Witten Hauptbahnhof

Witten Hauptbahnhof
Through station
Location	Bergerstraße 58452, Witten, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	51°26′07″N 7°19′46″E / 51.435299°N 7.329332°E / 51.435299; 7.329332Coordinates: 51°26′07″N 7°19′46″E / 51.435299°N 7.329332°E / 51.435299; 7.329332
Line(s)	Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway Elberfeld–Dortmund railway Witten–Wengern Ost/Schwelm railway
Platforms	4
Construction
Architect	Richard Sauerbruch
Other information
Station code	6822
DS100 code	EWIT
IBNR	8000251
Category	3
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	9 March 1849 / 1901
Services
Preceding station   Abellio Rail   Following station Bochum Hbf toward Essen Hbf RE 16 Ruhr-Sieg-Express Wetter toward Siegen Bochum Hbf toward Essen Hbf RB 40 Ruhr-Lenne-Bahn Wetter toward Hagen Hbf Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station Dortmund Hbf Terminus RE 4 Wupper-Express Hagen Hbf toward Aachen Hbf Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station Witten-Annen Nord toward Dortmund Hbf S 5 Wetter toward Hagen Hbf

Witten Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in 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 designed by the architect Richard Witten Sauerbruch and opened in 1901. It is now part of The Industrial Heritage Trail (German: Route Industriekultur). In 1940 the station was renamed Witten Hauptbahnhof.

Witten station was originally built as part of the Elberfeld–Dortmund trunk line of the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company, which was opened on 20 December 1848, originally only for freight. On 26 October 1860, the BME began building its Ruhr route from this station.

Deutsche Reichsbahn opened a freight rail line through Witten-Höhe to Wengern Ost connecting with the Ruhr Valley Railway on 4 October 1926. In Witten-Höhe, the Witten–Wengern Ost/Schwelm railway branched off from 15 May 1934 to 30 November 1979, carrying passenger trains to Gevelsberg West and Schwelm. This line was permanently closed at the beginning of 1983. Passenger services continued through Wengern Ost to Hagen-Vorhalle for three years, but were also closed on 1 June 1986.

The section of the Elberfeld–Dortmund line to the south is used by both long distance and regional services, the section of the line to the north has, however, only been used by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 5 since 1988.

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