Wuppertal-Oberbarmen station
Wuppertal-Oberbarmen station is a station in the city of Wuppertal in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was long an important railway junction, connecting to four railway lines. The only remaining lines at the station are the Dortmund–Wuppertal main line and the branch line to Solingen.
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| Location | Rittershauser Brücke 15, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°16′27″N 7°13′17″E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | DB Netz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | DB Station&Service | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 3 island platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Abellio Rail NRW DB Regio NRW Eurobahn National Express Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | S 7 S 8 S 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 6928[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DS100 code | KWO[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IBNR | 8006719 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Category | 3[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | www.bahnhof.de | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1847[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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History
The first station building was opened along with the Elberfeld–Dortmund line under the name of Barmen-Rittershausen by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company on 9 October 1847. In 1930 it was renamed as Wuppertal-Oberbarmen.[5]
In 1910, the tracks and Rosenau street were moved during the building of a depot at Wuppertal-Langerfeld. During the Second World War the station area and the station building were badly damaged. After a partial demolition by Deutsche Bundesbahn after the Second World War, the station was rebuilt in the 1980s during the establishment of S-Bahn line S8. Today there is a square-shaped commercial building with a newsagent, a bakery shop and a McDonald's branch.
In its heyday there was in addition to the Elberfeld–Dortmund through line, a triangular junction connected to the line to Opladen and Solingen, as well as a connecting line to the Düsseldorf-Derendorf–Dortmund Süd railway and the Wuppertal-Wichlinghausen–Hattingen line.
For a long time, Wuppertal-Oberbarmen was also an important freight terminal. The last freight tracks were removed in 2006, however, and a DIY store was built on the site.
Current operations
Long-distance passenger trains pass through Wuppertal-Oberbarmen without stopping. However, all regional trains running through Wuppertal stop. The Wupper-Express (RE 4), the Rhein-Münsterland-Express (RE 7) and the Maas-Wupper-Express (RE 13) stop at the station at hourly intervals. Services on S-Bahn lines S8 to/from Mönchengladbach and S 7 to/from Remscheid) stop every twenty minutes on the local platforms.[6] Services on line S 9 and one in three services on line S8 run to/from Hagen every 60 minutes.
Deutsche Bahn classifies the station as category 3.[1]
Wuppertal-Oberbarmen is also a major connecting point between the railway and other public transport services. The Schwebebahn has its eastern terminus here, and there is a bus station, which is served by many of the lines of Wuppertaler Stadtwerke (Wuppertal's operator of public utilities and transport) and Verkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr (the transport company of Ennepe-Ruhr).
Platforms
Today, there are three platforms with a total of six tracks. Regional trains stop on tracks 2 and 3; they are also used for non-stop operations by long-distance trains. Services on S-Bahn lines S 7, S 8 and S 9 stop on tracks 5 and 6. The other platform tracks are not barrier-free for the disabled.
Interchanges
The following services stop at the station.[6]
| Line | Line name | Route | Service interval | Platform track |
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| RE 4 | Wupper-Express | Aachen – Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal – Hagen – Dortmund | hourly | 2/3 |
| RE 7 | Rhein-Münsterland-Express | Krefeld – Neuss – Cologne – Solingen – Wuppertal – Hagen – Hamm – Münster – Rheine | hourly | 2/3 |
| RE 13 | Maas-Wupper-Express | Venlo – Viersen – Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal – Hagen – Hamm | hourly | 2/3 |
| RB 48 | Rhein-Wupper-Bahn | Bonn-Mehlem – Bonn – Cologne – Solingen – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Wuppertal – Wuppertal-Oberbarmen | 30 minutes | |
| S 7 | Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn | Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal | 20 minutes | 5/6 |
| S 8 | Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn | Hagen – Gevelsberg – Wuppertal – Düsseldorf – Neuss – Mönchengladbach | 20 minutes (to Mönchengladbach), 60 minutes (to Hagen) | 5/6 |
| S 9 | Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn | Hagen – Gevelsberg – Schwelm - Wuppertal – Velbert - Essen – Bottrop - Gladbeck - Recklinghausen | 60 minutes | 5/6 |
References
Footnotes
- "Stationspreisliste 2022" [Station price list 2022] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- "VER-Tarifinformation". Verkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- "Ticketberater". Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- Joost, André. "Wuppertal-Oberbarmen station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- Joost, André. "Wuppertal-Oberbarmen station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 10 May 2020.
Sources
- WSW mobil Gmb, ÖPNV Systemmanagement (2009). Wuppertal timetable 2009/10 (in German). Wuppertal: ECO-Druck GmbH.