Essen-Kupferdreh station is located in the district of Kupferdreh of the city of Essen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Wuppertal-Vohwinkel–Essen-Überruhr line and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[1] It was built between 1969 and 1979, replacing the nearby Old Kupferdreh station.[4] In the 2010–12 period, the track near the station was elevated and the side platforms were replaced by an island platform.
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| Location | Hofstraße 1, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°23′26″N 7°04′50″E / 51.390454°N 7.080608°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Wuppertal-Vohwinkel–Essen-Überruhr (KBS 450.9) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 1709[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DS100 code | EEKU[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| IBNR | 8001912 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Category | 5[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | VRR: 358[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.bahnhof.de | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1969/79[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The station is served by the RE49 Regional-Express service, known as the Wupper-Lippe-Express, every 60 minutes, and S-Bahn line S 9 (Recklinghausen / Haltern – Gladbeck - Bottrop - Essen - Wuppertal - Hagen), operating every 30 minutes during the day.[5]
It is also served by bus route 141 operated by Verkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr at 30-minute intervals during the day. It is also served by bus routes 155, 177 and 180, operated by Ruhrbahn at 20- or 30-minute intervals during the day.[5]
Notes edit
- ^ a b c "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (10 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.
- ^ "Wabenplan Essen" (PDF). Ruhrbahn. November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Essen-Kupferdreh station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Essen-Kupferdreh station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 19 March 2020.