Culture line 107

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107
   
 Gelsenkirchen Hbf
   
 Heinrich-König- Platz
   
 Ramp musical theater
   
 Musical theater
   
 Overwegstrasse
   
 Feldmarkstrasse
   
 Holbeinstrasse
   
 Hans-Böckler- Allee
   
 Fürstinnenstrasse
   
 Revierpark Nienhausen
   
 Trotting track
   
 Nienhuser Bush
   
 Hanielstrasse
   
 Katernberg market
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S-Bahn route Duisburg ↔ Dortmund
   
 Zollverein North Bf
   
 Branch Katernberg
   
 Zollverein
   
 Kapitelwiese
   
 Nikolausstrasse
   
 Ernestinenstrasse
   
 Stoppenberg Hospital
   
 Herbertshof
   
 Herzogstrasse
   
 At the freestone
   
 Beginenkamp ramp
   
 Viehofer Platz
   
 Essen Town Hall
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Main line Mülheim ↔ Bochum
   
 Essen Central Station
   
 Philharmonie / Saalbau (only HVZ )
   
 Rüttenscheider star (only HVZ)
   
 Martinstrasse (only HVZ)
   
 Florastraße (only HVZ)
   
 Rüttenscheider Strasse ramp (only HVZ)
   
 Alfredusbad (only HVZ)
   
 Krupp allee (only peak hours )
   
 Frankenstrasse (only HVZ)
   
 Bredeney (only HVZ)

Kulturlinie 107 is an epithet and information concept that was created in 2005 on the occasion of the application (and appointment in 2006) of Essen and the Ruhr area as European Capital of Culture 2010 by Essener Verkehrs-AG as the predecessor company of the Ruhrbahn for tram line  107. These are vehicles used in normal traffic, so not a special line; its course connects culturally interesting points by chance.

The cultural line 107 runs between Gelsenkirchen Hbf and Essen Hauptbahnhof and in rush hour between Abzw. Katernberg and Bredeney (see division of the cultural line ). It connects (with a change from the amplifier line to the regular line) over a distance of 17 kilometers in the two cities 60 cultural venues with each other. The usual route information is supplemented by the locations in the car; transitions to the Essen cultural path (blue stones) or the route of industrial culture are marked. At the above-ground stops, signs provide information about the distance and direction of travel to the scenes, in the subway area (from Viehofer Platz to Florastraße) this information is housed in the showcases. The travel time for one route between Gelsenkirchen Hbf and Essen Hbf is around 35 minutes, depending on the time of day, the VRR tariff is valid. Individual trips to Bredeney are made with non-barrier-free M-cars .

From time to time there are special events on the cultural route, such as trips with museum cars or announcements of the stations by celebrities or school children.

history

At the end of the 19th century, horse busses ran between Katernberg, Steele, Stoppenberg, Frintrop, Horst, Oberhausen and Bottrop. Initial considerations to introduce a horse-drawn tram on rails were not put into practice. It was not until 1889 that the consortium Bank für Handel und Industrie and Herrmann Bachstein received a concession for the construction and operation of a steam tram from Essen to Altenessen, Borbeck and Rüttenscheid, but an electric tram was then built. In 1893 the first line from Essen to Altenessen went into operation, further lines to Borbeck, Rüttenscheid and to the Nordstern colliery followed.

Today's tram line 107 is the successor to line 7 via Katernberg to Gelsenkirchen, even if in some parts it no longer follows the original route over the Kraspothshöhe and through Rotthausen. The route via Rotthausen was discontinued in 1978 due to the construction of the underground tram in Gelsenkirchen. The original line 17 ran from the Katernberg junction via the Essen-Gelsenkirchen-Rotthausen airfield (today GelsenTrabPark ) and through the Feldmark to Gelsenkirchen. Until 1977 the Margarethenhöhe was the southern end point of both lines, then Bredeney. The merged route has been used under number 107 since 1998.

The cultural line 107 is listed as a tram in Katernberg in the route of industrial culture , themed route industrial cultural landscape Zollverein .

