Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof

Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof is a railway station for the city of Mülheim in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was renamed as a Hauptbahnhof in 1974 at the time of the rebuilding of the Dortmund–Duisburg line as part of the establishment of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station.[1]

Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof
Through station
Entrance of station
LocationDieter aus dem Siepen Platz 3, Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates51°25′53″N 06°53′11″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms4
ConnectionsS 1 S 3
Other information
Station code4219 [1]
DS100 codeEMLR [2]
Category3 [1]
Fare zoneVRR: 340, 342, and 344[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1 September 1866 [4]
Services
Preceding station   DB Fernverkehr   Following station
towards Cologne
IC 55
towards Cologne
Preceding station   DB Regio NRW   Following station
toward Aachen Hbf
RE 1
NRW-Express
toward Hamm Hbf
RE 2
Rhein-Haard-Express
RE 6
Rhein-Weser-Express
toward Minden Hbf
RE 42
Niers-Haard-Express
Preceding station   Abellio Rail NRW   Following station
RE 11
Rhein-Hellweg-Express
Mülheim an der Ruhr-Styrum
toward Wesel
RE 49
Wupper-Lippe-Express
Preceding station   Eurobahn   Following station
Mülheim (Ruhr)-Styrum
toward Aachen Hbf
RB 33
Rhein-Niers-Bahn
Terminus
Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station
toward Solingen Hbf
S 1
toward Dortmund Hbf
Mülheim West
S 3
Preceding station   Essen Stadtbahn   Following station
TerminusU18
Von-Bock-Straße
toward Berliner Platz
Preceding station   Mülheim Tramway   Following station
Aktienstraße
toward Oberdümpten
102
Mülheim Stadtmitte
toward Uhlenhorst
Terminus901
Mülheim Stadtmitte
toward Obermarxloh Schleife
Location
Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof
Location in North Rhine-Westphalia
Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof
Location in Germany
Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof
Location in Europe

The original station is unusual in that it was built as two adjoining stations by the two main private railways buildings lines in the Ruhr area, the Rhenish Railway Company (Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, RhE) and the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn Gesellschaft, BME).

History

The station was opened as Mülheim RhE as part of a section of the RhE's mainline through the Ruhr opened on 1 September 1866 between Osterath and Essen. Just to the north of the RhE's station, the BME opened its own station in 1867 as Mülheim-Eppinghofen BME on its own main line opened in 1862 between Dortmund and Duisburg.[4] Although the two railways were nationalised in 1880 and 1882 the two stations were not linked.

On 1 June 1888, the station was renamed Mülheim (Ruhr), but on 11 August 1892 it was again renamed as Mülheim-Eppinghofen because another station (now called Mülheim (Ruhr) West) was then renamed as Mülheim (Ruhr),[5] but it was never popularly accepted as the main station in Mülheim. Between 1905 and 1910 a common station with a peaked roof was built to serve both lines, but it was destroyed during World War II and never rebuilt. During the electrification of the Cologne-Hamm line in the 1950s the stopping place for long-distance trains was moved back to the Eppinghofen station and on 22 May 1955 it was renamed Mülheim (Ruhr) Stadt ("city"). In 1974 the station was relocated with the opening of Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn and finally renamed Mülheim (Ruhr) Hbf.

Current situation

The current station consists of four tracks to the east and west located on the site of the BME station. The RhE lines have been closed and dismantled.

The following services currently call at Mülheim Hauptbahnhof:[6][7]

Long-distance

A total of 11 long-distance trains per day stop at the station.

Line Route Train no
ICE 31 Cologne – Duisburg – Mülheim – Dortmund – Münster – Bremen – Hamburg-Altona ICE 1028
IC 30 Dortmund – Mülheim – Duisburg – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz IC
IC 31 Hamburg-Altona – Bremen – Münster – Dortmund – Mülheim – Duisburg – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Frankfurt IC 2020
EC 32 Münster – Gelsenkirchen – Essen – Mülheim – Duisburg – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Stuttgart – Ulm – Lindau - Innsbruck IC 119
IC 32 Berlin – Hannover – Hamm – Dortmund – Mülheim – Duisburg – Cologne IC 1911
IC 1916
Berlin – Hannover – Hamm – Dortmund – Mülheim – Duisburg – Mönchengladbach – Aachen IC 2222
IC 2223
IC 55 Leipzig – Halle – Magdeburg – Braunschweig – Hannover – Bielefeld – Hamm – Dortmund – Mülheim – Duisburg – Cologne – Bonn – Koblenz – Mainz – Mannheim – Heidelberg – Stuttgart – Ulm – Oberstdorf IC 2013
Ulm – Stuttgart – Heidelberg – Mannheim – Mainz – Koblenz – Bonn – Cologne – Duisburg – Mülheim – Dortmund – Hamm – Hannover – Braunschweig – Magdeburg IC 2012

Regional services

In local passenger service, Mülheim is served by several regional and S-Bahn lines:

Line Route Frequency
RE 1
NRW-Express		Aachen – Eschweiler – Düren – Horrem – Cologne – Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf Airport – Duisburg – Mülheim – Essen – Bochum – Dortmund – Hamm60 min
RE 2
Rhein-Haard-Express		Düsseldorf – Duisburg – Mülheim – Essen – Gelsenkirchen – Recklinghausen – Münster60 min
RE 6
Rhein-Weser-Express		Minden – Herford – Bielefeld – Hamm – Dortmund – Essen – Mülheim – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf – Neuss – Cologne – Cologne/Bonn Airport60 min
RE 11
Rhein-Hellweg-Express		Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf Airport – Duisburg – Mülheim – Essen – Dortmund – Hamm – Paderborn – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe60 min
RE 42
Niers-Haard-Express		Münster – Haltern am See – Recklinghausen – Gelsenkirchen – Essen – Mülheim – Duisburg – Krefeld – Viersen – Mönchengladbach60 min
RE 49
Wupper-Lippe-Express		 Wesel – Oberhausen – Mülheim –Essen – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Wuppertal 60 mins
RB 33
Rhein-Niers-Bahn		 Essen – Mülheim – Duisburg – Krefeld – Mönchengladbach – Aachen 60 mins
S 1Dortmund – Bochum – Essen – Mülheim – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Flughafen – Düsseldorf – Hilden  – Solingen30 min
S 3Oberhausen – Mülheim – Essen – Hattingen (Ruhr) Mitte30 min

Public transport
Mülheim U-Bahn station under the main station, 2005

An underground station for line U18 of the Essen Stadtbahn, line 102 of Mülheim/Oberhausen trams and line 901 of Duisburg trams lies adjacent to the former RhE station and is connected to the current station by a corridor.

In addition, the station is served by several bus lines.

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. "Wabenplan für das Rheinbahn-Bedienungsgebiet" (PDF). Rheinbahn. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  4. "Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  5. "Mülheim (Ruhr) West area operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  6. "Mülheim Hauptbahnhof". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  7. "VRR rapid-transit plan 2013" (PDF) (in German). VRR. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  • Ansichtskarten – Mülheim und die Eisenbahn (in German). Eisenbahnfreunde Mülheim e. V. 1990.
  • Martin Menke (2008). "Der Mülheimer Hauptbahnhof im Wandel der Zeit". In Geschichtsverein Mülheim an der Ruhr (ed.). Zeugen der Stadtgeschichte – Baudenkmäler und historische Orte in Mülheim an der Ruhr (in German). Essen: Klartext Verlag. pp. 139–145.
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