Rathaus Essen underground station
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Essen Town Hall Porscheplatz (until 2009) |
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 Rathaus Essen underground station |
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| District | City center |
| Opened | May 28, 1977 |
| Tracks (platform) | 4th |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 27 '26 " N , 7 ° 0' 55" E |
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| Stretch) | East-West-Spange , tram route City Hall Essen – Altenessen / Katernberg, tram route City Hall Essen – Essen Hbf – Moltkestrasse |
| Line (s) | 101 103 105 106 107 108 109 |
| Switching options | 145 147 154 155 166 SB16 NE |
| Passengers | around 40,000 per day |
The Rathaus Essen underground station ( called Porscheplatz from 1977 to 2009 ) is a tunnel station in the Essen city center that is served by all Essen tram lines. It was built for the operation of the Essen Stadtbahn , but is currently only used by the Essen tram in the absence of further line expansion .
Location and character
The underground station is one of a total of three planned crossing stations between the light rail and the tram. In contrast to the other two crossing stations, it does not yet fulfill this function, as the underground station is currently only served by trams. The reason is that further plans to expand the light rail network have meanwhile been rejected.
The station is located in the eastern area of the city center in the immediate vicinity of the town hall that gives it its name . It is the only station in Essen that is served by all tram lines.
The underground station is the intersection of the east-west spange ( Berliner Platz - Steele ) and the external routes to Altenessen and Katernberg as well as to the main station and the southern district . It has four tracks and has two low-floor middle platforms each, which are operated in one direction be, d. H. the trams going north towards Berliner Platz, Altenessen and Katernberg share a platform, as do the trams going south towards Hauptbahnhof and Steele.
The underground station can be reached via a distribution level via stairs and escalators and barrier-free via elevators . The Schützenbahn street with the Rathaus Essen bus stop is located above the train station in a north-south direction and the Rathaus Galerie Essen shopping center above it in an east-west direction .
history
The underground station was opened on May 28, 1977 with the name Porscheplatz . The actual free space, named after Ferdinand Porsche in 1951 , was created after severe destruction in the Second World War . A bus and tram station was set up here in the post-war period. Large parts of the Porscheplatz were built over from 1978 to 1979 by the parking garage of the first Essen shopping center, today's Rathaus Galerie . The adjoining town hall was completed in 1979.
From the beginning, the Porscheplatz underground station was connected in the tunnel to the Essen Hauptbahnhof underground station, which was opened at the same time . As is the case today, the south-east ramp leading to the surface to the former adult education center on Hollestrasse and on to Steele was also available. To the north of Porscheplatz, a ramp also led to the Viehofer Platz stop, which was still on the surface. This connection was opened on September 27, 1985 in the tunnel to the now underground Viehofer Platz station.
On September 23, 1988, track-guided trolleybuses on line 146 began operating in the tunnel, which also stopped at the platform in the Porscheplatz underground station. The 146 was later replaced by the 145 and 147 lines, later renamed the CE45 and CE47. They all formed a mixed operation with the tram lines. Since September 21, 1995 (official shutdown on September 24, 1995) there have been no track buses running through the tunnel.
In autumn 1991, the 1.7 kilometer long tunnel to the north of Porscheplatz via the Rheinischer Platz and Berliner Platz subway stations with a ramp to the main entrance stop on the surface, now ThyssenKrupp, was put into operation. This connection is called the east-west clasp .
In December 2009, the Porscheplatz underground station was renamed Essen Rathaus .
In February 2015, renovation work began in the subway station, which, in addition to a visual modernization, primarily affects the security technology, which is being brought up to date, especially in fire protection. Essener Verkehrs-AG is investing a total of around 2.5 million euros in this.
service
In addition, some bus routes stop at the surface, and you can transfer to them.
See also
- Stadtbahnnetz Rhein-Ruhr - Main article about the Stadtbahn system in the greater Rhine-Ruhr area, of which the Essen Stadtbahn is a part
- Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr - Main article about the transport and tariff association, of which the Essen city railway is a part
literature
- Civil engineering department Essen (ed.): Say you to the underground - Essen is an underground city . Accompanying document for the construction of the Essen underground in 1977
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ a b DerWesten.de of January 14, 2015: EVAG makes underground station “Rathaus Essen” safer for passengers ; Retrieved February 26, 2015
- ↑ The other two crossing stations are Essen Hbf and Berliner Platz