Essen-Bergeborbeck station
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Essen-Bergeborbeck station is located in the city of Essen
in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia
on the Duisburg–Dortmund railway of the Cologne-Minden Railway Company
. The line and station opened on 15 May 1847. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn
as a category 6 station
.
The station is served by line S 2 (running between Dortmund
and Duisburg
, operating every 60 minutes during the day.
It is also served by tram lines 101 of the Essen Stadtbahn, operated at 10 minute intervals and bus route 196, operated by Essener Verkehrs-AG at 20 minute intervals.
Essen
- Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of...
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...
on the Duisburg–Dortmund railway of the Cologne-Minden Railway Company
Cologne-Minden Railway Company
The Cologne-Minden Railway Company was along with the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company and the Rhenish 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.-Founding :The founding of the...
. The line and station opened on 15 May 1847. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche 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 6 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....
.
The station is served by line S 2 (running between 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 :...
, operating every 60 minutes during the day.
It is also served by tram lines 101 of the Essen Stadtbahn, operated at 10 minute intervals and bus route 196, operated by Essener Verkehrs-AG at 20 minute intervals.