Wattenscheid station

Wattenscheid
Wattenscheid station in 2007
General information
LocationFritz-Reuter-Str. 23, Bochum, NRW
Germany
Coordinates51°28′25″N 7°8′24″E / 51.47361°N 7.14000°E / 51.47361; 7.14000
Line(s)
Platforms2
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code6568
DS100 codeEWAT
IBNR8006226
Category4
Fare zoneVRR: 368
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1875
Passengers
4,000
Services
Preceding station National Express Germany Following station
Essen Hbf
towards Aachen Hbf
RE 1 (NRW-Express) Bochum Hbf
Essen Hbf RE 6 (Rhein-Weser-Express) Bochum Hbf
towards Minden
Essen Hbf RE 11 (Rhein-Hellweg-Express) Bochum Hbf
Preceding station VIAS Following station
Essen Hbf
Terminus
RE 16 Bochum Hbf
towards Iserlohn
Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station
Essen-Kray Süd
towards Essen Hbf
RB 40 Bochum Hbf
towards Hagen Hbf
Location
Wattenscheid
Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

Wattenscheid station is on the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway. It is one of two stations in the formerly independent city of Wattenscheid, now a district of the city of Bochum in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The other station is Wattenscheid-Höntrop. In late 2007, Wattenscheid station was downgraded to a Haltepunkt (literally “halt”, meaning that it is not a rail junction and has no sets of points). It is located just south of central Wattenscheid, next to the A 40 autobahn on the western edge of an industrial area.