Bochum-Langendreer station
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Bochum-Langendreer station is now a stop on the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn in the district of Langendreer
in eastern Bochum
in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia
. Langendreer formerly had a 40 hectare marshalling yard, which is now used as a depot, with the location code of EBLA. Until the 1980s, the yard was also the location of a passenger station, which was served by express trains.
as a category 4 station
. It consists of two tracks on either side of a central platform. Both tracks are used for regular Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn services. It is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 1 every 20 minutes.
The station is served by bus lines 345, 355, 372, 377, 378 and 379 operated by BOGESTRA
, all at least once every 20 minutes.
. In 1862, this line was completed to Dortmund
and Duisburg
and now forms the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway, one of the most important lines in Germany. In 1862 the line to Bochum-Laer was also opened exclusively for coal trains to the Dannenbaum colliery. In 1870, it was extended to Bochum-Dahlhausen and general freight trains began to run on it.
The BME station was quite far from the former village of Langendreer, approximately at the location of today's Bochum-Langendreer West station
. The station primarily served freight transport, connecting in particular to the nearby Mansfeld, Vollmond and Neu-Iserlohn mines, while passenger traffic was only of secondary importance. As a major node in the BME network, the station was equipped with a large entrance hall, a large goods shed, built north of the railway tracks on Gasstraße, a rectangular engine shed
with a turntable and a water tower. In 1874, the BME built a small marshalling yard, which was continually expanded over the years.
On 19 November 1874, the Rhenish Railway Company
(Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, RhE) opened another station in Langendreer, located to the east of the BME station at today's Kulturzentrum Bahnhof-Langendreer (“Langendreer culture centre station”). This six-track through station was located to the north of the BME tracks on the line from Bochum Nord to Dortmund Sud. The relationship of the two railway companies was characterised by fierce competition, as shown by the controversy over the connection to the Siebenplaneten mine. This mine received a connection to both routes in 1877. In December 1880 the Rhenish Railway opened a branch line to Dortmund Löttringhausen.
Both the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company and the Rhenish Railway Company were nationalised between 1880 and 1882 and absorbed by the Prussian state railways
. The former BME station was subsequently renamed Langendreer-Süd (south) and the former RhE station was renamed Langendreer-Nord (north). Further increases in traffic in the early 20th century resulted in a fundamental transformation of the railways in Langendreer, leading to the creation of separate passenger and freight rail networks. A new, two-sided marshalling yard (with separate yards for traffic in each direction) was built for freight in 1906, a six-track passenger station was built at Langendreer Nord. In 1907 and 1908 station building was built to a design by the architect Schlomeyer, which consisted of three buildings in the Art Nouveau
style with a pitched roof. The Langendreer-Süd was closed and was redeveloped for residential building.
With the incorporation of Langendreer in Bochum, the station was renamed on 1 August 1929 as Bochum-Langendreer. At the time of the Weimar Republic
, the line was quadruplicated to Bochum, and Langendreer station was also served by the Ruhr rapid-transit network (Ruhrschnellverkehr), the predecessor of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn network. During the Second World War, the station was damaged, but only slightly compared to other similar stations.
Due to the closure of coal mining in the Ruhr, freight traffic dropped drastically in the 1950s. The western hump-yard was shut down in 1962, its marshalling operations were transferred to Bochum-Dahlhausen
and Wanne-Eickel
. The establishment of two Opel
car factories in Bochum in 1962, changed the nature of freight traffic in Langendreer: in addition to new cars, car components from within General Motors Corporation were transported by rail. In 1967 a container terminal was opened; it was closed in 2000.
In the 1970s, there were limited regional passenger services serving Langendreer, on the line to Dortmund-Löttringhausen for example, there were two pairs of trains in the 1976 summer timetable. In 1982, Langendreer was abandoned as a stop for express trains. Since September 1983, the station has been served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 1 S-from Bochum Hauptbahnhof
via Langendreer to Dortmund. The newly built S-Bahn line runs south of the freight tracks, while the old lines ran to the station to the north of the freight tracks. With the opening of the S-Bahn line with two new stations of Langendreer West
and Langendreer, the old passenger station was closed. Consequently, the direct passenger service towards Witten was abandoned. In 1985 the reception building was saved from demolition. The building was heritage-listed and extensively renovated in 1986 and re-opened as the Langendreer station culture centre (Kulturbahnhof).
