Wuppertal-Vohwinkel station

Vohwinkel station is the most western station in the city of Wuppertal. It is located in the district of Vohwinkel. It is a triangular station, built at a railway junction.

Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
Deutsche Bahn Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn
Through station
Entrance building
General information
LocationBahnhofstr. 14-16, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates51°14′2.7″N 7°4′17.15″E / 51.234083°N 7.0714306°E / 51.234083; 7.0714306
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms8
Construction
Architectural styleArt Nouveau
Other information
Station code6937
DS100 codeKWV[1]
IBNR8006718
Category3[2]
Fare zone
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened10 April 1841[5]
Services
Preceding station National Express Germany Following station
Düsseldorf Hbf
towards Aachen Hbf
RE 4 (Wupper-Express) Wuppertal Hbf
towards Dortmund Hbf
Gruiten
towards Bonn-Mehlem
RB 48 (Rhein-Wupper-Bahn) Wuppertal Hbf
Preceding station Following station
Düsseldorf Hbf
towards Venlo
RE 13 Wuppertal Hbf
Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station
Velbert-Neviges
towards Wesel
RE 49 Wuppertal Hbf
Terminus
Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station
Gruiten S8 Wuppertal-Sonnborn
towards Hagen Hbf
Wülfrath-Aprath S9
Hahnenfurth/Düssel
towards Kaarster See
S28 Wuppertal Zoologischer Garten
Gruiten
towards Langenfeld
S68 Terminus
Map
Location
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
Location in North Rhine-Westphalia
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel is located in Germany
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
Location in Germany
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel is located in Europe
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
Location in Europe
Interior

History

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The original station was built slightly further west than the present station in 1841 by the Düsseldorf-Elberfeld Railway Company. The Prince William Railway was extended to Vohwinkel in 1848, creating a railway junction. The present building was built at the beginning of the 20th century by the Prussian state railways to the design of Alexander Rüdell.[6][7]

In the early 20th century a three km long marshalling yard was built to the west of the station, but it has since been closed and demolished.

In addition to the Düsseldorf-Elberfeld through line and the branch to the former Prince William line (now the line to Essen), in the past there was a railway line connecting to the now closed Wuppertal Northern Railway and the now closed Corkscrew line from Solingen terminated there.

Services

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No long-distance services stop at the station, but it is served by the Wupper-Express (RE 4), the Maas-Wupper-Express (RE 13), the Wupper-Lippe-Express and the (RE 49) Regional-Express services and the Rhein-Wupper-Bahn (RB 48) Regionalbahn service and lines S8, S9, S28 and S68 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn.[8]

Lines Route Frequency
RE 4 Aachen – Herzogenrath – Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Wuppertal – Hagen – Dortmund 60 mins
RE 13 Venlo – Viersen – Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Wuppertal – Hagen – Hamm (Westf) 60 mins
RE 49 WeselOberhausenMülheimEssen – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Wuppertal 60 mins
RB 48 Bonn-Mehlem – Bonn – Cologne – Solingen – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Wuppertal – Wuppertal-Oberbarmen 30 mins
S8 Mönchengladbach – Neuss – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Wuppertal (– Schwelm – Hagen) 20 min
S9 (Recklinghausen / Haltern am See –) Gladbeck - Bottrop – Essen – Velbert-Langenberg – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Wuppertal (– Schwelm – Gevelsberg - Hagen) 30 min Gladbeck - Wuppertal
S28 Kaarst – Neuss – Düsseldorf – Mettmann Zentrum – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Wuppertal 20/40 min
S68 Langenfeld (Rheinl) – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel Several services in the peak, in the peak direction

It is a short walk from both Bruch and Vohwinkel (Schwebebahn) on the Wuppertal Schwebebahn (Wuppertal Suspension Railway)

References

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  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. ^ "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Wabenplan für das Rheinbahn-Bedienungsgebiet" (PDF). Rheinbahn. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Ticketberater". Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  5. ^ Joost, André. "Wuppertal-Vohwinkel station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Der neue Personenbahnhof in Vohwinkel (Rheinland) (The new passenger station in Vohwinkel (Rheinland))" (in German). Prussian Ministry of Works. 1908. p. 637.
  7. ^ Cornelius, Carl (1921). "Dr.-Ing. Alexander Rüdell †. (obituary)" (in German). Prussian Ministry of Finance. p. 3.
  8. ^ Joost, André. "Wuppertal-Vohwinkel station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 11 May 2020.