Local transport in Bottrop

The transport in Bottrop by bus lines Vestische trams and the bus Rheinland rendered. However, buses from the neighboring companies STOAG , Ruhrbahn and Bogestra also operate in the city . The most important transfer hub for public transport is the central bus station on Berliner Platz , which is served by the vast majority of bus routes. Another local transport hub is the main station on the southern outskirts, where a total of three local rail transport lines and 8 bus routes are linked. The tariff of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR) and the NRW tariff apply to all local public transport .

Inner-city traffic

Central bus station on Berliner Platz

Bus transport

All inner-city traffic in Bottrop is handled by bus routes. There are for Bottrop-Kirchhellen a private sub-network, which is caused by the fact that Kirchhellen is separated from the rest of the city through the forest and the built-up area between Bottrop and Bottrop-Kirchhellen predominantly Gladbeck belongs. The basic timetable usually consists of a half-hourly rhythm, which is condensed in places.

The following bus lines run through Bottrop; the main hub of these lines is the central bus station in Bottrop city center .

line	Line course
SB16	Essen Hbf  → Hollestr. - Essen City Hall  - Berliner Platz  - Essen University  - Essen-Bergeborbeck  - Bottrop- Ebel  - Bottrop Hbf  - Bottrop ZOB Berliner Platz  - Bottrop-Herzogstraße - Grafenwald  - Kirchhellen Schulze-Delitzsch Straße  - Bottrop-Kirchhellen, St. Antonius Hospital
SB 29	Bottrop ZOB Berliner Platz  - Bottrop Hbf  - Gelsenkirchen Music Theater  - Gelsenkirchen Hbf
SB 36	Bottrop-Kirchhellen, Schulze-Delitzsch-Straße  - Kirchellen Youth Monastery  - Gladbeck-Rentfort  - Gladbeck Westbahnhof  - Goetheplatz - Gladbeck, Oberhof  - Butendorf - Gelsenkirchen-Horst, Buerer Straße  - Horst Castle  - Gelsenkirchen Music Theater  - Gelsenkirchen Hbf
SB91	Bero-Zentrum 1  - Oberhausen Hbf  - Neue Mitte Oberhausen  - Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd Bf  - Bottrop ZOB Berliner Platz 3  - Bottrop-Eigen Markt  - Gladbeck-Ellinghorst  - Gladbeck  Goetheplatz - Gladbeck Ostbahnhof  - Gelsenkirchen-Buer, Königswiese  - Gelsenkirchen-Buer Rathaus 3 The line runs between the OLGA Park and the main train station via the Oberhausen public transport route
186	Bottrop ZOB Berliner Platz  - Bottrop Hbf  - Essen-Dellwig  - Gerscheder Weiden  - Borbeck Germaniaplatz  - Borbeck Bf  - Schönebeck  - Borbeck Süd Bf  - Altendorf Schölerpad
188	Dorsten ZOB  - Bottrop-Feldhausen  - Gladbeck-Zweckel  - Gladbeck West Bf  - Gladbeck  Goetheplatz - Gladbeck Oberhof Onward journey from Gladbeck Oberhof as line 189 to Bottrop- Boy and Essen-Karnap .
189	Gladbeck Oberhof  - Bottrop-Boyer market  - Bottrop Welheim  - Essen-Karnap Boyer Street Continue from Gladbeck Oberhof as a line 188 to Bottrop-Feldhausen and Dorsten ZOB .
251	Bottrop ZOB Berliner Platz  - Marienhospital  - Bottrop-Herzogstraße - Bottrop-Richard-Wagner School - Bottrop-Grafenwald
259	Bottrop ZOB Berliner Platz - Bottrop-Eigen - Gladbeck-Ellinghorst - Gladbeck Goetheplatz - Gladbeck Oberhof - Butendorf - Brauck - Gelsenkirchen-Horst , Buerer Straße
260	Bottrop ZOB Berliner Platz  - Batenbrock  - Bottrop-Boy Bf  - Boyer Markt  - Gelsenkirchen-Horst , Buerer Strasse
261	Bottrop-Ebel  - Bottrop Hbf  - Batenbrock  - Bottrop ZOB Berliner Platz  - Fuhlenbrock - own market
262	Bottrop-Eigenmarkt  - Batenbrock  - Bottrop Hbf  - Südring - Bottrop ZOB Berliner Platz
263	OB-Sterkrade Bf  - Bottrop ZOB Berliner Platz  - Bottrop-Welheim  - Essen-Karnap, Boyer Straße
264	Bottrop-Eigen Börenstrasse  - Eigen Markt  - Batenbrock  - Bottrop ZOB Berliner Platz
265	Bottrop ZOB Berliner Platz  - Batenbrock  - Bottrop-Boy Bf  - Bottrop-Boyer  Markt - Bottrop-Boy industrial area
266	Bottrop ZOB Berliner Platz  - Tetraeder  - Bottrop-Boy Bf  - Boyer Markt  - Bottrop-Boy, Wilhelm-Tenhagen-Strasse
267	Bottrop ZOB Berliner Platz  - Bottrop-Herzogstrasse - Kirchhellen Schulze-Delitzsch Str.  - Bottrop-St. Antonius Hospital - Feldhausen Bf  - Movie Park
268	Franz Haniel colliery  - Fuhlenbrock market  - Bottrop ZOB Berliner Platz  - Bottrop-Welheimer Mark, Klopriesstrasse
269	Taxi bus : Bottrop-Kirchhellen  - Bottrop-Grafenwald  - Grafenmühle
291	Bottrop ZOB Berliner Platz  - Vonderort  - Bottrop Hbf
Taxi bus 294	Taxi bus : Bottrop ZOB Berliner Platz  - Vonderort  - Bottrop main station  - Bottrop-Welheimer Mark, Klopriesstraße  - Bottrop-Welheim, Am Kämpchen
979	OB-Sterkrade Bf  - Tackenberg  - Bottrop-Fuhlenbrock  - Bottrop ZOB Berliner Platz
NE 2	Bottrop ZOB Berliner Platz  - Bottrop-Eigen  - Gladbeck  Goetheplatz - Gladbeck Ost Bf  - Gelsenkirchen-Buer  Rathaus - Herten  Mitte - Recklinghausen Hbf
NE16	Essen Hbf  → Hollestr. - Essen City Hall  - Berliner Platz  - Essen University  - Essen-Bergeborbeck  - Gerscheder Weiden  - Bottrop-Ebel  - Bottrop Hbf  - Bottrop ZOB Berliner Platz
NE 18	Bottrop ZOB Berliner Platz  - Fuhlenbrock  - Bottrop-Grafenwald  - Kirchhellen  - Schulze-Delitzsch Str.
NE 19	Bottrop ZOB Berliner Platz  - Batenbrock  - Bottrop-Boy Bf  - Boyer Markt  - Gelsenkirchen-Horst , Buerer Strasse
NE21	Oberhausen Hbf  - Neue Mitte Oberhausen  - Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd Bf  - Bottrop ZOB Berliner Platz Line runs between the OLGA Park and the main station via the Oberhausen public transport route

