Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof

Railway station in Gelsenkirchen, Germany

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Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof

Through station

Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof main entrance

General information
Location| Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates| 51°30′16″N 7°6′5″E﻿ / ﻿51.50444°N 7.10139°E﻿ / 51.50444; 7.10139
Owned by| Deutsche Bahn
Operated by|

* DB Netz
* DB Station&Service

Line(s)|

* Duisburg–Dortmund
* Essen–Gelsenkirchen
* Bochum–Gelsenkirchen
* S-Bahn

Platforms| 6
Train operators| Abellio Rail NRW
DB Fernverkehr
DB Regio NRW
eurobahn
Connections| Trams: 107 301 302
Other information
Station code| 2052[1]
DS100 code| EG[2]
IBNR| 8000118
Category| 2[1]
Fare zone| VRR: 260[3]
Website| www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened| 15 May 1847[4]
Passengers
ca. 17,500
Services
| Preceding station  |  DB Fernverkehr | Following station

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Essen Hbf

towards Köln Hbf

|  | IC 32 |  | Wanne-Eickel Hbf

towards Berlin Ostbahnhof

Oberhausen Hbf

towards Koblenz Hbf

|  | IC 35 |  | Wanne-Eickel Hbf

towards Köln Hbf

Preceding station  |  | Following station
Essen Hbf

towards Köln Hbf

|  | FLX 20 |  | Münster Hbf

towards Hamburg Hbf

Preceding station  |  DB Regio NRW | Following station
Essen Hbf

towards Düsseldorf Hbf

|  | RE 2 |  | Wanne-Eickel Hbf

towards Osnabrück Hbf

Essen Hbf

towards Mönchengladbach Hbf

|  | RE 42 |  | Wanne-Eickel Hbf

towards Münster Hbf

Essen Zollverein Nord

towards Duisburg Hbf

|  | RB 32 |  | Wanne-Eickel Hbf

towards Dortmund Hbf

Preceding station  |  | Following station
Essen-Atlenessen

towards Düsseldorf Hbf

|  | RE 3 |  | Wanne-Eickel Hbf

towards Hamm (Westf) Hbf

Preceding station  |  VIAS | Following station
Essen Zollverein Nord

towards Mönchengladbach Hbf

|  | RB 35 |  | Terminus
Terminus |  | RB 46 |  | Wanne-Eickel Hbf

towards Bochum Hbf

Preceding station  |  Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn | Following station
Gelsenkirchen-Rotthausen

towards Essen Hbf

|  | S2

|  | Wanne-Eickel Hbf

towards Dortmund Hbf

Location

Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof

Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the German city of Gelsenkirchen. It connects the city to the regional and long-distance rail service of Deutsche Bahn and other railway companies in Germany.

## History

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The Gelsenkirchen railway station was opened in 1847 with the Cologne-Minden railway. The station has since been rebuilt two times. The first time was in 1904, because the capacity of the old station was no longer sufficient. Since then the station has been a Hauptbahnhof. As part of this construction project, the tracks, which were located at ground level at the time, were raised. This allowed for traffic to Bochum could happen freely pass through. The second new development was carried out from 1982 to 1983. In preparations for the 2006 FIFA World Cup the station underwent extensive renovations.

On 4 August 1914, English civilian Henry Hadley was fatally shot by a German officer while their train was standing at the station. Dying the next day, shortly after war was declared, he is sometimes described as the "first British casualty" of World War I.[5]

## Operational usage

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The station has connect to the InterCity trains towards Norddeich Mole via Münster and Luxembourg via Cologne. To the week-end, even some ICE-trains connecting Munich or Hamburg stop here. It is also an important connection point for RegionalExpress and RegionalBahn lines to Hamm, Düsseldorf, Münster and Essen and has a S-Bahn line of the Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn calling at the station.[6] The Stadtbahn station below the Hauptbahnhof offers local connections by tram to GE-Buer/Horst, Bochum and Essen.

* The station and main post office in 1924

* Underground Stadtbahn platforms at Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof

## References

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1. ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
3. ^ "Liniennetzplan/Wabenplan" (PDF). Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahnen AG. April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
4. ^ "Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof". NRW rail archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
5. ^ Van Emden, Richard (2013-08-15). Meeting the Enemy: The Human Face of the Great War. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781408821640.
6. ^ "Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof". NRW rail archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

## External links

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* "Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof track plan" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 17 September 2011.

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

Geographic|

* Structurae

Other|

* Deutsche Bahn

*[IBNR]: Internationale Bahnhofsnummer