Essen-Werden station

Essen-Werden is a railway station in the city of Essen in western Germany. It serves the southern city borough Werden and is situated on the bank of the river Ruhr at the junction of the Ruhr Valley Railway and the line to Essen.

Essen-Werden
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General information
Location	Im Löwental 11 Essen-Werden, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	51.386824°N 6.997964°E / 51.386824; 6.997964
Line(s)	Ruhr Valley Railway Essen-Werden–Essen railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	1713[1]
DS100 code	EEWD[2]
IBNR	8001915
Category	5[1]
Fare zone	VRR: 452[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1 February 1872[4]
Key dates
1968	S-Bahn service started[5]
Services
Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station Kettwig towards Köln-Nippes S6 Essen-Hügel towards Essen Hbf

The station was opened in 1872 as part of the Düsseldorf-Werden-Kupferdreh line of the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn. In 1877, a line to Essen opened.^[4] Passenger services on the line to Kupferdreh closed on 29 May 1965.^[6]

The station today sees regular service by Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn trains on the S6 line since 1974. Trains currently run in 20-minute intervals.^[7]

References

1. "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
3. "Wabenplan Essen" (PDF). Ruhrbahn. November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
4. Joost, André. "Essen-Werden station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 20 May 2020.
5. Joost, André. "S6: Köln-Nippes - Düsseldorf - Essen". NRW rail archive (in German). Retrieved 20 May 2020.
6. Joost, André. "Line 2400: Düsseldorf - Hagen". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 20 May 2020.
7. Joost, André. "Essen-Werden station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 20 May 2020.