Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof

Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof
Through station
Location	Gevelsberg, NRW Germany
Coordinates	51°19′26″N 7°20′22″E / 51.323756°N 7.339558°ECoordinates: 51°19′26″N 7°20′22″E / 51.323756°N 7.339558°E
Line(s)	Düsseldorf-Derendorf–Dortmund Süd railway
Other information
Station code	2113
DS100 code	EGVH
IBNR	8002267
Category	6[1]
History
Opened	15 September 1879[2]
Services
Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station Gevelsberg-Kipp toward Mönchengladbach Hbf S 8 Gevelsberg-Knapp toward Hagen Hbf

Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof (German for Gevelsberg main station) is a railway station in the municipality of Gevelsberg in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station was opened along with a section of the Düsseldorf-Derendorf–Dortmund Süd railway, opened by the Rhenish Railway Company (German: Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, RhE) between Wuppertal-Wichlinghausen and Hagen RhE station (now Hagen-Eckesey depot) on 15 September 1879.^[3] It has two platform tracks and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 6 station.^[1] It is the only Hauptbahnhof in Germany, which in fact is not a Bahnhof, but a Haltepunkt ("halt", defined in Germany as having no sets of points). Together with Remscheid Hauptbahnhof it is also the only Hauptbahnhof, which is served by S-Bahns only.

Operational usage

The station is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn lines S 8 between Mönchengladbach and Hagen twice an hour (with intervals of 20 and 40 minutes alternatively).^[4] The station along with Remscheid Hauptbahnhof are the only Hauptbahnhofs in Germany that are served exclusively by S-Bahn trains. This is because Gevelsberg as a municipality is a relatively recent creation, and traditionally Ennepetal (Gevelsberg) on the direct line from Wuppertal to Hagen carries most of the regional and mid-distance traffic for Ennepetal and Gevelsberg. Whilst Gevelsberg Hbf therefore is more central to Gevelsberg, it does not offer any connections other than the S8 trains running twice an hour, making it one of the least busy Hauptbahnhof stations in Germany.

The station is also served by the follow bus services:

Line no	Terminals and important stops	Operator
SB 38	Ennepetal Busbahnhof − Gevelsberg Mitte − Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof − Silschede Mitte − Wetter Bf − Witten Hauptbahnhof − Hattingen Mitte Bahnhof	Verkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr
542	Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof − Haspe Zentrum − Hagen Hauptbahnhof − HA-Stadtmitte − Loxbaum − Boele Markt − Kabel	Hagener Straßenbahn
551	(Hiddinghausen −) Haßlinghausen Busbahnhof − Sprockhövel-Uellendahl − Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof − GEV-Mitte − Ennepetal (Gevelsberg) Bf − EN-Busbahnhof − Klutert − Ennepetal Voerde	Verkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr
552	Wetter Loh − Silschede − Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof − Gevelsberg Mitte − GEV-Rathaus/Lusebrink	Verkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr
556	Gevelsberg Knapp Bf − Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof − Schwelm HELIOS Klinikum − Schwelm Bahnhof − Schwelm Blücherstraße	Verkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr
563	EN-Busbahnhof − Ennepetal (Gev.) Bf − Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof − Gevelsberg Elsernstraße	Verkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr
NE3[5]	Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof − Haspe Zentrum − Hagen Hauptbahnhof − HA-Stadtmitte	Hagener Straßenbahn
NE27[5]	Haßlinghausen Busbahnhof − Sprockhövel-Uellendahl − Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof − GEV-Mitte − Ennepetal (Gevelsberg) Bf − EN-Busbahnhof − Klutert − Ennepetal Voerde	Verkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr

Notes

1. "Stationspreisliste 2016" [Station price list 2016] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
2. "Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
3. "Line 2423: Düsseldorf-Gerresheim - Dortmund-Westfalenhalle". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
4. "Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
5. NE means NachtExpress, which is a night bus service