Wuppertal-Oberbarmen station

Wuppertal-Oberbarmen station is a station in the city of Wuppertal in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was long an important railway junction, connecting to four railway lines. The only remaining lines at the station are the Dortmund–Wuppertal main line and the branch line to Solingen.

Wuppertal-Oberbarmen
Through station
Station entrance (2006)
Location	Rittershauser Brücke 15, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	51°16′27″N 7°13′17″E
Owned by	DB Netz
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Elberfeld–Dortmund (KBS 455) Wuppertal-Oberbarmen–Solingen (KBS 458)
Platforms	3 island platforms
Tracks	6
Train operators	Abellio Rail NRW DB Regio NRW Eurobahn National Express Germany
Connections	S 7 S 8 S 9
Other information
Station code	6928[1]
DS100 code	KWO[2]
IBNR	8006719
Category	3[1]
Fare zone	VRR: 660 and 664[3] VRS: 1660 (VRR transitional tariff)[4]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1847[5]
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio NRW   Following station Wuppertal-Barmen toward Aachen Hbf RE 4 Wupper-Express Schwelm toward Dortmund Hbf Preceding station   Eurobahn   Following station Wuppertal-Barmen toward Venlo RE 13 Maas-Wupper-Express Schwelm toward Hamm Hbf Preceding station   National Express Germany   Following station Wuppertal Hbf toward Krefeld Hbf RE 7 Rhein-Münsterland-Express Schwelm toward Rheine Hbf Wuppertal-Barmen toward Bonn-Mehlem RB 48 Rhein-Wupper-Bahn Terminus Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station Wuppertal-Barmen toward Wuppertal Hbf S 7 Wuppertal-Ronsdorf toward Solingen Hbf Wuppertal-Barmen toward Mönchengladbach Hbf S 8 Wuppertal-Langerfeld toward Hagen Hbf Wuppertal-Barmen toward Haltern am See S 9 Wuppertal-Langerfeld toward Hagen Hbf
Location
Wuppertal-Oberbarmen Location in North Rhine-Westphalia Wuppertal-Oberbarmen Location in Germany Wuppertal-Oberbarmen Location in Europe

History

January 1982

The first station building was opened along with the Elberfeld–Dortmund line under the name of Barmen-Rittershausen by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company on 9 October 1847. In 1930 it was renamed as Wuppertal-Oberbarmen.[5]

In 1910, the tracks and Rosenau street were moved during the building of a depot at Wuppertal-Langerfeld. During the Second World War the station area and the station building were badly damaged. After a partial demolition by Deutsche Bundesbahn after the Second World War, the station was rebuilt in the 1980s during the establishment of S-Bahn line S8. Today there is a square-shaped commercial building with a newsagent, a bakery shop and a McDonald's branch.

In its heyday there was in addition to the Elberfeld–Dortmund through line, a triangular junction connected to the line to Opladen and Solingen, as well as a connecting line to the Düsseldorf-Derendorf–Dortmund Süd railway and the Wuppertal-Wichlinghausen–Hattingen line.

For a long time, Wuppertal-Oberbarmen was also an important freight terminal. The last freight tracks were removed in 2006, however, and a DIY store was built on the site.

Current operations

Oberbarmen Schwebebahn terminus at Wuppertal-Oberbarmen station

Long-distance passenger trains pass through Wuppertal-Oberbarmen without stopping. However, all regional trains running through Wuppertal stop. The Wupper-Express (RE 4), the Rhein-Münsterland-Express (RE 7) and the Maas-Wupper-Express (RE 13) stop at the station at hourly intervals. Services on S-Bahn lines S8 to/from Mönchengladbach and S 7 to/from Remscheid) stop every twenty minutes on the local platforms.[6] Services on line S 9 and one in three services on line S8 run to/from Hagen every 60 minutes.

Deutsche Bahn classifies the station as category 3.[1]

Wuppertal-Oberbarmen is also a major connecting point between the railway and other public transport services. The Schwebebahn has its eastern terminus here, and there is a bus station, which is served by many of the lines of Wuppertaler Stadtwerke (Wuppertal's operator of public utilities and transport) and Verkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr (the transport company of Ennepe-Ruhr).

Platforms

Today, there are three platforms with a total of six tracks. Regional trains stop on tracks 2 and 3; they are also used for non-stop operations by long-distance trains. Services on S-Bahn lines S 7, S 8 and S 9 stop on tracks 5 and 6. The other platform tracks are not barrier-free for the disabled.

Interchanges

The following services stop at the station.[6]

Line	Line name	Route	Service interval	Platform track
RE 4	Wupper-Express	Aachen – Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal – Hagen – Dortmund	hourly	2/3
RE 7	Rhein-Münsterland-Express	Krefeld – Neuss – Cologne – Solingen – Wuppertal – Hagen – Hamm – Münster – Rheine	hourly	2/3
RE 13	Maas-Wupper-Express	Venlo – Viersen – Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal – Hagen – Hamm	hourly	2/3
RB 48	Rhein-Wupper-Bahn	Bonn-Mehlem – Bonn – Cologne – Solingen – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Wuppertal – Wuppertal-Oberbarmen	30 minutes
S 7	Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn	Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal	20 minutes	5/6
S 8	Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn	Hagen – Gevelsberg – Wuppertal – Düsseldorf – Neuss – Mönchengladbach	20 minutes (to Mönchengladbach), 60 minutes (to Hagen)	5/6
S 9	Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn	Hagen – Gevelsberg – Wuppertal – Essen – Bottrop	60 minutes	5/6

References

Footnotes

1. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
3. "VER-Tarifinformation". Verkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
4. "Ticketberater". Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
5. Joost, André. "Wuppertal-Oberbarmen station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 10 May 2020.
6. Joost, André. "Wuppertal-Oberbarmen station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 10 May 2020.

Sources

• WSW mobil Gmb, ÖPNV Systemmanagement (2009). Wuppertal timetable 2009/10 (in German). Wuppertal: ECO-Druck GmbH.