Wetter (Ruhr) station

Wetter (Ruhr)
Through station
Entrance building
General information
Location	Bahnhofstr. 19, Wetter (Ruhr), North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	51°23′10″N 7°23′10″E / 51.38622983°N 7.38605248°E / 51.38622983; 7.38605248
Owned by	DB Netz
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Elberfeld–Dortmund (KBS 427, KBS 455, KBS 450.5)
Platforms	2
Train operators	DB Regio NRW
Other information
Station code	6728[1]
DS100 code	EWET[2]
IBNR	8006386
Category	5[1]
Fare zone	VRR: 476[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	9 March 1849 [4]
Services
Preceding station National Express Germany Following station Witten Hbf towards Aachen Hbf RE 4 (Wupper-Express) Hagen Hbf towards Dortmund Hbf Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station Witten Hbf towards Essen Hbf RB 40 Hagen-Vorhalle towards Hagen Hbf Preceding station VIAS Following station Witten Hbf towards Essen Hbf RE 16 Hagen Hbf towards Iserlohn Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station Witten Hbf towards Dortmund Hbf S5 Hagen-Vorhalle towards Hagen Hbf
Location Wetter (Ruhr) Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

Wetter (Ruhr) station is in the district of Vorhalle in the centre of the city Wetter (Ruhr) in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is served by regional services and Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 5.

The station is located on the Elberfeld–Dortmund line and was opened on 9 March 1849 as a through station by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company. The original station building, which was built in 1850, was demolished by the Prussian state railways and replaced by the existing building in 1905.^[4]

On 17 March 1920 there was fighting at the station during the Ruhr Uprising, between units of the Ruhr Red Army and a vanguard of the Freikorps Lichtschlag, in response to the Kapp Putsch. A plaque commemorates the events.

In 1994, line S 5 services of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn began operating on the line through the station and regional service N 33 was discontinued.

Today the station building is no longer used by the railway. Instead the city library has been located here since 2007. A catering business has also occupied the building since the spring of 2008.

The station is currently served by S 5 services at 30-minute intervals and the Ruhr-Lenne-Bahn (RB 40) at hourly intervals, both operated by DB Regio NRW). It is also served by hourly services of the Ruhr-Lenne-Express (RE 16) (operated by VIAS) and the Wupper-Express (RE 4) services, operated by National Express. Long-distance passenger services pass through without stopping. Freight trains do not regularly operate through the station, because freight trains use the Ruhr Valley line on the other side of the Ruhr.^[5]

The station is also a bus junction and an important point of interchange between rail and urban transport. It is served by the express bus route SB38 and city bus lines 541, 553, 555, 591, 592, 593 and 595, operated by Hagener Straßenbahn AG, Verkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr and Busverkehr Rheinland, at hourly intervals.^[5]

The station is currently classified as a category 5 station.^[1] It is considered as a halt (German: Haltepunkt)^[4] from an operational point of view, as all crossovers have been removed. Between the two tracks there is a central platform, which can be accessed via a staircase, but it can also be accessed by barrier-free ramps so that wheelchair users can reach trains without help. There is a parking garage next to the station, used by park-and-ride commuters. The station is close to the Ruhrtal Center, a shopping centre.