Wanne-Eickel Hauptbahnhof

Wanne-Eickel Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the former city of Wanne-Eickel, now part of Herne in western Germany.

Wanne-Eickel Hauptbahnhof
Deutsche Bahn Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn
Through station
The station building
General information
LocationHeinz-Rühmann-Platz 1, Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates51°31′53″N 7°9′57″E / 51.53139°N 7.16583°E / 51.53139; 7.16583
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms8
Train operatorsDB Regio NRW
eurobahn
NordWestBahn
ConnectionsTrams in Bochum/Gelsenkirchen: 306
Other information
Station code6533[1]
DS100 codeEWAN[2][page needed]
IBNR8000192
Category3[1]
Fare zoneVRR: 272[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened
  • 1856 (freight yard)
  • 1864 (passenger station)
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Gelsenkirchen Hbf IC 32
IC 2012/2013 only
Recklinghausen Hbf
towards Münster Hbf
Gelsenkirchen Hbf
towards Köln Hbf
IC 35 Recklinghausen Hbf
Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station
Gelsenkirchen Hbf RE 2 Recklinghausen Hbf
Gelsenkirchen Hbf RE 42 Recklinghausen Süd
towards Münster Hbf
Gelsenkirchen Hbf
towards Duisburg Hbf
RB 32 Herne
towards Dortmund Hbf
Gelsenkirchen-Zoo
towards Dorsten
RB 43
Preceding station Eurobahn Following station
Gelsenkirchen Hbf RE 3 Herne
Preceding station VIAS Following station
Gelsenkirchen Hbf
Terminus
RB 46 Bochum-Riemke
towards Bochum Hbf
Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station
Gelsenkirchen Hbf
towards Essen Hbf
S2 Herne
towards Dortmund Hbf
Map
Location
Wanne-Eickel Hauptbahnhof is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Wanne-Eickel Hauptbahnhof
Wanne-Eickel Hauptbahnhof
Location in North Rhine-Westphalia
Wanne-Eickel Hauptbahnhof is located in Germany
Wanne-Eickel Hauptbahnhof
Wanne-Eickel Hauptbahnhof
Location in Germany
Wanne-Eickel Hauptbahnhof is located in Europe
Wanne-Eickel Hauptbahnhof
Wanne-Eickel Hauptbahnhof
Location in Europe

History

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The station grew out of the Pluto-Thies freight yard, opened in 1856 on the Duisburg–Dortmund line section of the Cologne-Minden Railway Company's trunk line, which was opened in 1847. In 1864, a halt was opened there for passengers. In 1867 a new freight yard was opened, which was initially called Pluto, but changed to Wanne (literally “basin”, a description of the landscape) in 1869, because the surrounding villages could not agree on a name for the yard. The station's name was reflected in 1875 when the villages of Eickel, Bicker, Crange, Holsterhausen and Röhlinghausen were merged under the name of Amt Wanne.[4]

With the opening of the line to Münster on 1 January 1870, Wanne station became a railway junction. In 1913 the station building and the track work were rebuilt and extended.

After the formation of the city of Wanne-Eickel in 1926, the station was renamed Wanne-Eickel Hauptbahnhof. It became the largest marshalling yard in the central Ruhr area and the only station in the Ruhr that included all four forms of rail operations: in addition to its role as a marshalling yard, it was the home depot for over 300 locomotives along with associated rolling stock, a freight yard and a passenger station.

Current operations

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Wanne-Eickel Hauptbahnhof is a station of major traffic importance as a crossroads on the east-west Dortmund–Duisburg line and the north-south Münster–Essen line, which among other things, is the beginning of the Rollbahn (rolling railway) to Hamburg. In addition, the station is located on the Emscher Valley Railway (Dortmund–Wanne-Eickel–Dorsten) and the Bochum–Gelsenkirchen Railway (also known as the Glückauf-Bahn— a reference to Glück auf, the traditional German miners greeting). Part of the old marshalling yard still operates with shunting from west to east over a hump, but other freight operations are closed.

Following the merger of the cities of Herne and Wanne-Eickel in 1975 the name of the station remained as Wanne–Eickel Hauptbahnhof, although it is the largest station in the city of Herne on its current boundaries. In 2003, Deutsche Bahn planned to rename it Herne-Wanne or Herne Hauptbahnhof. However, these plans met with considerable resistance in the Wanne area, as well as from local politicians in Herne.

Lines

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Long-distance

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Wanne-Eickel is served by one InterCity service:

Line Route Frequency
IC 32 MünsterRecklinghausenWanne-EickelOberhausenDüsseldorfCologneBonnKoblenzMainzMannheimStuttgartUlmMemmingenKemptenOberstdorf Once a day
IC 35 Norddeich MoleLeer – Münster – Recklinghausen – Wanne-EickelGelsenkirchen – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne (– Bonn – Koblenz) Every 2 hours

Regional

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Wanne-Eickel is served by the two Regional-Express and three Regionalbahn lines, as well as the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn.

Line Line name Route
RE 2 Rhein-Haard-Express DüsseldorfDuisburgEssenGelsenkirchen - Wanne-EickelRecklinghausenMünster (Westf)Osnabrück
RE 3 Rhein-Emscher-Express Düsseldorf – Duisburg – Oberhausen – Gelsenkirchen - Wanne-EickelHerneDortmundHamm
RE 42 Niers-Haard-Express MönchengladbachKrefeld – Essen – Gelsenkirchen - Wanne-Eickel – Recklinghausen – Haltern – Münster (Westf)
RB 32 Rhein-Emscher-Bahn Duisburg – Essen-Altenessen – Gelsenkirchen – Wanne-EickelCastrop-Rauxel – Dortmund
RB 43 Emschertal-Bahn DorstenGladbeck - Wanne-Eickel – Herne – Dortmund
RB 46 Glückauf-Bahn Gelsenkirchen – Wanne-EickelBochum
S2 Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Essen – Gelsenkirchen – Wanne-Eickel – Herne – Dortmund

Notes

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  1. ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas] (in German) (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. ^ "Wanne-Eickel Hauptbahnhof (EWAN) operations". NRW rail archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
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