Station code 4550 Category 5 Platforms in use 2 | DS100 code ENIR Website www.bahnhof.de Opened 1847 | |
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Similar Velbert‑Rosenhügel station, Velbert‑Langenberg station, Velbert‑Neviges station, Wülfrath‑Aprath station, Wuppertal Zoologischer Garten st | ||
Velbert-Nierenhof station is located in the city of Velbert in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Wuppertal-Vohwinkel–Essen-Überruhr line and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.
The first German railway was opened from here to Kupferdreh by the Deil Valley Railway Company on 20 September 1831 as a horse-drawn, narrow-gauge railway, which carried coal until 1844, but it also carried passengers from 1833. The Prince William Railway Company standardised the line and opened a station on this site on 1 December 1847.
It is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 9 (Haltern–Wuppertal), operating every 20 minutes during the day. It is also served by bus route OV8, operated by Busverkehr Rheinland at 60 minutes intervals during the day.