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Essen-Zollverein Nord station

Essen Zollverein Nord
Through station
Bahnhof Essen-Zollverein Nord.jpg
Platform of Essen Zollverein Nord in 2010
Location Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates 51°29′37″N 07°02′49″E / 51.49361°N 7.04694°E / 51.49361; 7.04694Coordinates: 51°29′37″N 07°02′49″E / 51.49361°N 7.04694°E / 51.49361; 7.04694
Line(s)
Platforms 2
Other information
Station code 1706
DS100 code EEKB
Category 6
Website www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened 1887

Essen Zollverein Nord is a railway station situated in close proximity to the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex on the Duisburg–Dortmund railway situated in Essen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 6 station. It was originally named Zollverein, renamed Caternberg in 1897, Caternberg Süd between 1897 and 1905, Katernberg Süd between 1905 and 1912, Essen-Katernberg Süd in 1949 and Essen-Zollverein Nord on 13 December 2009. A station building was built in 1897, but was demolished between 1960 and 1990.

It is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 2, Essen tramway 107 (Gelsenkirchen Hbf + Hbf – Bredeney) and by bus routes 170 (Schonnebeck – Kray – Steele + Altenessen - Borbeck) and 183 (Katernberger Markt + Altenessen – Karlsplatz) operated by EVAG.



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