Essen-Werden–Essen railway

Essen-Werden–Essen railway
Overview
Locale	North Rhine-Westphalia
Line number	2161
Technical
Line length	8.8 km (5.5 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed	100 km/h (62.1 mph) (maximum)
Route number	450.6
Route map Legend  Route (anticlockwise)[1]  from Duisburg S 1S 3 and Bottrop S 9 8.8 Essen Hbf, terminus of S 2S 6 from/to Dortmund S 1, Wuppertal S 3S 9 and Gelsenkirchen S 2 7.1 Essen Süd former Mülheim-Heißen–Altendorf line 5.1 Essen Stadtwald 4.7 Stadtwald tunnel (248 m, single line) 2.7 Essen-Hügel former Ruhr Valley line from Kupferdreh 0.2 Essen-Werden 0.0 Essen-Werden(old station) Ruhr Valley line to Düsseldorf S 6

Northern portal of Stadtwald tunnel in Essen-Stadtwald

Essen-Werden station

The Essen-Werden to Essen railway is a railway line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, now used by line S 6 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn. It was opened in 1877 by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (German: Bergisch-Märkischen Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) to connect the Ruhr Valley Railway to Essen Hauptbahnhof.

The steep slope between Essen-Werden and Essen Stadtwald has always placed a high demand on the vehicles operating on it. The Essen-Hügel station was built on a steep slope at the instigation of the Krupp family next to the Villa Hügel.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.

External links

• Media related to Essen-Werden–Essen railway at Wikimedia Commons
• Description of the Essen-Werden–Essen line in the NRW rail archive of André Joost.

Coordinates: 51°25′21″N 7°01′25″E / 51.4224°N 7.0236°E