- Dortmund-Scharnhorst station
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Dortmund-Scharnhorst station Eastern access bridge Operations Category 5[1] Type Through station Platforms in use 2 DS100 code EDSH Station code 1324 Construction and location Opened 1926 Location Kurl State North Rhine-Westphalia Country Germany 51°32′18″N 7°32′13″E / 51.53833°N 7.53694°E Route information List of railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia Dortmund-Scharnhorst station is located between the Dortmund suburbs of Alt-Scharnhorst and Brackel in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Dortmund–Hamm line on Flughafenstraße.
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History
During the construction of Dortmund Hauptbahnhof a freight rail bypass was built between Scharnhorst and Nette in 1903 along with the Scharnhorst marshalling yard, where a passenger station was initially established for railway staff. On 6 May 1926, the station became available for normal passenger services following the construction of the first Dortmund airport nearby and the station was renamed Bahnhof Dortmund-Flughafen (Dortmund Airport station). Although the airport closed in 1959, the station retained the name until 31 May 1986. During the construction of the station a small station building was also built with a waiting room, a ticket counter, baggage storage and a bike shed.
Station
Today the station has no station building anymore; in its place there is the Dortmund-Scharnhorst signal box. The two platforms are connected by an old steel bridge running parallel to the road bridge. At the western end of the station another and more modern pedestrian and cycle bridge also connects the two platforms together.
Services
Dortmund-Scharnhorst station is served by the Rhein-Emscher-Express (RE 3) and the Rhein-Hellweg-Express (RE11). Some early morning and late evening NRW-Express (RE 1) services stop at the station.
Line Line name Route RE 3 Rhein-Emscher-Express Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf Airport – Duisburg – Oberhausen – Gelsenkirchen – Herne – Dortmund – Dortmund-Scharnhorst – Hamm RE 11 Rhein-Hellweg-Express Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf Airport – Duisburg – Essen – Dortmund – Dortmund-Scharnhorst – Hamm Preceding station DB AG Following station toward Mönchengladbach HbfRE 11
Rhein-Hellweg-Expresstoward HammPreceding station eurobahn Following station toward Düsseldorf HbfRE 3
Rhein-Emscher-Expresstoward HammNotes
- ^ "Station catgories 2011" (in German) (PDF). Deutsche Bahn. http://www.deutschebahn.com/site/shared/de/dateianhaenge/infomaterial/sonstige/bahnhofskategorieliste__db__station__service__2011.pdf. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
External links
- "Dortmund-Scharnhorst station" (in German). NRW rail archive. André Joost. http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/bf/8001515.htm. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- "Information and photographs of Dortmund-Scharnhorst station" (in German). http://www.lokschuppen-loh.de/Berichte/Bahnhof_Scharnhorst.htm. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
Categories:- Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Railway stations in Dortmund
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