Essen-Altenessen train station
| Eating old people | |
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 Essen-Altenessen train station 2006
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| Location in the network | Intermediate station , former hub station |
| Design | formerly wedge station |
| Platform tracks | 2 |
| abbreviation | EEAL |
| IBNR | 8001900 |
| Price range | 5 |
| opening | May 15, 1847 |
| Profile on Bahnhof.de | Eating old people |
| location | |
| City / municipality | eat |
| country | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 29 '4 " N , 7 ° 0' 25" E |
| Height ( SO ) | 48 m |
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| Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia | |
The station Essen-Altenessen is a regional station in Essen district Altenessen at the Duisburg-Dortmund railway . The subway station of the Essen Stadtbahn is located below it .
history
Construction and operation as "Bahnhof Essen CM"
The station was put into operation on May 15, 1847 by the Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn with the Duisburg – Hamm section under the name Essen CM and was thus part of the main line of the Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft. This made it the second train station in what is now the city of Essen after the Essen-Bergeborbeck train station, which went into operation in 1846, but was remote for the time .
Through a railway association founded in 1841 and interventions by the city authorities, the then separate municipality of Essen, which was eight times larger in terms of inhabitants, sought to influence the Cöln-Minden railway company to lead the route further south through Essen itself. Even the offer of a subsidy of 2,000 Prussian Reichstalers remained unsuccessful, as the CME wanted a route with as little inclines as possible and was roughly based on the course of the Emscher . As a result of the rejection, the city of Essen later built a connection to the Altenessen train station via a road for over 16,000 thalers.
Until the construction of the Essen BM train station in 1862, the predecessor of what is now Essen's main train station , the Altenessen train station functioned as the main train station in Essen. Long-distance traffic was also handled from here. The station was of particular importance for goods traffic, especially the removal of the hard coal extracted from the numerous mines in the two communities. In 1872 the station was renamed "Altenessen".
Integration into the rail network through to incorporation
Since April 27, 1874, the station had been connected to Essen-Stoppenberg via a nearly two-kilometer connection from the Helene junction . Via this connection, Altenessen station could also be reached from Essen BM, called Essen Hbf after 1897. There were also connections to Essen-Nord (Essen Rh., Since 1885) and to the Essen-Segeroth train station , which has also been known as Essen CM since 1868 , and to the Essen-Altenessen Rheinisch train station (Altenessen Rh, since 1912). In 1920, after the incorporation of Altenessen, which was independent until 1915, the station was renamed Essen-Altenessen .
The station was located east of today's platform and was designed as a wedge station with a central reception building between the Cologne-Minden route and the one to Stoppenberg.
Until 1887 the tracks were at ground level, a level crossing made it possible to cross the neighboring Essen-Horster Straße, today's Altenessener Straße. The daily 170 to 180 trains (not including shunting trips) meant that the crossing was temporarily closed for up to seven hours a day. This made the reconstruction of the station, the street and the route necessary. Altenessener Straße was lowered by 2.64 meters, the railway system was raised and three bridges were built. The bridge over Altenessener Strasse and Lierfeldstrasse on the Stoppenberger line went into operation on September 30, 1901, the main line over Altenessener Strasse on November 10, 1901.
From World War II to the present
During the Second World War there was a forced labor camp run by the Essen Railway Directorate for 27 people from France. Heavy air raids in October 1944 destroyed the track system, so that no more trains ran from Altenessen. Several bombs also hit the train station. After the Second World War, the station gained temporary importance, as local public transport had come to a standstill and the train was the only connection between Altenessen and Essen. When a large number of job seekers from eastern areas came to the Ruhr area after the war, a branch of the train station mission of the Essen main train station was set up at Essen-Altenessen train station from 1956 to 1960 .
