Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof

Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the German city of Gelsenkirchen. It connects the city to the regional and long-distance rail service of Deutsche Bahn and other railway companies in Germany.

Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof
Through station
The station and main post office in 1924
Location	Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	51°30′16″N 7°6′5″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Duisburg–Dortmund Essen–Gelsenkirchen Bochum–Gelsenkirchen S-Bahn
Platforms	6
Train operators	Abellio Rail NRW DB Fernverkehr DB Regio NRW eurobahn
Connections	Trams in Bochum/Gelsenkirchen: 301, 302
Other information
Station code	2052[1]
DS100 code	EG[2]
IBNR	8000118
Category	2[1]
Fare zone	VRR: 260[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	15 May 1847[4]
Passengers
ca. 17,500
Services
Preceding station   DB Fernverkehr   Following station Essen towards Stuttgart IC/EC 32 Selected trains only Wanne-Eickel towards Stuttgart Oberhausen towards Cologne IC/EC 35 Wanne-Eickel towards Emden Preceding station   FlixTrain   Following station Essen towards Cologne FLX 20 via Münster Münster towards Hamburg Preceding station   Abellio Rail NRW   Following station Essen Zollverein Nord toward Duisburg Hbf RB 32 Rhein-Emscher-Bahn Wanne-Eickel Hbf toward Dortmund Hbf Essen Zollverein Nord toward Mönchengladbach Hbf RB 35 Emscher-Niederrhein-Bahn Terminus Terminus RB 46 Glückauf-Bahn Wanne-Eickel Hbf toward Bochum Hbf Preceding station   DB Regio NRW   Following station Essen Hbf toward Düsseldorf Hbf RE 2 Rhein-Haard-Express Wanne-Eickel Hbf toward Osnabrück Hbf Essen Hbf toward Mönchengladbach Hbf RE 42 Niers-Haard-Express Wanne-Eickel Hbf toward Osnabrück Hbf Preceding station   eurobahn   Following station Essen-Atlenessen toward Düsseldorf Hbf RE 3 Rhein-Emscher-Express Wanne-Eickel Hbf toward Hamm Hbf Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station Gelsenkirchen-Rotthausen toward Essen Hbf S 2 Wanne-Eickel Hbf toward Dortmund Hbf
Other services
Preceding station   Essen Stadtbahn   Following station Heinrich-König-Platz toward Essen Hauptbahnhof 107 Terminus
Location
Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

History

The Gelsenkirchen railway station was opened in 1847 with the Cologne-Minden railway. The station has since been rebuilt two times. The first time was in 1904, because the capacity of the old station was no longer sufficient. Since then the station has been a Hauptbahnhof. As part of this construction project, the tracks, which were located at ground level at the time, were raised. This allowed for traffic to Bochum could happen freely pass through. The second new development was carried out from 1982–1983. In preparations for the 2006 FIFA World Cup the station underwent extensive renovations.

On 4 August 1914, English civilian Henry Hadley was fatally shot by a German officer while their train was standing at the station. Dying the next day, shortly after war was declared, he is sometimes described as the "first British casualty" of World War I.[5]

Operational Usage

The station has connect to the InterCity trains towards Norddeich Mole via Münster and Luxembourg via Cologne. To the week-end, even some ICE-trains connecting Munich or Hamburg stop here. It is also an important connection point for RegionalExpress and RegionalBahn lines to Hamm, Düsseldorf, Münster and Essen and has a S-Bahn line of the Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn calling at the station.[6] The Stadtbahn station below the Hauptbahnhof offers local connections by tram to GE-Buer/Horst, Bochum and Essen.

References

1. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
3. "Liniennetzplan/Wabenplan" (PDF). Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahnen AG. April 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
4. "Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof". NRW rail archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
5. Van Emden, Richard (2013-08-15). Meeting the Enemy: The Human Face of the Great War. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781408821640.
6. "Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof". NRW rail archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

External links

• "Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof track plan" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 17 September 2011.