Kettwig Stausee is a railway station in the city of Essen in western Germany on the Ruhr Valley line. It serves the southern part of the Kettwig borough, Kettwig vor der Brücke, and is situated right next to the river Ruhr.
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| Other names | Kettwig-Pusch | ||||||||||
| Location | Werdener Str. 77 Kettwig, Essen, NRW Germany | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°21′23″N 6°56′20″E / 51.356495°N 6.938885°E | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 3167 | ||||||||||
| DS100 code | EKGS | ||||||||||
| Category | 6[1] | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | VRR: 450[2] | ||||||||||
| Website | www.bahnhof.de | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 28 May 1945[3] | ||||||||||
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| 1968/1974 | S-Bahn service started | ||||||||||
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History edit
The station was opened in 1945 as Kettwig-Pusch after the German army had destroyed the Ruhr bridges in Kettwig during the last days of World War II. It was used to connect the railway lines to Mülheim an der Ruhr, Düsseldorf and Velbert with each other. After a single Ruhr bridge was rebuilt, the station was renamed Kettwig Stausee in 1953. In 1960, services to Velbert and in 1968 services to Mülheim ended. The station building was torn down in 1981, and the station was downgraded to a mere S-Bahn stop.
The station today sees regular service by Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn trains on the S6 line.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ "Wabenplan Essen" (PDF). Ruhrbahn. November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ Joost, André. "Kettwig Stausee station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ Joost, André. "Kettwig Stausee station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
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