tram

Bottrop does not currently have a tram network. In Bottrop there is the consideration of introducing a new tram line to Essen .

Rail transport

Reception building of the main station

Long-distance transport

Since Bottrop is not on a long-distance route, the next long-distance train stations are Essen Hbf and Oberhausen Hbf .

Regional traffic

Bottrop's most important train station is the main train station . However, this is not in the city center, but a few kilometers south of this near the federal highway 42 . In addition to the main train station, Bottrop has the stations Bottrop-Vonderort , Bottrop-Boy and Feldhausen . In addition, Oberhausen main station can be reached quickly and easily from the Bottrop central bus station with the SB91. Bottrop is connected to the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn by line S 9 .

Bottrop is served by the following regional transport lines:

line	Line course	Tact
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 44	Fossa-Emscher-Express: Moers  - Rheinhausen  - Duisburg Hbf  - Oberhausen Hbf  - Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd  - Bottrop-Vonderort  - Bottrop Hbf Status: February 2020	60 min
S 9	Haltern am See 1 - Marl-Hamm - Marl Mitte - GE-Hassel - GE-Buer Nord - Gladbeck West - Bottrop-Boy - Bottrop Hbf 2 - E-Dellwig Ost - E-Gerschede - E-Borbeck - E-Borbeck Süd - Essen West - Essen main station - E-Steele - E-Überruhr - E-Holthausen - E-Kupferdreh - Velbert-Leberhof - Velbert-Langenberg - Velbert-Neviges - Velbert-Rosenhügel - Wülfrath-Aprath - W-Vohwinkel - W-Sonnborn - W-Zoological Garden - W-Steinbeck - Wuppertal Hbf  3 - W-Unterbarmen - W-Barmen - W-Oberbarmen - W-Langerfeld - Schwelm West - Schwelm  - Gevelsberg West - Gevelsberg-Kipp - Gevelsberg Hbf - Gevelsberg -Knapp - HA- Westerbauer - HA-Heubing - HA-Wehringhausen - Hagen Hbf  4 Status: May 2020	60 min (1–2) 30 min (2–3) 60 min (3–4)

There is also the trains running at 10-minute intervals SB91 a direct connection to the Oberhausen Central Station, from where connecting to numerous other transport links, including to Duisburg , Dusseldorf , Cologne , Bonn , Krefeld , Mönchengladbach , Wesel and Arnhem and access to long-distance transport is .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CDU wants to have the tram to Essen tested .