Bochum–Essen/Oberhausen railway
The railway line Bochum-Essen/Oberhausen was built by the Bergisch- Märkischen Railway Company ( BME) in order to open up the area to the north of its central Ruhr - mainline for mines and industrial plants can.
History
For a long time was the main focus of BME on their line in the mountainous land and along the Ruhr ( Ruhr Valley Railway ), with which the local industrial plants and coal mines were tethered.
With the northern migration of the coal mining industry of the Ruhr to the Emscher now also moved the area between two rivers in the interest of BME. This area had been ( RhE ) and in particular by the Cologne -Minden Railway Company (CME ) opened up with their more northerly trending Ruhr routes so far only by the Rhenish Railway Company.
Early as 1847, the CME was oriented roughly by the course of the Emscher in building their regular route between Duisburg and Dortmund. Some twenty years later, they built their Emscher Valley Railway parallel to their regular route and largely close to the Emscher. Thus, the CME had virtually a monopoly in this area.
Around the same time in the early 1870s built the RhE their ( Rhenish ) Ruhr route that ran between Mülheim and Langendreer also north of the ( Brandenburg ) Ruhr range of BME. End of the 1870s, another company then sent in with the Royal Westphalian Railway Company ( KWE) to build a railway line in the Emscher Valley.
In order not to leave the lucrative area on both sides of the Emscher completely the three competitors, the BME then started from the railway stations in Bochum, Essen and Oberhausen to their Ruhr route with the construction of three sections that ultimately a continuous connection of Herne Rottbruch to Oberhausen - Osterfeld Süd along the Emscher formed (hence also called " märkische Emscher Valley Railway ").
Essen - Bochum - Herne
As early as 1867 began the BME starting to build the north ( mines ) sidings from Bochum BME station. On November 16, 1867 Gußstahlwerk was connected, on 1 March 1869 reached Riemke (today Bochum- Riemke ), and on May 28, 1870 Herne, these were the time being the northernmost tracks of BME.
Then the widely parallel to the railway line Witten / Dortmund -Oberhausen / Duisburg built on the first section of track with continuous chainage of food BME Wattenscheid BME and Bochum BME to Herne BME was officially opened for goods traffic on November 1, 1874 exactly two months later the year 1875 for passenger service.
Food - Schalke
Starting from eating BME station ( today Essen Hbf ) resulted in a siding in a wide arc to the north of Queen Elizabeth mine in today's food - Frillendorf. With the 1868 -built railway Food RhE Kray RhE (today Essen Nord -Essen- Kray Nord) and the railway Food BME Kray RhE of 1905 (now Essen Hbf -Essen- Kray Nord) formed a reversing triangle, after the area and a street in Frillendorf are named today.
The siding was added to a railway line on Caternberg BME (now Food - Katernberg North ) to Schalke BME (now Gelsenkirchen- Schalke North ) expanded, including a branch line of the branch point Helene for food CME (now Food - old food), both routes were on 27 April. released in 1874 for freight.
As on the stretch between Essen and Herne the passenger of food BME BME to Schalke and food CME was admitted and operated on a regular basis, first, however, still non-stop service on 1 January 1875. 1880 stopped passenger trains for the first time in Caternberg BME, 1889 followed the stop in Hessler ( last only branching point ).
Stop The Mountain station was inaugurated on August 8, 1901 by the Stoppenberger Mayor Carl Meyer. During the French occupation of the Ruhr in 1923 was the only independent station for the whole meal this station. The station building was demolished in 1984 after it was set as 1969 on the entire section of the passenger traffic.
The closure took place mostly in 1970, only the section between food - stopping mountain and eating - Old Food was used until 1978 as a station track for mining pilot plant.
Schalke - Herne Rottbruch
Just over a year later with the section of Schalke BME Bismarck (now Gelsenkirchen- Bismarck ) to the junction station Herne (today Herne Rottbruch ) the circuit between the two route branches, on January 10, 1876 drove the first freight trains over the entire distance.
Continous movement, it has, however, never existed, only the western section between Schalke and Bismarck was sail on 21 June 1880 by passenger trains. After the concession to the Dutch Westphalian Railway Company railway line Winterswijk - Gelsenkirchen- Bismarck had been opened for passenger services a week earlier, the BME took over the operation and tied the trains through for food, so they had to " make head " in Bismarck.
Caternberg - Oberhausen
This stretch also emerged from a colliery siding, the Zeche Carl in Essen- old food was connected to the Caternberg BME station. The route from there to Oberhausen BME Station (now Hauptbahnhof Oberhausen, at that time the terminus of their railway Witten / Dortmund -Oberhausen / Duisburg ) the BME had already taken on May 23, 1879. She began at the site of today no longer existing tracks 1-3 and went along today Oberhausen public transport route to the north of the Emscher. There the line turned into a tight curve to the east towards Osterfeld from BME, this station was located in the area of today's " Märkischen road ".
On September 29, 1879 was the inauguration of the first short section of Caternberg BME after (eating ) bird home, on 1 June 1880 was followed by remaining part piece about food - Horl (former goods station, last branching point, now out of service ) and Osterfeld (BME now completely absorbed into the marshalling yard Oberhausen- Osterfeld Süd, approximate location at the level of Märkischen road).
Current situation
Since the distance apart from the mentioned sections never had a greater importance for the passenger, it was linked to other railway lines in the region and optimized for the transport of goods after the nationalization by the Prussian state railways ( PSE).
The railway line Osterath -Dortmund Süd RhE was in a westerly direction from Bochum decommissioned President and instead on the route in 2152 in Bochum- Riemke station connected to the route Bochum- Herne.
The freight follows the historic route to Gelsenkirchen- Schalke North, from here the freight is conveyed via a connection to the branch curve north star at the " Emscher Valley Railway " of the CME, through which it now continues to Oberhausen - Osterfeld Süd. The märkische route to Oberhausen- Osterfeld Süd Swo is shut down as far as possible, two sections are nothing more than sidings.
In a section of the 1969/70 disused line between the branching point Burggrafenstraße and former Bahnhof Essen - Katernberg North was in Essen- old food street " Helen dam " is created, the entire course of the former route is now the subject of planning for the closure of the gap Autobahn 52
Operation
The following sections are currently operating in the rail transport:
Bochum Hbf - Herne Rottbruch
On this section the " Good luck railway " sails called regional train RB 46, operator Abellio Rail NRW is. From Herne Rottbruch the line is passed over a link ( VzG number 2202 ) to Cologne -Minden Emscher Valley Railway to Wanne -Eickel Central Station. The former breakpoint Herne Rottbruch will not be served.
Our tub Fritz - Gelsenkirchen Zoo
This two-kilometer section uses the regional train RB 43 " Emscher Valley Railway", currently operated by the North Western Railway to the Cologne -Minden Emscher Valley Railway or from Wanne- Eickel Hbf the link ( VzG number 2204 ) in Gelsenkirchen- Bismarck on the railway line to get to Dorsten.
Oberhausen- Osterfeld Süd - Oberhausen Hbf
The last part of the track is now used extensively as a public transport route. At the same time, built by the PSE line of Osterfeld in Oberhausen Hbf from the regional train RB 44 " The Dorsten ", also operated by the North Western Railway operated, which is bound by the ending in Oberhausen- Osterfeld Süd station " Hamm- Osterfelder train".