The station building was demolished in 1999 as part of the renovation of the station and the ticket issuance that had existed until then was abandoned. Long-distance trains stopped (including night connections with Zwickau) and the platform was shortened to the length required for local traffic. Today (2020) the station is only a local traffic stop on the route between Oberhausen and Gelsenkirchen . The regional train line 32 (Duisburg-Oberhausen-Altenessen-Gelsenkirchen-Herne-Dortmund) and the regional express RE3 (Düsseldorf-Duisburg-Oberhausen-Altenessen-Gelsenkirchen-Herne-Dortmund-Hamm) stop here every hour (shifted every half hour). On weekdays, the offer is supplemented by the Emscher-Niederrhein-Bahn from Mönchengladbach, which in Gelsenkirchen provides a prompt connection to the connection in the direction of Recklinghausen – Münster. The station was equipped with an elevator from around 2010 and received a new exit to the north.
Investments
North of the two platform tracks there are two through tracks, which are the beginning and end of the single-track freight line to and from Oberhausen Hbf. Other sidings are not used. The formerly extensive facilities for freight transport have been dismantled. The station has been controlled by the push button interlocking Eaf since 1965 .
Subway station
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Altenessen Bahnhof Essen-Altenessen underground station |
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| District | Altenessen - South |
| Opened | May 24, 1998 |
| Tracks (platform) | 2 |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 29 ′ 4 ″ N , 7 ° 0 ′ 28 ″ E |
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| Stretch) | Trunk line I |
| Line (s) | U 11 U 17 |
| Switching options | 108 140 162 172 183 NE1 |
The Altenessen Bahnhof underground station was opened on May 24, 1998 as part of the first urban railway extension from the city center (university) to Altenessen. It is located vertically under the regional train station and has two tracks with a central platform. They can be reached via stairs, escalators and barrier-free with an elevator system .
Todays situation
The train station and subway station are thus a junction with the urban public transport : The tram begins directly at the south exit, rather by chance the shortest route in the Ruhr area with the railway was created here. From July 1, 2015, line 106 was replaced by line 108. This runs from Altenessen Bf via Essen Hbf to Essen-Bredeney. Until then, line 106 ran via Essen Hbf, Rüttenscheid, Holsterhausen to Altendorf or Bergeborbeck. The underground lines U11 (Gelsenkirchen-Horst – Essen Hbf – Messe / Gruga) and U17 (Karlsplatz – Essen Hbf – Margaretenhöhe) stop at the underground station of the same name, access from the station forecourt. In addition, the bus routes 140 (Borbeck – Stoppenberg), 162/172 (Altenessen ring line) and 183 (Karlsplatz – Stoppenberg – Katernberg) run from the roadside; In addition, individual bus routes are supplemented by night express trips on weekends .
Since December 15, 2019, the line concept of the S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr has been reissued by the VRR. Among other things, this means that the S-Bahn line S2, which ran here between 1991 and 2019, no longer serves Essen-Altenessen. The Dortmund – Duisburg branch has been replaced by the regional train line RB 32, which runs every hour and has no further stop between Dortmund-Mengede and Dortmund main station - like the RE 3.
Today's connection to local and regional transport
At the station you can change to the following lines of the Essen city rail and tram . They are operated by the Ruhrbahn .
And to the following Ruhrbahn bus routes. These stop at different bus platforms:
| line | Line course |
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| 140 | Essen-Borbeck Bf - Borbeck Castle - Borbeck Germaniaplatz - Altenessen Bf - Stoppenberg Ernestinenstraße |
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162 172 |
Ring line Altenessen: Karlsplatz U - Altenessen Mitte - Altenessen Bf - Rahmviertel - Karlsplatz U Line 162 runs counterclockwise, line 172 runs clockwise. |
| 183 | Karlsplatz U - Altenessen station - Zollverein coking plant - Stoppenberg - Schonnebeck - Zollverein Nord station - Katernberger Markt |
| NE1 | Essen Central Station - Essen Town Hall - Altenessen Bf - Altenessen Zeche Carl - Karlstrasse - Essen-Karnap Boyer Strasse - Essen-Karnap, Alte Landstrasse - Gelsenkirchen-Horst, Essener Strasse |
Planning and future changes
According to the previous plan, the Regional Express RE 3 in 2025 will be transferred to the RRX network and continue as RRX line 3 when the current contract has expired. The changes should include that the RE 3 initially only runs between Düsseldorf and Dortmund and 2030 between Cologne / Bonn Airport and Hamm (Westphalia).
