Schwelm station
- Railroad Elberfeld- Dortmund
- Railway Witten- Schwelm ( Elbschetalbahn )
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The Schwelm railway station is the principal railway station in the area of Schwelm. Here today hold all through regional and S -Bahn trains, the long-distance trains pass through.
History
The station was opened in 1847 by the Bergisch- Märkischen Railway Company and lies on the railway line Elberfeld- Dortmund. Since its inauguration, the station was rebuilt several times, the first time in 1865. 1902 the platforms were a canopy and on 8 November of that year, an underpass was completed for the second platform. 1926 Schwelm was a railway junction, as built by the Deutsche Reichsbahn railway Witten- Schwelm was opened.
1988, the station was connected to the network of S- Bahn Rhein -Ruhr, Line 8 from Hagen Wuppertal to Mönchengladbach stops here. For this, the German Federal Railroad has created a Überwerfungsbauwerk in the 80s, up Schwelm parallel of Wuppertal for remote railway S- Bahn tracks pass under this distance in the direction of travel Hagen immediately behind the Schwelm station, from here uses the S-Bahn to Gevelsberg - West the tracks of the now partially disused railway Witten- Schwelm.
Structural conditions
The station has four tracks, which are accessible via two central platforms. The S-Bahn line 8 stop on the tracks 1 and 2, the regional express lines RE4, RE7 and use the RE13 tracks 3 and 4, which are also used by the transiting long-distance trains. Only the S- Bahn tracks are accessible by lift. In the entrance hall of the station building there is a DB Agency, to which, in addition to the established vending machines, tickets can be purchased.
Operation
The most entertaining in Schwelm passenger trains are currently operated by DB Regio NRW GmbH within the major transport contract with the transport association Rhein- Ruhr ipc. The line RE13 is adopted since the timetable change in December 2009 for 16 years of the euro train, which had won the line to the EU - wide tender. The lines RE7 and RE4 could be tendered earlier, according to the VRR than originally planned because there are disputes over performance and remuneration of the railway passenger between the DB and the VRR.
As part of the cuts in funding for the regional rail VRR had to reduce benefits. The S8 ended since the timetable change in December 2007, once an hour on Schwelm station. Since the timetable change in December 2009, she again ends the hour in Wuppertal- Barmen, so that there is only one 20/40-Minutentakt the S8 in both directions.
Signal box
The interlocking Sf ( Schwelm Bf, Dispatcher ) of type Sp Dr S 600 controls the stations Schwelm and Gevelsberg -West. It is not staffed locally, but is from the interlocking Of ( Wuppertal- Barmen, Dispatcher ) remotely at Wuppertal- Barmen station.
Vehicular importance
The Schwelm station is a major hub for urban transport within Schwelms. This keeps the express bus line 37, which is jointly operated by the transport company Ennepe -Ruhr and the Bogestra. In addition, home to the city bus lines 550, 556, 557, 565, 566, 567, 568 and 586 of the VER and the line 608 that are jointly operated by the VER and the Wuppertal Stadtwerke.