Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof

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The main railway station Gelsenkirchen is an IC train station of Deutsche Bahn, which lies at the intersection of routes Oberhausen Dortmund and Essen Minster and is connected to ten railway lines, including six with four passengers and freight only. In operation, Jobs Directory, he has the abbreviation EC.

More than 35,000 people walk daily in the city of Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof on - half of which are passengers of Deutsche Bahn. The schedule includes 402 passenger trains of all kinds. The platforms are covered on the western half of the station. The tracks 4/5 and 6/7 also have escalators and since the spring of 2006, all platforms with elevators are accessible.

Between May 2005 and June 2006, the station was completely redesigned and so got a new look. The station is under video surveillance with multiple cameras; besides, he is station on the German Football Route NRW ( panel at the northern exit ).

  • 2.1 Highway
  • 2.2 transport
  • 2.3 Bus and tram

History

From 1847 to 2005

The Gelsenkirchen station was opened in 1847 along with the Cologne - Minden railway.

The main station has since been built fundamentally new twice. The first time this happened in 1904, because the capacity of the old station no longer sufficient. He has since become a central station. As part of this construction project to date, the ground level and tracks were raised to the increasing traffic from Gelsenkirchen to Bochum was free to pass through the Central Station.

The second building was carried out from 1982 to 1983. This second building was and is today still highly controversial. A during the demolition of the station building of 1904 made ​​safe component and a description of its outline, however, was built at the south exit; the window with the Gelsenkirchen sectors found on the facade of a commercial building at the end of Bahnhofstrasse use. During the second new vessel (food excluded) and the Center station was built, which today offers uniform opening times ( 8-20 clock ).

The main railway station Gelsenkirchen today

In preparation for the 2006 FIFA World Cup the main train station was rebuilt. The station itself has received a completely new face. In the reconstruction of the main railway station about 15 million euros have been invested. These include the following construction activities were carried out:

  • Redevelopment of the platforms ( with blind control system, elevators)
  • Extension of the platform 1 for an air conditioner
  • Transformation of Passage Travel Center directly at the distribution level
  • Taxi rank close to the railway station
  • Lifts to the platforms
  • New shops for retail and catering

Since mid-May 2006, the reconstruction of the main train station is largely completed. The official opening took place on 8 June 2006.

Travel Center during the renovation

Platforms during the reconstruction ( looking east )

Operation

Long-distance traffic

In timetable year 2012/2013 of the long-distance passenger transport, the main train station Gelsenkirchen is a system halt intercity line of Deutsche Bahn.

In addition, since July 2012 also holds the Hamburg- Köln- Express on the way from Hamburg to Munster to Cologne in Gelsenkirchen.

In addition, the station of trains each other intercity lines, as well as gain trains is approached on the weekend traffic; temporarily hold individual ICE (Fri evening from Hamburg to Cologne, Sat morning from Munster to Munich, Night So on Monday from Aachen to Berlin) in Gelsenkirchen Hbf

Transport

The following lines of railway passenger services stop at Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof:

The lines 2 RE and RB 42 together form an approximate half hour on the route Münster food.

Overall, keep in Gelsenkirchen day nearly 350 trains of short-and long-distance traffic.

Bus and tram

In addition, keep the following tram and bus lines at the Gelsenkirchen main station:

  • Tram lines: 107, 301, and 302 in the light rail station under the main station
  • Bus lines: SB 29, SB 36, 194, 348, 380, 381, 382, 383, 385, 389; Night buses NE 11, NE 12, NE 13 and NE 14 on the bus station

Administration and Management

The main railway station Gelsenkirchen as well as about a dozen other stations in the region, including in neighboring cities such as Herne, Gladbeck and Castrop -Rauxel be led by head of traffic station Gelsenkirchen Hbf since October 2004. The main railway station Gelsenkirchen is under the management station food.

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