Schwelm West station

Schwelm West
Through station
Location	Jessinghauserstr. 61 Schwelm, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	51°17′08″N 7°16′10″E / 51.285526°N 7.269478°E / 51.285526; 7.269478Coordinates: 51°17′08″N 7°16′10″E / 51.285526°N 7.269478°E / 51.285526; 7.269478
Owned by	DB Netz
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Elberfeld–Dortmund (KBS 450.8)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Train operators	DB Regio NRW
Connections	S 8
Other information
Station code	5750
DS100 code	KSWW[1]
IBNR	8005488
Category	6[2]
Fare zone	Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	29 May 1988 [3]
Services
Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station Wuppertal-Langerfeld toward Mönchengladbach Hbf S 8 Schwelm toward Hagen Hbf
Location
Schwelm West Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

Schwelm West station is a through station in the town of Schwelm in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station was opened on 29 May 1988 on a section of the Elberfeld–Dortmund railway from Döppersberg, near the current Wuppertal Hauptbahnhof, to Schwelm that was opened by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company on 9 October 1847.^[4] It has two platform tracks and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 6 station.^[2]

The station is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn lines S 8 between Mönchengladbach and Hagen twice an hour (with intervals of 20 and 40 minutes alternatively).^[5]

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