Wuppertal Hauptbahnhof

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Wuppertal Hauptbahnhof (usually translated from German as Wuppertal Central Station, short form: Wuppertal Hbf) is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Wuppertal, which is just south of the Ruhr Area, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the line between Düsseldorf/Cologne and Dortmund. The 1848 reception building is one of the oldest of its kind. It was originally the main station of Elberfeld and it was also often called Döppersberg station.

Contents 1 History 2 Operations 2.1 Long distance trains 2.2 Regional trains 3 References

[edit] History

In 1841, a few years after the opening of the first railway in Germany, Düsseldorf-Elberfelder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (Düsseldorf-Elberfeld railway company) began operation. It was the first steam-worked railway line in Western Germany and Prussia.

The line was soon extended its line through Hagen to Dortmund by Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (Bergisch-Märkische railway company), which also took over the Düsseldorf-Elberfelder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft in 1857.

The first provisional station building became inadequate within a few years. It was decided to build a new building, designed by Hauptner and Ebeling and opened in 1848. Around 1900, a protruding porch was built in front of the ground floor, which conflicted with the architectural design. Nevertheless, this concept was maintained after its reconstruction after World War II. This will be overcome for the first time with the reconstruction of the station starting in 2008.

Although the station possesses only five tracks, less than the other stations of the city, nearly all services running through Wuppertal stop here, except for the S68 S-Bahn service terminating in Vohwinkel.

[edit] Operations

The following services stop at the station:

• S-Bahn (S8, S9)
• Regionalbahn (RB47, RB48)
• Regionalexpress (RE4, RE7, RE13)
• InterCity
• InterCityExpress
• EuroCity

[edit] Long distance trains

Preceding station		DB AG		Following station
Köln Messe/Deutz toward Aachen Hbf/Trier		ICE 10		Hagen Hbf toward Berlin Ostbahnhof
Köln Hbf toward München Hbf		ICE 31		Hagen Hbf toward Kiel
Solingen Hbf toward Basel SBB		ICE 43		Hagen Hbf toward Hannover Hbf
Solingen Hbf toward Wien Westbf		ICE 91		Hagen Hbf toward Wien Westbf
Solingen Hbf toward Passau Hbf		IC/EC 31		Hagen Hbf toward Hamburg-Altona/Kiel Hbf/Puttgarden
Solingen Hbf toward Oberstdorf		IC 55		Hagen Hbf toward Hannover Hbf

[edit] Regional trains

Preceding station		DB AG		Following station
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel toward Aachen Hbf		RE 4 Wupper-Express		Wuppertal-Barmen toward Dortmund Hbf
Solingen Hbf toward Krefeld Hbf		RE 7 Rhein-Münsterland - Express		Wuppertal-Oberbarmen toward Rheine
Terminus		RB 47 Der Müngstener		Wuppertal-Unterbarmen toward Solingen Hbf
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel toward Bonn-Mehlem		RB 48 Rhein-Wupper - Bahn		Terminus
Preceding station		eurobahn		Following station
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel toward Venlo		RE 13 Maas-Wupper-Express		Wuppertal-Barmen toward Hamm
Preceding station		Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn		Following station
Wuppertal-Steinbeck toward Mönchengladbach Hbf		S8		Wuppertal-Unterbarmen toward Hagen Hbf
Wuppertal-Steinbeck toward Haltern am See		S9		Terminus

[edit] References

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.

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