Castrop-Rauxel Hauptbahnhof

Castrop-Rauxel Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the German city of Castrop-Rauxel. It is situated on the S2 line of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn, stopping every half hour. Additional, the RE 3 (Rhein-Emscher-Express) and the RB32 (Rhein-Emscher-Bahn) both stop hourly.

Castrop-Rauxel Hauptbahnhof
Through station
Station building and forecourt
General information
Location	Castrop-Rauxel, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	51°34′24″N 7°18′12″E
Owned by	DB Netz
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Duisburg–Dortmund (KBS 416) S2
Platforms	3
Other information
Station code	1033
DS100 code	ECA
Category	4
Fare zone	VRR: 280 and 282
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	15 May 1847
Services
Preceding station Eurobahn Following station Herne towards Düsseldorf Hbf RE 3 Dortmund-Mengede towards Hamm (Westf) Hbf Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station Herne towards Duisburg Hbf RB 32 Dortmund-Mengede towards Dortmund Hbf Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station Herne towards Essen Hbf or Recklinghausen Hbf S2 Dortmund-Mengede towards Dortmund Hbf

History

The station was opened in 1848 as part of the trunk line of the former Cologne-Minden Railway Company. Castrop station was opened for passenger services with this section of the line on 15 May 1847. Facilities were built at the station up to 1862 for handling freight.

About 1880 the station was renamed Rauxel, as the station was located in that municipality at the time. After the municipal reform the mid-20th century, which merged of the towns of Castrop and Rauxel, the station was renamed again as Castrop-Rauxel Hauptbahnhof in about 1962.

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  Former Castrop station on the Westphalian Emscher Valley Railway

External links

• "Trackplan of Castrop-Rauxel Hbf" (PDF: 187.78 kB) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
• "Castrop-Rauxel Hbf". NRW rail archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 19 September 2011.