Division of the culture line

With the introduction of a new line network in summer 2015, the then Essener Verkehrs-AG divided line 107 into two line sections and thus abandoned the continuous cultural line 107. From Bahnhof Essen-Altenessen (previously line 106) to Bredeney wrong since 14 June 2015, the line 108 between Essen Main Station and Bredeney there because of the mixed traffic with the light rail line U 11 high-level platforms, the tram only of older vehicles with Folding steps can be operated. Line 107 has been shortened to the Gelsenkirchen main station - Essen main station route and can now run on new low-floor trams . Between Bredeney and the Katernberg junction , high-floor wagons run with high density during rush hour . The section south of Essen Hbf can also be used with the high-floor line 108 with a one-time changeover at the same level as the platform. The platforms in Rüttenscheid have been rebuilt since autumn 2019 and the high-floor vehicles are retired afterwards.

Stops and locations

A 107 car advertised the Zeche Zollverein

The (culture) stops and the locations in detail:

Gelsenkirchen :

Essen-Katernberg :

Essen- Stoppenberg and Altenessen :

Essen-Nordviertel and city ​​center :

  • Viehofer Platz
    • Kreuzeskirche in the city center, church building in the arched style and seat of the Forum Kreuzeskirche
    • GOP Varieté in the former UFA cinema "Grand Filmpalast"
    • Reinhard Wiesemann's imperfect house is housed in the old Franciscan monastery of the architect Ernst Burghartz . It offers artists, associations and start-ups free rooms, technology, stages and overnight accommodation. The café, restaurant and stage ensure lively public traffic.
  • Essen Central Station
    • RWE tower , company headquarters and the world's first ecologically oriented high-rise
    • Aalto Opera
    • Postbank high-rise , formerly a post office, built 1963–1968, a listed building
    • The "House of Essen History" in the former Luisenschule on Bismarckplatz with the new archive building
    • Station forecourt with distinctive pre-war buildings
    • Eickhaus by Georg Metzendorf, built in 1913, facing from shell limestone, originally with a pagoda roof
    • House at Kettwiger Tor, built 1953–1957, architect Wilhelm Eggeling
    • Haus am Theaterplatz, the Theaterpassage, was built as a city savings bank from 1928 to 1930 based on designs by architects Georg Metzendorf and Jakob Schneider
    • Germany House
    • Grillo theater
    • Market and showman museum
Car of the culture line 107 in the Rüttenscheider Stern underground station

Essen- Rüttenscheid and Margarethenhöhe :

Essen south:

The project is supported by RWE and the Hochtief construction company . A detailed description of the cultural sites can be found in the cultural timetable on the homepage of Kulturlinie 107 (see web links).

Trivia

Essen also has a second tram line with a nickname, the natural line 105 . This was given its name on the occasion of Essen's application to be the green capital of Europe in 2016 . Just as the culture line 107 connects culturally interesting destinations, the nature line 105 on the Essen-Frintrop – Essen-Rellinghausen axis leads to attractive destinations in nature: from the green corners of the Frintroper Höhe to the Borbeck Castle Park and the gardens of Essen's Weststadt to the Ruhr valley in Essen- Rellinghausen . As with the culture line 107, with the nature line 105, these destinations are indicated with information boards at the stops. Both lines serve the stops Rathaus Essen and Essen Hauptbahnhof (independently of each other).

literature

  • Discover Essen by tram: KulturLinie 107. Brochure from EVAG, Klartext-Verlag, Oct. 2007, ISBN 978-3-89861-774-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Evag abolishes Essen tram "Culture Line" 107. on: derwesten.de , January 13, 2014, accessed on January 16, 2014.
  2. ↑ Conversion begins at: ruhrbahn.de, December 10, 2018, accessed on December 25, 2019
  3. ↑ https://www.gelsenkirchen.de/de/kultur/kultur-_und_veranstaltungsorte/stadtbauraum/index.aspx
  4. ↑ Essener Verkehrs-AG starts with the natural route 105
  5. ↑ Official website of Naturlinie 105
  6. ↑ WAZ: EVAG makes the 105 a natural line