Witten Hauptbahnhof

Witten Hauptbahnhof
Through station
General information
Location	Bergerstraße 58452, Witten, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	51°26′07″N 7°19′46″E
Owned by	DB Netz
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway Elberfeld–Dortmund railway Witten–Wengern Ost/Schwelm railway
Platforms	4
Train operators	DB Regio NRW National Express
Connections	S5
Construction
Architect	Richard Sauerbruch
Other information
Station code	6822
DS100 code	EWIT
IBNR	8000251
Category	3
Fare zone	VRR: 470
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	9 March 1849 / 1901
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Dortmund Hbf Terminus IC 34 Iserlohn-Letmathe towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf Preceding station National Express Germany Following station Dortmund Hbf Terminus RE 4 (Wupper-Express) Wetter (Ruhr) towards Aachen Hbf Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station Dortmund Hbf Terminus RE 34 Iserlohn-Letmathe towards Siegen Hbf Bochum Hbf towards Essen Hbf RB 40 Wetter (Ruhr) towards Hagen Hbf Preceding station VIAS Following station Bochum Hbf towards Essen Hbf RE 16 Wetter (Ruhr) towards Iserlohn Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station Witten-Annen Nord towards Dortmund Hbf S5 Wetter (Ruhr) towards Hagen Hbf
Location
Witten Hauptbahnhof Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

Witten Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the town of Witten in western Germany. It is situated southwest of the town.

In 1849 the station was opened as Witten West by the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft. At the end of the 19th century the whole station was reconstructed, the new station building was designed by the architect Richard Witten Sauerbruch and opened in 1901. It is now part of The Industrial Heritage Trail (German: Route Industriekultur). In 1940 the station was renamed Witten Hauptbahnhof.

History

Witten station was originally built as part of the Elberfeld–Dortmund trunk line of the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company, which was opened on 20 December 1848, originally only for freight. On 26 October 1860, the BME began building its Ruhr route from this station.

Deutsche Reichsbahn opened a freight rail line through Witten-Höhe to Wengern Ost connecting with the Ruhr Valley Railway on 4 October 1926. In Witten-Höhe, the Witten–Wengern Ost/Schwelm railway branched off from 15 May 1934 to 30 November 1979, carrying passenger trains to Gevelsberg West and Schwelm. This line was permanently closed at the beginning of 1983. Passenger services continued through Wengern Ost to Hagen-Vorhalle for three years, but were also closed on 1 June 1986.

Current situation

The section of the Elberfeld–Dortmund line to the south is used by both long distance and regional services, the section of the line to the north has, however, only been used by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 5 since 1988.

The regional services stop in the station on the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg line to Essen Hauptbahnhof. Since 1988, long-distance services have run without stopping in Witten on the same route as well as on the faster line built via the Oberstraße Tunnel to Dortmund Hauptbahnhof.

The only lines still in operation on the south bank of the Ruhr (Witten Hbf to Witten-Höhe, Witten-Höhe to Wengern Ost, Wengern Ost to Hagen-Vorhalle) are now connected together as a through freight route.

Line	Line name	Route
RE 4	Wupper-Express	Aachen – Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal – Hagen – Witten - Dortmund
RE 16	Ruhr-Lenne-Express	Essen – Bochum – Witten – Hagen – Letmathe – Iserlohn
IC 34/ RE 34	Dortmund-Siegerland-Express	Dortmund – Witten – Letmathe – Altena – Werdohl − Plettenberg − Finnentrop − Lennestadt-Grevenbrück − Lennestadt-Altenhundem − Kirchhundem-Welschen Ennest − Kreuztal −Siegen Weidenau − Siegen
RB 40	Ruhr-Lenne-Bahn	Essen – Bochum – Witten – Hagen
S5	Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn	Dortmund – Witten – Wetter (Ruhr) – Hagen

The tram lines 309 and 310 stops nearby Witten Hbf at the stop Witten Bahnhofstraße. The new line 309 runs between Heven Dorf and Bochum-Langendreer S.

Line name	Route
309	Bochum Langendreer S – Witten Rathaus – Witten Bahnhofstraße - Heven Dorf

Line name	Route
310	Bochum-Höntrop Kirche – Bochum Hbf – Witten Rathaus – Witten Bahnhofstraße - Heven Dorf

The bus junction is served by the express bus route SB38 (Ennepetal - Gevelsberg - Wetter - Witten - Hattingen) and city bus lines 320, 371, 375, 376, 379 and 592. At night (weekend) the junction is also served by the night buses NE17 and NE18. All cities closed-by Witten can be reached.

External links

• "Track plan for Witten Hauptbahnhof" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
• "Witten Hauptbahnhof operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
• "Witten Hauptbahnhof". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
• "100 Jahre Bahnhof Witten" (in German). Eisenbahnfreunde Witten. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
• "Witten Hauptbahnhof" (in German). route-industriekultur. Retrieved 7 September 2011.