Hbf Oberhausen Hbf towards Karlsruhe Hbf, Stuttgart Hbf, or Luxembourg IC/EC 35 Wanne-Eickel Hbf towards Emden Außenhafen or Norddeich Mole Preceding station   Abellio Rail NRW   Following station Terminus RB 46 Glückauf-Bahn Wanne-Eickel Hbf toward Bochum Hbf Preceding station   DB Regio NRW   Following station Essen Hbf toward Düsseldorf Hbf RE 2 Rhein-Haard-Express Wanne-Eickel Hbf toward Münster Hbf Essen Hbf toward Mönchengladbach Hbf RE 42 Niers-Haard-Express Wanne-Eickel Hbf toward Münster Hbf Preceding station   eurobahn   Following station Essen-Atlenessen toward Düsseldorf Hbf RE 3 Rhein-Emscher-Express Wanne-Eickel Hbf toward Hamm Hbf Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station Essen Zollverein Nord toward Duisburg Hbf S 2 Train branches here Wanne-Eickel Hbf toward Dortmund Hbf Gelsenkirchen-Rotthausen toward Essen Hbf
Location
Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the German city of Gelsenkirchen. It connects the city to the regional and long-distance rail service of Deutsche Bahn and other railway companies in Germany.

History

The Gelsenkirchen railway station was opened in 1847 with the Cologne-Minden railway. The station has since been rebuilt two times. The first time was in 1904, because the capacity of the old station was no longer sufficient. Since then the station has been a Hauptbahnhof. As part of this construction project, the tracks, which were located at ground level at the time, were raised. This allowed for traffic to Bochum could happen freely pass through. The second new development was carried out from 1982-1983. In preparations for the 2006 FIFA World Cup the station underwent extensive renovations.

On 4 August 1914, English civilian Henry Hadley was fatally shot by a German officer while their train was standing at the station. Dying the next day, shortly after war was declared, he is sometimes described as the "first British casualty" of World War I.^[4]

Operational Usage

The station has connect to the InterCity trains towards Norddeich Mole via Münster and Luxembourg via Cologne. To the week-end, even some ICE-trains connecting Munich or Hamburg stop here. It is also an important connection point for RegionalExpress and RegionalBahn lines to Hamm, Düsseldorf, Münster and Essen and has a S-Bahn line of the Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn calling at the station.^[5] The Stadtbahn station below the Hauptbahnhof offers local connections by tram to GE-Buer/Horst, Bochum and Essen.

References

External links

• "Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof track plan" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 17 September 2011.