Solingen Grünewald station

Solingen Grünewald station is in the city of Solingen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Wuppertal-Oberbarmen–Solingen railway. The line through the site of Solingen Grünewald station was opened on 12 February 1890 as part of the Solingen–Wuppertal-Vohwinkel line, known as the Korkenzieherbahn ("Corkscrew Railway"), to Vohwinkel.[6] The station was opened on 6 May 2006.[5] It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station.[1]

Solingen Grünewald
Through station
2007
LocationSolingen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates51°09′50″N 7°04′46″E
Owned byDB Netz
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Train operatorsAbellio Rail NRW
ConnectionsS 7
Other information
Station code5778[1]
DS100 codeKSGR[2]
IBNR8005597
Category3[1]
Fare zone
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened6 May 2006[5]
Services
Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station
S 7
Terminus
Location
Solingen Grünewald
Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

The station is served by line S 7 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn, branded as Der Müngstener, operated every 20 minutes from Monday to Friday and generally every half hour on weekends and at off-peak times, using (LINT 41) vehicles.[7][8] Until 15 December 1913 the station was served by Regional-Express service RB 47, operated by DB Regio NRW, normally with two-carriage sets of class 628.4. The Abellio Deutschland company won a contract that was put to tender in November 2010 and took over the operation of passenger services on the route from December 2013 for a period of 15 years.[9][10]

It is served by a trolleybus line operated by Stadtwerke Solingen at 10-minute intervals. Stadtwerke Solingen also operates bus route 699 through the station six times a day. The station is served every 60 minutes by bus route 250 operated by Wiedenhoff.[7]

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. "S7 - Der Müngstener". Stadtwerke Remscheid. Abellio Rail NRW. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  4. "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 207. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  5. Joost, André. "Solingen Grünewald operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  6. Joost, André. "Line 2734: Solingen - Wuppertal-Vohwinkel". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  7. Joost, André. "Solingen Grünewald station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  8. Joost, André. "S7: Der Müngstener". NRW rail archive (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  9. "Abellio gewinnt Ausschreibung der RB 47". Eisenbahnjournal Zughalt.de (in German). 23 November 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  10. "Bahn unterliegt Abellio bei RB 47-Ausschreibung". Rheinische Post (in German). 24 November 2010. Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2013.


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