Essen-Hügel stop

Food hill
Essen-Hügel stop, 2014
Data
Operating point type	Breakpoint
Platform tracks	2
abbreviation	EEHU
IBNR	8001908
Price range	5
opening	1890
Profile on Bahnhof.de	Food hill
location
City / municipality	eat
country	North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
Coordinates	51 ° 24 '16 "  N , 7 ° 0' 31"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 24 '16 "  N , 7 ° 0' 31"  E
Railway lines
Essen-Werden - Essen Hbf
Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia

The Essen-Hügel station , originally breakpoint Bredeney is a stopping point on the northern Baldeneysee -Ufer in Essen district Bredeney . In 1890 it was built by the industrialist Friedrich Alfred Krupp directly on the Hügelpark , which belongs to the Villa Hügel , which was built 20 years earlier . The stop is on the Essen-Werden-Essen railway line , which connects the Ruhr Valley Railway with Essen Central Station .

history

The reason for the establishment in 1890 was to spare guests of the industrial family Krupp a longer journey from the existing train stations Werden and Rellinghausen -West (today Essen-Stadtwald ). Nevertheless, it should also serve the general public in order to find a place for local recreation in the scenic Ruhr valley . As early as May 1889, Krupp applied for the Bredeney stop between the Werden and Rellinghausen stations at kilometer 2.7 of the Essen-Werden-Essen railway line to the Royal Railway Directorate. The aforementioned connection was built in 1877 by the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft as a single-track line. The construction costs of the stop on the property, which is completely owned by Krupp, were borne by Friedrich Krupp AG , and the state was responsible for maintenance. From 1896, the station's ticket office housed a post office, for which the station master was responsible. However, this post office was only accessible to members of the Krupp family and employees of the hill park administration; until 1924 it existed as an independent post agency under the name Krupp Post Office.

Only Friedrich Alfred Krupp personally received the special permit from the start that he could reach the platforms of the Hügel stop directly through the Hügelpark gate. Additional special permits were granted to other employees of the Krupp company, the hill company and more distant family members in 1895. These carried the addition on revocation and in some cases also entitle them to cross the railway tracks in order to avoid the detour through the tunnel under the station. State guests - including the Egyptian King Fuad I in June 1929 - were also granted direct access through the park gate. On such occasions, Krupp issued ID cards for entering the platforms in order to keep onlookers away. Later the Deutsche Reichsbahn took over the issue of the access cards after the public question arose who owned the hill stop.

Entrance to the restaurant in 2007

During the occupation of the Ruhr in 1923, a group from the Heinz organization led by Albert Leo Schlageter carried out explosive attacks, including at the Hügel stop, in order to hinder the transport of coal to France.

In 1933, the Hügel stop gained further importance with the construction of Lake Baldeney , so that the Deutsche Reichsbahn expanded the station building and added a restaurant. In doing so, she also reacted to the increased number of passengers.

The S-Bahn has been running here since 1968.

Todays situation

In the operating point directory of Deutsche Bahn , the stop has the abbreviation EEHU. The property is owned by DB Station & Service , which  operates the stop in station category 5 (“local transport system stop ”).

The reception building from 1890 offers a view of the Ruhr and - since it was dammed in 1933 - of the Baldeneysee. Today there is a Greek restaurant in the restaurant .

service

Long- distance passenger rail transport was only available on the route shortly after it opened in 1890 (route from Düsseldorf via Essen to Soest); there were also individual special trains for members of the Krupp family and German and foreign rulers (see #History ).

Today, the stop is served exclusively by the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn (timetable route 450.6) in local rail passenger transport .

line	Line course	Tact
S 6	Essen Hbf - Essen South - E-Stadtwald - E-Hügel - E-Werden - Kettwig - Kettwig Reservoir - Hösel - Ratingen Ost - D-Rath - D-Rath Mitte -   D-Derendorf - D-Zoo - D-Wehrhahn - Düsseldorf Main station - D-Volksgarten - D-Oberbilk - D-Eller Süd - D-Reisholz  - D-Benrath -   D-Garath - D-Hellerhof - Langenfeld-Berghausen - Langenfeld (Rhineland) - Lev.-Rheindorf - Lev.-Küppersteg - Leverkusen Mitte - Lev.- Chempark - K-Stammheim - K-Mülheim - K-Buchforst - K-Messe / Deutz - Köln Hbf - K-Hansaring - K-Nippes (- K-Geldernstraße / Parkgürtel - K-Longerich - K- Volkhovener Weg - U  K-Chorweiler - U  K-Chorweiler Nord - K-Blumenberg - K-Worringen ) Nippes – Worringen only during peak hours Status: timetable change December 2019	20 min

In addition, the Hügel / Regattahaus bus stop is located directly below on the lakeshore and is only served by any replacement rail services for the S-Bahn. Until the end of the timetable change on June 10, 2018, the Ruhrbahn leisure line See-Linie 181 stopped at this stop .

Web links

Commons : Haltpunkt Essen-Hügel  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Description of this sight on the route of industrial culturehttp: //vorlage.rik.test/~5~10503
• Villa and station Hügel then and now

NRWbahnarchiv by André Joost:

• Description of the Essen-Hügel access point
• Description of the EEHU office