| line | Line course | Tact | Start of operation |
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| RB 32 | Dortmund Hbf - DO-Mengede - Castrop-Rauxel Hbf - Herne - Wanne-Eickel Hbf - Gelsenkirchen Hbf - E-Zollverein Nord - E-Altenessen - E-Bergeborbeck - E-Dellwig - Oberhausen Hbf - Duisburg Hbf 
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60 min | Dec 2019 |
| RRX 3 | Dortmund Hbf - DO-Mengede - Castrop-Rauxel Hbf - Herne - Wanne-Eickel Hbf - Gelsenkirchen Hbf - E-Altenessen - Oberhausen Hbf - Duisburg Hbf - D-Airport - Düsseldorf Hbf
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60 min | Dec. 2025 |
| RRX 3 |
Hamm (Westf.) - Kamen - Dortmund Hbf - DO-Mengede - Castrop-Rauxel Hbf - Herne - Wanne-Eickel Hbf - Gelsenkirchen Hbf - E-Altenessen - Oberhausen Hbf - Duisburg Hbf - D-Airport - Düsseldorf Hbf - Neuss - Dormagen - Cologne Central Station - Cologne / Bonn Airport
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60 min | Dec. 2030 |
The tram line 108 will be closed again after the reconstruction of the southern route (Essen Hbf - Bredeney). It is currently not known which line will then go to Altenessen.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d NRW-Bahnarchiv to Essen-Altenessen train station.
- ^ A b c Thomas Dupke: Coal, Krupp and municipal development. In: Borsdorf (Hrsg.): Essen - history of a city. 2002, p. 293.
- ↑ Description of the route 2173 : Essen-Stoppenberg ↔ Essen Altenessen.
- ↑ Description of route 2172 : Essen Hbf ↔ Gelsenkirchen-Zoo.
- ↑ Description of the route 2170 : Essen-Altenessen ↔ Essen North.
- ↑ Description of route 2178 : Connection Essen-Segeroth.
- ↑ Description of the route 2255 : Connection Essen-Altenessen Rheinisch.
- ↑ City maps from 1927 and 1970
- ^ A b Sanel: The bridges at the station. Online at Altenessen Info, accessed on September 6, 2017
- ^ Josef Heidelbach: Forced to work far from home. In: Reading book group Altenessen (ed.): Altenessen under the swastika 1933–1945. 2000, p. 88.
- ^ Elisabeth Lucht: Experiences from my apprenticeship 1943–1947. In: Reading book group Altenessen (ed.): Altenessen under the swastika 1933–1945. 2000, pp. 31/32.
- ↑ Wladislaus Przybilla: Miss Maria - Document of a testimony - dangerous neighborly love. In: Reading book group Altenessen (ed.): Altenessen under the swastika 1933–1945. 2000, p. 64.
- ^ The Essen train station mission celebrates its 120th birthday , in: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung of April 22, 2017; accessed on September 6, 2017
- ↑ Stop plan on VRR.de
- ↑ current timetable of the Ruhrbahn
- ^ The S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr - VRR press center. Retrieved February 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Radio Herne: The Rhein-Ruhr-Express will only serve the Wanne-Eickeler Hauptbahnhof as RRX 3 from 2025. Retrieved February 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Operation - RRX.de. Retrieved February 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Local transport map of the city of Essen. Retrieved February 15, 2019 .
Web links
NRWbahnarchiv by André Joost