Essen-Steele train station
| Food Steele | |
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 Essen-Steele train station with traffic area
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| Data | |
| Location in the network | Separation station |
| Platform tracks | 4th |
| abbreviation | EEST |
| IBNR | 8000099 |
| Price range | 4th |
| opening | 1901 |
| Profile on Bahnhof.de | Food Steele |
| location | |
| City / municipality | eat |
| country | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 27 '1 " N , 7 ° 4' 31" E |
| Height ( SO ) | 70 m |
| Railway lines | |
| Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia | |
The Bahnhof Essen-Steele is an S-Bahn -Knotenpunkt in Essen district Steele . Together with the Steeler Verkehrsplatz, it forms an important connection point in the city of Essen's public transport system .
history
On March 1, 1862, the section of the Witten / Dortmund – Oberhausen / Duisburg railway between Essen and Bochum via Steele and Wattenscheid was opened by the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft . The town of Steele received a train station, which is now called Essen-Steele Ost .
The railway line Wuppertal-Vohwinkel-Essen-Überruhr was connected to Steele on June 1, 1863 in the course of the inauguration of the Ruhr Bridge Steele . This line had been operated by the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft since 1854 , as far as the Ruhr before Steele, then taken over by the Prinz-Wilhelm-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft .
The station building was completed in 1912 for the Steele West passenger station , which went into operation in 1901 . The station was renamed Essen-Steele West (former abbreviation: ESTW) on May 14, 1950 , and has been called Essen-Steele since May 27, 1979 . For this purpose, the previous Essen-Steele station was renamed Essen-Steele Ost .
During renovation work in connection with the construction of the traffic area, the old station building was demolished in the early 1970s.
The opening of the elevated connecting curve between Steele and West Überruhr on 1 February 1978, the travel time of trains between shortened Wuppertal and Essen significant as previously all trains had on this route in the station Steele Ost make head . After the local transport line N9 initially served the route in the direction of Wuppertal, after electrification, the S-Bahn line S9 has been running on the Haltern – Bottrop – Essen – Wuppertal route since December 2003 . The two S-Bahn lines S1 and S3 have served Essen-Steele West station since 1974.
Investments
The station has two partially covered island platforms that are served in the direction of traffic, the northern platform with tracks 101 and 102 in the direction of Essen, the southern platform with tracks 103 and 104 in the direction of Bochum, Hattingen and Wuppertal. Trains to and from Wuppertal can only use the two middle tracks 102 and 103, the outer tracks 101 and 104 can only be used in and from Bochum and Hattingen, track 102 can also be used from Bochum / Hattingen. The platforms are reached via an underpass that is accessible from both sides, and elevators enable barrier-free access.
Todays situation
The station is in rail transport today from the lines S1, S3 and S9, the train Rhein-Ruhr , as well as the regional express approached -line RE 14, and RE 49th It is located on the Witten / Dortmund – Oberhausen / Duisburg railway (course book lines 450.1, 450.3) and, subsequently, on the Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Essen-Überruhr line (course book line 450.9).
In the operating point directory of Deutsche Bahn , the stop has the abbreviation EEST. The station is listed in station category 4 as a local transport system stop.
Since the Steeler Verkehrsplatz, located south of the Steele train station, was opened to traffic in 1978, together with the Essen-Steele train station it has been one of the most important transport hubs in Essen after the main train station . Since then, it has also been used to switch between buses, trams and the S-Bahn to get to the center of Essen or the neighboring cities quickly. From the beginning of 2009, the entire traffic area was renovated, footpaths between the means of transport were optimized and general accessibility to the S-Bahn platforms was established; the plant went back into operation on August 28, 2010 after the renovations were completed. Two thirds of the costs of around nine million euros were borne by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia , the rest was shared by the city of Essen and the transport company. The station is also accessible from the north side.
Line course
Regional traffic
| line | course | Tact |
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| RE 14 |
Der Borkener : Borken (Westf) - Marbeck-Heiden - Rhade - Deuten - Hervest-Dorsten - Dorsten - Feldhausen - Gladbeck-Zweckel - Gladbeck West - Bottrop Hbf - Essen-Borbeck - Essen West (only trains to / from Dorsten) - Essen Main station - Essen-Steele temporary wing in Dorsten: second train part as RB 45 from / to Coesfeld Status: timetable change December 2019 |
60 min (Borken - Dorsten) 30 min (Dorsten - Essen) |
| RE 49 |
Wupper-Lippe-Express : Wesel - Friedrichsfeld (Niederrhein) - Voerde (Niederrhein) - Dinslaken - Oberhausen-Holten - Oberhausen-Sterkrade - Oberhausen Hbf - Mülheim (Ruhr) -Styrum - Mülheim (Ruhr) Hbf - Essen West - Essen Hbf - Essen-Steele - Essen-Kupferdreh - Velbert-Langenberg - Velbert-Neviges - Wuppertal-Vohwinkel - Wuppertal Hbf Status: timetable change December 2019 |
60 min |
Train
- Public transport
The Steeler Verkehrsplatz, located at the train station, is an important junction in the Essen route network. It is served by the following lines by the Ruhrbahn and the Bogestra .
Web links
NRWbahnarchiv by André Joost: