Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof

Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof
Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof
Through station
	The station and main post office in 1924
General information
Location	Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia; Germany
Coordinates	51°30′16″N 7°6′5″E / 51.50444°N 7.10139°E
Line(s)	Duisburg–Dortmund; Essen–Gelsenkirchen; Bochum–Gelsenkirchen; S-Bahn Template:S-Bahn-NRW;
Platforms	6
Other information
Station code	2052
DS100 code	EG
Category	2
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1847
Passengers
	ca. 17,500

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.

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.^[1]

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. The Stadtbahn station below the Hauptbahnhof offers local connections by tram to GE-Buer/Horst, Bochum and Essen.

Long Distance Trains

Preceding station		Deutsche Bahn		Following station
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Regional Trains

Preceding station	Abellio Rail	Following station
Terminus	Template:RB-NRW lines	Template:RB-NRW stations toward Template:RB-NRW stations
Preceding station	Deutsche Bahn	Following station
Template:RE-NRW stations toward Template:RE-NRW stations	Template:RE-NRW lines	Template:RE-NRW stations toward Template:RE-NRW stations
Template:RB-NRW stations toward Template:RB-NRW stations	Template:RB-NRW lines	Template:RB-NRW stations toward Template:RB-NRW stations
Preceding station	eurobahn	Following station
Template:RE-NRW stations toward Template:RE-NRW stations	Template:RE-NRW lines	Template:RE-NRW stations toward Template:RE-NRW stations
Preceding station	RRSB	Following station
Template:RRSB stations toward Template:RRSB stations	Template:RRSB lines Train branches here	Template:RRSB stations toward Template:RRSB stations
Template:RRSB stations toward Template:RRSB stations	Template:RRSB lines Train branches here	Template:RRSB stations toward Template:RRSB stations

References

^ Van Emden, Richard (2013-08-15). Meeting the Enemy: The Human Face of the Great War. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781408821640.

"Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof". NRW rail archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
"Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof track plan" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 17 September 2011.

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[Emden-1] Van Emden, Richard (2013-08-15). Meeting the Enemy: The Human Face of the Great War. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781408821640.

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