In the summer of 1998, the operations of the eastern marshalling yard was closed. Parts of these yard are now used as a train depot.
Langendreer
Langendreer is the most populous district of the city of Bochum in the Ruhr area in Germany. Langendreer is between Dortmund, the largest city of Westphalia and Langendreer-Alter Bahnhof, another district of Bochum. Langendreeer includes Kaltehardt, a mainly residential area. Langendreer is in the...
in eastern Bochum
Bochum
Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:...
in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...
. Langendreer formerly had a 40 hectare marshalling yard, which is now used as a depot, with the location code of EBLA. Until the 1980s, the yard was also the location of a passenger station, which was served by express trains.
Services
Bochum-Langendreer S-Bahn station is on the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg line and is classified by Deutsche BahnDeutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...
as a category 4 station
German railway station categories
About 5,400 railway stations in Germany that are owned and operated by the Deutsche Bahn subsidiary DB Station&Service are assigned into seven categories, denoting the service level available at the station....
. It consists of two tracks on either side of a central platform. Both tracks are used for regular Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn services. It is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 1 every 20 minutes.
The station is served by bus lines 345, 355, 372, 377, 378 and 379 operated by BOGESTRA
BOGESTRA
The Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahnen AG is a public transport operator in the Ruhr area, most notably in the cities of Bochum, Gelsenkirchen and Herne, and is integrated in the Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn network.-See also:* List of rapid transit systems...
, all at least once every 20 minutes.
History
The first station in Langendreer was opened on 26 October 1860 by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, BME) on its line from Witten HauptbahnhofWitten Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof for the town of Witten in western Germany. It is situated southwest of the town.In 1849 the station was opened as Witten West by the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft. At the end of the 19th century the whole station was reconstructed, the new station building was was...
. In 1862, this line was completed to Dortmund
Dortmund Hauptbahnhof
is the central station for the city of Dortmund in Germany.The station's origins lie in a joint station of the Köln-Mindener Eisenbahn and Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn which was built north of the city centre in 1847. That station was replaced by a new station, erected in 1910 at the current site....
and Duisburg
Duisburg Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof of the city of Duisburg in western Germany. It is situated at the meeting point of many important national and international railway lines in the Northwestern Ruhr valley.- Lines :...
and now forms the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway, one of the most important lines in Germany. In 1862 the line to Bochum-Laer was also opened exclusively for coal trains to the Dannenbaum colliery. In 1870, it was extended to Bochum-Dahlhausen and general freight trains began to run on it.
The BME station was quite far from the former village of Langendreer, approximately at the location of today's Bochum-Langendreer West station
Bochum-Langendreer West station
Bochum-Langendreer West station is a stop on the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn in the district of Langendreer in eastern Bochum in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.-History :...
. The station primarily served freight transport, connecting in particular to the nearby Mansfeld, Vollmond and Neu-Iserlohn mines, while passenger traffic was only of secondary importance. As a major node in the BME network, the station was equipped with a large entrance hall, a large goods shed, built north of the railway tracks on Gasstraße, a rectangular engine shed
Roundhouse
A roundhouse is a building used by railroads for servicing locomotives. Roundhouses are large, circular or semicircular structures that were traditionally located surrounding or adjacent to turntables...
with a turntable and a water tower. In 1874, the BME built a small marshalling yard, which was continually expanded over the years.
On 19 November 1874, the Rhenish Railway Company
Rhenish Railway Company
The Rhenish Railway Company was along with the Cologne-Minden Railway Company and the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company one of the railway companies that in the mid-19th century built the first railways in the Ruhr and large parts of today's North Rhine-Westphalia.-Foundation :The...
(Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, RhE) opened another station in Langendreer, located to the east of the BME station at today's Kulturzentrum Bahnhof-Langendreer (“Langendreer culture centre station”). This six-track through station was located to the north of the BME tracks on the line from Bochum Nord to Dortmund Sud. The relationship of the two railway companies was characterised by fierce competition, as shown by the controversy over the connection to the Siebenplaneten mine. This mine received a connection to both routes in 1877. In December 1880 the Rhenish Railway opened a branch line to Dortmund Löttringhausen.
Both the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company and the Rhenish Railway Company were nationalised between 1880 and 1882 and absorbed by the Prussian state railways
Prussian state railways
The term Prussian state railways encompasses those railway organisations that were owned or managed by the State of Prussia...
. The former BME station was subsequently renamed Langendreer-Süd (south) and the former RhE station was renamed Langendreer-Nord (north). Further increases in traffic in the early 20th century resulted in a fundamental transformation of the railways in Langendreer, leading to the creation of separate passenger and freight rail networks. A new, two-sided marshalling yard (with separate yards for traffic in each direction) was built for freight in 1906, a six-track passenger station was built at Langendreer Nord. In 1907 and 1908 station building was built to a design by the architect Schlomeyer, which consisted of three buildings in the Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–1910. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art"...
style with a pitched roof. The Langendreer-Süd was closed and was redeveloped for residential building.
With the incorporation of Langendreer in Bochum, the station was renamed on 1 August 1929 as Bochum-Langendreer. At the time of the Weimar Republic
Weimar Republic
The Weimar Republic is the name given by historians to the parliamentary republic established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government...
, the line was quadruplicated to Bochum, and Langendreer station was also served by the Ruhr rapid-transit network (Ruhrschnellverkehr), the predecessor of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn network. During the Second World War, the station was damaged, but only slightly compared to other similar stations.
Due to the closure of coal mining in the Ruhr, freight traffic dropped drastically in the 1950s. The western hump-yard was shut down in 1962, its marshalling operations were transferred to Bochum-Dahlhausen
Bochum-Dahlhausen station
Bochum-Dahlhausen station is located in the Dahlhausen district of Bochum in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station building dates from the time of the First World War.-History :...
and Wanne-Eickel
Wanne-Eickel Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof of the former city of Wanne-Eickel, now part of Herne in western Germany.-History :The station grew out of the Pluto-Thies freight yard, opened in 1856 on the Duisburg–Dortmund line section of the Cologne-Minden Railway Company's trunk line, which was opened in 1847. In 1864, a...
. The establishment of two Opel
Opel
Adam Opel AG, generally shortened to Opel, is a German automobile company founded by Adam Opel in 1862. Opel has been building automobiles since 1899, and became an Aktiengesellschaft in 1929...
car factories in Bochum in 1962, changed the nature of freight traffic in Langendreer: in addition to new cars, car components from within General Motors Corporation were transported by rail. In 1967 a container terminal was opened; it was closed in 2000.
In the 1970s, there were limited regional passenger services serving Langendreer, on the line to Dortmund-Löttringhausen for example, there were two pairs of trains in the 1976 summer timetable. In 1982, Langendreer was abandoned as a stop for express trains. Since September 1983, the station has been served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 1 S-from Bochum Hauptbahnhof
Bochum Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Bochum in western Germany. In its current incarnation, it was built from 1955 to 1957 and is one of the most notable 1950s railway stations in Germany....
via Langendreer to Dortmund. The newly built S-Bahn line runs south of the freight tracks, while the old lines ran to the station to the north of the freight tracks. With the opening of the S-Bahn line with two new stations of Langendreer West
Bochum-Langendreer West station
Bochum-Langendreer West station is a stop on the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn in the district of Langendreer in eastern Bochum in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.-History :...
and Langendreer, the old passenger station was closed. Consequently, the direct passenger service towards Witten was abandoned. In 1985 the reception building was saved from demolition. The building was heritage-listed and extensively renovated in 1986 and re-opened as the Langendreer station culture centre (Kulturbahnhof).
In the summer of 1998, the operations of the eastern marshalling yard was closed. Parts of these yard are now used as a train depot.