Wuppertal-Oberbarmen station

Wuppertal-Oberbarmen station is a station in the city of Wuppertal in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was long an important railway junction, connecting to four railway lines. The only remaining lines at the station are the Dortmund–Wuppertal main line and the branch line to Solingen.

Wuppertal-Oberbarmen
Through station
Station entrance (2006)
LocationRittershauser Brücke 15, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates51°16′27″N 7°13′17″E
Owned byDB Netz
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms3 island platforms
Tracks6
Train operatorsAbellio Rail NRW
DB Regio NRW
Eurobahn
National Express Germany
ConnectionsS 7 S 8 S 9
Other information
Station code6928[1]
DS100 codeKWO[2]
IBNR8006719
Category3[1]
Fare zone
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1847[5]
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio NRW   Following station
toward Aachen Hbf
RE 4
Wupper-Express
toward Dortmund Hbf
Preceding station   Eurobahn   Following station
toward Venlo
RE 13
Maas-Wupper-Express
toward Hamm Hbf
Preceding station   National Express Germany   Following station
toward Krefeld Hbf
RE 7
Rhein-Münsterland-Express
toward Rheine Hbf
toward Bonn-Mehlem
RB 48
Rhein-Wupper-Bahn		Terminus
Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station
S 7
toward Solingen Hbf
S 8
toward Hagen Hbf
S 9
toward Hagen Hbf
Location
Wuppertal-Oberbarmen
Location in North Rhine-Westphalia
Wuppertal-Oberbarmen
Location in Germany
Wuppertal-Oberbarmen
Location in Europe

History
January 1982

The first station building was opened along with the Elberfeld–Dortmund line under the name of Barmen-Rittershausen by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company on 9 October 1847. In 1930 it was renamed as Wuppertal-Oberbarmen.[5]

In 1910, the tracks and Rosenau street were moved during the building of a depot at Wuppertal-Langerfeld. During the Second World War the station area and the station building were badly damaged. After a partial demolition by Deutsche Bundesbahn after the Second World War, the station was rebuilt in the 1980s during the establishment of S-Bahn line S8. Today there is a square-shaped commercial building with a newsagent, a bakery shop and a McDonald's branch.

In its heyday there was in addition to the Elberfeld–Dortmund through line, a triangular junction connected to the line to Opladen and Solingen, as well as a connecting line to the Düsseldorf-Derendorf–Dortmund Süd railway and the Wuppertal-Wichlinghausen–Hattingen line.

For a long time, Wuppertal-Oberbarmen was also an important freight terminal. The last freight tracks were removed in 2006, however, and a DIY store was built on the site.

Current operations
Oberbarmen Schwebebahn terminus at Wuppertal-Oberbarmen station

Long-distance passenger trains pass through Wuppertal-Oberbarmen without stopping. However, all regional trains running through Wuppertal stop. The Wupper-Express (RE 4), the Rhein-Münsterland-Express (RE 7) and the Maas-Wupper-Express (RE 13) stop at the station at hourly intervals. Services on S-Bahn lines S8 to/from Mönchengladbach and S 7 to/from Remscheid) stop every twenty minutes on the local platforms.[6] Services on line S 9 and one in three services on line S8 run to/from Hagen every 60 minutes.

Deutsche Bahn classifies the station as category 3.[1]

Wuppertal-Oberbarmen is also a major connecting point between the railway and other public transport services. The Schwebebahn has its eastern terminus here, and there is a bus station, which is served by many of the lines of Wuppertaler Stadtwerke (Wuppertal's operator of public utilities and transport) and Verkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr (the transport company of Ennepe-Ruhr).

Platforms

Today, there are three platforms with a total of six tracks. Regional trains stop on tracks 2 and 3; they are also used for non-stop operations by long-distance trains. Services on S-Bahn lines S 7, S 8 and S 9 stop on tracks 5 and 6. The other platform tracks are not barrier-free for the disabled.

Interchanges

The following services stop at the station.[6]

LineLine nameRouteService intervalPlatform track
RE 4 Wupper-Express Aachen – Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal – Hagen – Dortmund hourly 2/3
RE 7 Rhein-Münsterland-Express Krefeld – Neuss – Cologne – Solingen – Wuppertal – Hagen – Hamm – Münster – Rheine hourly 2/3
RE 13 Maas-Wupper-Express Venlo – Viersen – Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal – Hagen – Hamm hourly 2/3
RB 48 Rhein-Wupper-Bahn Bonn-Mehlem – Bonn – Cologne – Solingen – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Wuppertal – Wuppertal-Oberbarmen 30 minutes
S 7 Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal 20 minutes 5/6
S 8 Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Hagen – Gevelsberg – Wuppertal – Düsseldorf – Neuss – Mönchengladbach 20 minutes (to Mönchengladbach), 60 minutes (to Hagen) 5/6
S 9 Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Hagen – Gevelsberg – Wuppertal – Essen – Bottrop 60 minutes 5/6

References

Footnotes
  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. "VER-Tarifinformation". Verkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  4. "Ticket Überblick" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 1 January 2020. p. 17. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  5. Joost, André. "Wuppertal-Oberbarmen station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  6. Joost, André. "Wuppertal-Oberbarmen station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 10 May 2020.

Sources
  • WSW mobil Gmb, ÖPNV Systemmanagement (2009). Wuppertal timetable 2009/10 (in German). Wuppertal: ECO-Druck GmbH.
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