Wuppertal-Unterbarmen station

Wuppertal-Unterbarmen station is located in the German city of Wuppertal in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Düsseldorf–Elberfeld line and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.[1]

Wuppertal-Unterbarmen
Through station
Entrance building
LocationElberfelderstr. 74
Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates51°15′32″N 7°10′16″E
Owned byDB Netz
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks5
Train operatorsAbellio Rail NRW
DB Regio NRW
ConnectionsS 7 S 8 S 9
Other information
Station code6936[1]
DS100 codeKWU[2]
IBNR8006620
Category4[1]
Fare zone
  • VRR: 650 and 660[3]
  • VRS: 1650 and 1660 (VRR transitional tariff)[4]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1880 [5]
Services
Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station
Terminus
S 7
toward Solingen Hbf
S 8
toward Hagen Hbf
S 9
toward Hagen Hbf
Location
Wuppertal-Unterbarmen
Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

History

No station was built at Unterbarmen, when the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company, was opened its Elberfeld–Dortmund trunk line. It was opened in 1880 under the name of Unterbarmen BM.[5] It was opened in the western part of the then independent city of Barmen. Somewhat later Unter-Barmen Rh station (later Wuppertal-Loh station) was opened on the competing line of the Rhenish Railway Company.

The station was designed as a through station with two long-distance and two local tracks. A fifth track provided a shuttle connection to Barmen station, which was used for shunting, without blocking the long-distance and local tracks. Near the station were the company of Rittershaus & Blecher GmbH (now Christian-Morgenstern-Schule) and the Wicküler Brewery. Thus, a large amount of freight was handled at the station.

In 1897, the station was renamed Barmen-Unterbarmen by Prussian state railways. It was renamed Unterbarmen in 1930 and Wuppertal-Unterbarmen in 1950. Two signal boxes were closed in 1978.[5]

Station
S-Bahn station

The entrance building, which is built on an embankment, now serves only as a western access to the platforms of the S-Bahn line. An eastern access to the platforms is located on a pedestrian overpass over railway tracks. Two park-and-ride parking lots are located at the station, the biggest to the southwest of the platform. Barrier-free access to the platform for the disabled is only available from the smaller car park at the entrance building. The station is currently classified as a category 4 station.[1]

Access for long distance trains to the platforms and the platforms themselves have been dismantled, but the mainline tracks are still in the same position, so that the area between the tracks at the station is much greater than usual.

Rail services

The station is served by S 8 services between Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof and Hagen Hauptbahnhof (two out of three each hour terminating at Wuppertal-Oberbarmen). It is also served by line S 9 running from Haltern am See to Hagen Hauptbahnhof. It is also served by line S 7 service Der Müngstener to Solingen Hbf.[6]

It is also served by bus route CE61, operated by WSW mobil at 20-minute intervals during the day.[6]

References
  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. "S7 - Der Müngstener". Stadtwerke Remscheid. Abellio Rail NRW. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  4. "Ticketberater". Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  5. Joost, André. "Wuppertal-Unterbarmen station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  6. Joost, André. "Wuppertal-Unterbarmen station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 11 May 2020.
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