Line(s) Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg DS100 code ERE Category 3 Platforms in use 3 | Station code 5160 IBNR 00149 Opened 1870 | |
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Location Große Perdekamp Str. 2
Recklinghausen, NRW
Germany Address 45657 Recklinghausen, Germany Similar Wanne‑Eickel Hauptbahnhof, Recklinghausen Süd station, Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof, Marl Mitte station, Münster Hauptbahnhof | ||
Recklinghausen Hauptbahnhof is a railway station for the city of Recklinghausen in Germany.
History
The original station opened in 1870 by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company as part of the construction of the Hamburg-Venlo railway.
During the Second World War, on April 1, 1945, a heavy bombing raid mostly destroyed the station and tracks. It is commemorated by the bunker built next to the station, in which the Kunsthalle Recklinghausen was established in 1950.
An outstanding feature of the architecture of the station building with its glass front is now the clock tower. The new bus station was built in 1998. Up until the renovation of the building, a plaque commemorating the 5000th kilometer of electrified rail of the Deutsche Bundesbahn, was located in the station. The plaque has been missing since the completion of the renovation.