Wuppertal-Steinbeck station

• Railway Dusseldorf -Elberfeld ( KBS 485)

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The Bahnhof Wuppertal - Steinbeck Bahnhof is a former and current breakpoint on the railway line Dusseldorf -Elberfeld in the district of Wuppertal Elberfeld. The former station building was built in 1913 and is a listed building since 29 July 1991, it replaced an older, built 1860-1870.

History

Private railway

In 1841 the railway line Dusseldorf -Elberfeld was opened to the Dusseldorf - Elberfeld Railway Company as one of the first in West Germany. Due to the topographical the railway line ended here about one kilometer from the city center Elberfelder to the district court of the old Steinbeck. There initially a little representative reception building was built for the railway terminal.

A few years later the railroad Elberfeld- Dortmund, the Bergisch- Märkischen railroad was built from Dortmund, which in turn initially ended up on the other side of the striker mountain. On 28 December 1848, the mountain roulette, connected the two railway lines together, allowing a continuous connection in the valley of the Wupper and Steinbeck turned into a through station was. Built in the incision Elberfelder station took over as early as 1849, the feature most important Elberfelder passenger station.

Between 1860 and 1870, the station building was erected, at the same time extensive rail freight sectors as well as a displacing railway station, loading tracks and a depot with turntable and roundhouse segments have been set in the extensive grounds, as the Elberfeld railway station it offered no room.

Prussian State Railways

Over the next few years the Steinbeck station opposite the more centrally located, only half a mile from the train station Elberfeld lost greatly in importance and lost a large part of the holding of the national traits. The construction of the castle wooden track Steinbeck in 1891 became a separation station.

Beyond a bridge over the tracks at the station, today's Wuppertal south bridge, the water tower of the station was built, which temporarily served as a restaurant on the task, its original use.

Until 1914 was the four-tracked expansion of the railway line. This was accompanied by a major reorganization of the station area, the roundhouse was replaced by a rectangular structure. Also, the station building was built in 1913 replaced by the present representational.

German Reichsbahn

1922 ended the period as an independent agency Bw Wuppertal and the motor running under stood until its liquidation at the end of the 20th century the Bw Cologne 2 The turntable was dismantled in 1953 after the end of the steam locomotive stationing.

In the later phase of the period of National Socialism is the darkest chapter in the history of the station: the deportation of over 1000 Jewish citizens of Wuppertal on Eastern European ghettos in Nazi extermination camp was held from Steinbeck station. On the platform reminds one inscribed stone obelisk to the five, held mass transports.

When the air raids on Elberfeld the reception building was severely damaged, the roof with the round pediment above the entrance, and the clock tower in the center were not rebuilt.

German Federal Railroad or railway

In the 1980s, the station with the expansion of the S- train network and the general onset of renaturation was further restricted in its meaning. The goods loading and marshalling yard has been completely abandoned, the extensive track facilities were largely overbuilt with commercial space and the shopping center " stone Becker mile".

In the second half of the 20th century began in Steinbeck quarterly shipments of conscripts of the army recruiting office Wuppertal to the places of their military service. Also transported by rail material stationed in the barracks Wuppertal throughout history units of the Wehrmacht, the British armed forces and the Bundeswehr was loaded in Steinbeck.

By optimizing the remote tracks fell towards the end of the 20th century, a platform without replacement and after the closure of the castle wooden track since May 29, 1988 only keeps the S- Bahn S8 to the the breakpoint graduated station. Since 14 December 2003, the newly created S-Bahn line S9 was added. From the south bridge is a staircase leading to the platform.

At the beginning of the 21st century was up for discussion, the northern part of the station area to develop Media Park Wuppertal as a project and to locate companies in the media industry there. 2006, these plans were dropped. Built in 1991, placed under monument protection station building was extensively renovated in 2007 and equipped with a converted attic. In addition to company an extensive Biosupermarkt uses the building.