Station code 1033 Category 4 Opened 15 May 1847 | DS100 code ECA Website www.bahnhof.de Platforms in use 3 | |
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Location Castrop-Rauxel, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany Address Berliner Pl., 44579 Castrop-Rauxel, Germany Similar Dortmund‑Nette/Östrich station, Dortmund‑Mengede station, Wanne‑Eickel Hauptbahnhof, Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof, Dortmund‑Westerfilde station | ||
Castrop-Rauxel Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the German city of Castrop-Rauxel. It is situated on the S2 line of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn. Additional, the RE 3 (Düsseldorf-Hamm) stops here every hour.
History
The station was opened in 1848 as part of the trunk line of the former Cologne-Minden Railway Company. Castrop station was opened for passenger services with this section of the line on 15 May 1847. Facilities were built at the station up to 1862 for handling freight.
About 1880 the station was renamed Rauxel, as the station was located in that municipality at the time. After the municipal reform the mid-20th century, which merged of the towns of Castrop and Rauxel, the station was renamed again as Castrop-Rauxel Hauptbahnhof in about 1962.
References
Castrop-Rauxel Hauptbahnhof Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA