Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof

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.

Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof
Through station
The station and main post office in 1924
LocationGelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates51°30′16″N 7°6′5″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms6
Train operatorsAbellio Rail NRW
DB Fernverkehr
DB Regio NRW
eurobahn
ConnectionsS 2
Other information
Station code2052[1]
DS100 codeEG[2]
IBNR8000118
Category2[1]
Fare zoneVRR: 260[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened15 May 1847[4]
Traffic
Passengersca. 17,500
Services
Preceding station   DB Fernverkehr   Following station
towards Stuttgart
IC/EC 32
Selected trains only
towards Stuttgart
towards Cologne
IC/EC 35
towards Emden
Preceding station   FlixTrain   Following station
towards Cologne
FLX 20
via Münster
towards Hamburg
Preceding station   Abellio Rail NRW   Following station
toward Duisburg Hbf
RB 32
Rhein-Emscher-Bahn
toward Dortmund Hbf
RB 35
Emscher-Niederrhein-Bahn		Terminus
TerminusRB 46
Glückauf-Bahn
toward Bochum Hbf
Preceding station   DB Regio NRW   Following station
RE 2
Rhein-Haard-Express
RE 42
Niers-Haard-Express
Preceding station   eurobahn   Following station
Essen-Atlenessen
RE 3
Rhein-Emscher-Express
toward Hamm Hbf
Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station
toward Essen Hbf
S 2
toward Dortmund Hbf
Other services
Preceding station   Bochum Stadtbahn   Following station
Heinrich-König-Platz
toward Essener Straße
301Terminus
Heinrich-König-Platz
toward Buer Rathaus
302
Rheinelbestraße
toward Laer Mitte
Preceding station   Essen Stadtbahn   Following station
Heinrich-König-Platz
toward Essen Hauptbahnhof
107Terminus
Location
Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof
Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

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.[5]

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.[6] The Stadtbahn station below the Hauptbahnhof offers local connections by tram to GE-Buer/Horst, Bochum and Essen.

References
  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. "Liniennetzplan/Wabenplan" (PDF). Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahnen AG. April 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  4. "Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof". NRW rail archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  5. Van Emden, Richard (2013-08-15). Meeting the Enemy: The Human Face of the Great War. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781408821640.
  6. "Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof". NRW rail archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 31 January 2017.


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