Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof

Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof is a railway station for the city of Mülheim in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was renamed as a Hauptbahnhof in 1974 at the time of the rebuilding of the Dortmund–Duisburg line as part of the establishment of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station.[1]

Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof
Deutsche Bahn Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn
Through station
Entrance of station
General information
LocationDieter aus dem Siepen Platz 3, Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates51°25′53″N 06°53′11″E / 51.43139°N 6.88639°E / 51.43139; 6.88639
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms4
ConnectionsS1 S3
Other information
Station code4219 [1]
DS100 codeEMLR [2]
Category3 [1]
Fare zoneVRR: 340, 342, and 344[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1 September 1866 [4]
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Duisburg Hbf
towards Aachen Hbf
ICE 14 Essen Hbf
Duisburg Hbf
towards Oberstdorf
IC 32 Essen Hbf
towards Dortmund Hbf
Preceding station National Express Germany Following station
Duisburg Hbf
towards Aachen Hbf
RE 1 (NRW-Express) Essen Hbf
Duisburg Hbf RE 6 (Rhein-Weser-Express) Essen Hbf
towards Minden
Duisburg Hbf RE 11 (Rhein-Hellweg-Express) Essen Hbf
Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station
Duisburg Hbf RE 2 Essen Hbf
Duisburg Hbf RE 42 Essen Hbf
towards Münster Hbf
Mülheim-Styrum
towards Wesel
RE 49 Essen West
Mülheim-Styrum
towards Aachen Hbf
RB 33 Essen Hbf
towards Essen-Steele
Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station
Mülheim-Styrum
towards Solingen Hbf
S1 Essen-Frohnhausen
towards Dortmund Hbf
Mülheim West S3 Essen-Frohnhausen
Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn Following station
Terminus U18 Von-Bock-Straße
Preceding station Trams in Mülheim/Oberhausen Following station
Mülheim Stadtmitte
towards Uhlenhorst
102 Aktienstraße
towards Oberdümpten
Preceding station Trams in Duisburg Following station
Mülheim Stadtmitte 901 Terminus
Map
Location
Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof
Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof
Location in North Rhine-Westphalia
Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof is located in Germany
Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof
Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof
Location in Germany
Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof is located in Europe
Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof
Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof
Location in Europe

The original station is unusual in that it was built as two adjoining stations by the two main private railways buildings lines in the Ruhr area, the Rhenish Railway Company (Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, RhE) and the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn Gesellschaft, BME).

History

edit

The station was opened as Mülheim RhE as part of a section of the RhE's mainline through the Ruhr opened on 1 September 1866 between Osterath and Essen. Just to the north of the RhE's station, the BME opened its own station in 1867 as Mülheim-Eppinghofen BME on its own main line opened in 1862 between Dortmund and Duisburg.[4] Although the two railways were nationalised in 1880 and 1882 the two stations were not linked.

On 1 June 1888, the station was renamed Mülheim (Ruhr), but on 11 August 1892 it was again renamed as Mülheim-Eppinghofen because another station (now called Mülheim (Ruhr) West) was then renamed as Mülheim (Ruhr),[5] but it was never popularly accepted as the main station in Mülheim. Between 1905 and 1910 a common station with a peaked roof was built to serve both lines, but it was destroyed during World War II and never rebuilt. During the electrification of the Cologne-Hamm line in the 1950s the stopping place for long-distance trains was moved back to the Eppinghofen station and on 22 May 1955 it was renamed Mülheim (Ruhr) Stadt ("city"). In 1974 the station was relocated with the opening of Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn and finally renamed Mülheim (Ruhr) Hbf.

Current situation

edit

The current station consists of four tracks to the east and west located on the site of the BME station. The RhE lines have been closed and dismantled.

The following services currently call at Mülheim Hauptbahnhof:[6][7]

Long-distance

edit

The following long-distance trains stopped at the station in 2023.

Line Route Train no
ICE 14 (Ostseebad Binz* – ) BerlinHannoverHammDortmundMülheimDuisburgCologne

* only ICE 758

ICE 1152
ICE 1058
ICE 1050
ICE 758
IC 32 Dortmund – BochumEssenMülheim – Duisburg – Cologne – BonnKoblenzMainzMannheimHeidelbergStuttgartUlmMemmingenKempten – Immenstadt – Sonthofen – Fischen – Oberstdorf IC 2012/2013

Regional services

edit

In local passenger service, Mülheim is served by several regional and S-Bahn lines:

Line Route Frequency
RE 1
NRW-Express
AachenEschweilerDürenHorremCologneDüsseldorfDüsseldorf AirportDuisburgMülheimEssenBochumDortmundHamm 60 min
RE 2
Rhein-Haard-Express
Düsseldorf – Duisburg – Mülheim – Essen – GelsenkirchenRecklinghausenMünster 60 min
RE 6
Rhein-Weser-Express
MindenHerfordBielefeld – Hamm – Dortmund – Essen – Mülheim – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf – Neuss – Cologne – Cologne/Bonn Airport 60 min
RE 11
Rhein-Hellweg-Express
Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf Airport – Duisburg – Mülheim – Essen – Dortmund – Hamm – Paderborn HbfKassel-Wilhelmshöhe 60 min
RE 42
Niers-Haard-Express
Münster – Haltern am See – Recklinghausen – Gelsenkirchen – Essen – Mülheim – Duisburg – Krefeld – Viersen – Mönchengladbach 60 min
RE 49
Wupper-Lippe-Express
WeselOberhausenMülheim –Essen – Wuppertal-VohwinkelWuppertal 60 mins
RB 33
Rhein-Niers-Bahn
Essen – Mülheim – Duisburg – Krefeld – MönchengladbachAachen 60 mins
S1 DortmundBochumEssenMülheim DuisburgDüsseldorf Flughafen DüsseldorfHildenSolingen 30 min
S3 OberhausenMülheim – Essen – Hattingen (Ruhr) Mitte 30 min

Public transport

edit
 
Mülheim U-Bahn station under the main station, 2005

An underground station for line U18 of the Essen Stadtbahn, line 102 of Mülheim/Oberhausen trams and line 901 of Duisburg trams lies adjacent to the former RhE station and is connected to the current station by a corridor.

In addition, the station is served by several bus lines.

References

edit
  1. ^ a b c "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. ^ "Wabenplan für das Rheinbahn-Bedienungsgebiet" (PDF). Rheinbahn. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Mülheim (Ruhr) West area operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  6. ^ "Mülheim Hauptbahnhof". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  7. ^ "VRR rapid-transit plan 2013" (PDF) (in German). VRR. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
edit
  • Ansichtskarten – Mülheim und die Eisenbahn (in German). Eisenbahnfreunde Mülheim e. V. 1990.
  • Martin Menke (2008). "Der Mülheimer Hauptbahnhof im Wandel der Zeit". In Geschichtsverein Mülheim an der Ruhr (ed.). Zeugen der Stadtgeschichte – Baudenkmäler und historische Orte in Mülheim an der Ruhr (in German). Essen: Klartext Verlag. pp. 139–145.