end of its main line to Elberfeld (now Wuppertal), its line to Soest (from 1855) and its Ruhr route to Duisburg and Oberhausen (from 1860). The original
The Witten/Dortmund, Oberhausen/Duisburg railway is one of the most important railways in Germany. It is the main axis of long distance and regional rail
the Düsseldorf-ElberfeldRailway Company, which had been founded in 1837. Its original, 56 km long main line ran from Elberfeld to Dortmund via Barmen (since
renamed Witten Hauptbahnhof. Witten station was originally built as part of the Elberfeld–Dortmund trunk line of the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company