Oberhausen Hauptbahnhof

Oberhausen Hauptbahnhof
Crossing station
Station entrance
General information
Location	Willy-Brandt-Platz 1, Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	51°28′27″N 6°51′13″E / 51.47417°N 6.85361°E / 51.47417; 6.85361
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Duisburg–Dortmund Oberhausen–Arnhem Oberhausen–Duisburg-Ruhrort Oberhausen-Mülheim-Styrum
Platforms	14 (10 in use)
Construction
Architect	Schwingel and Herrmann
Architectural style	Modernism
Other information
Station code	4648[1]
DS100 code	EOB[2]
IBNR	8000286
Category	2[1]
Fare zone	VRR: 240[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1847
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Gelsenkirchen Hbf towards Münster Hbf IC 32 Duisburg Hbf towards Klagenfurt Hbf Gelsenkirchen Hbf towards Emden Außenhafen, Norddeich Mole or Emden Hbf IC 35 Duisburg Hbf towards Köln Hbf or Konstanz Arnhem Centraal towards Amsterdam Centraal ICE 43 Duisburg Hbf towards Basel SBB ICE 78 Duisburg Hbf towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf Preceding station ÖBB Following station Arnhem Centraal One-way operation Nightjet Duisburg Hbf towards Zürich HB Preceding station Following station Duisburg Hbf towards Düsseldorf Hbf RE 3 Essen-Altenessen towards Hamm (Westf) Hbf Preceding station National Express Germany Following station Duisburg Hbf towards Koblenz Hbf RE 5 (Rhein-Express) Oberhausen–Sterkrade towards Wesel Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station Oberhausen–Sterkrade towards Wesel RE 49 Mülheim-Styrum towards Wuppertal Hbf Duisburg Hbf Terminus RB 32 Essen-Dellwig towards Dortmund Hbf Preceding station NordWestBahn Following station Duisburg Hbf towards Moers RE 44 Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd towards Bottrop Hbf Duisburg-Obermeiderich towards Duisburg-Ruhrort RB 36 Terminus Preceding station VIAS Following station Duisburg Hbf towards Düsseldorf Hbf RE 19 Oberhausen-Sterkrade towards Arnhem Centraal or Bocholt Duisburg Hbf towards Mönchengladbach Hbf RB 35 Essen-Dellwig towards Gelsenkirchen Hbf Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station Terminus S3 Mülheim-Styrum towards Hattingen (Ruhr) Mitte Preceding station Trams in Mülheim/Oberhausen Following station Feuerwache towards Oberhausen Neumarkt 112 Luise-Albertz-Halle towards Hauptfriedhof
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Oberhausen Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The station was opened in 1847 and is located on the Duisburg–Dortmund railway, Arnhem-Oberhausen railway, Oberhausen–Duisburg-Ruhrort railway and Oberhausen-Mülheim-Styrum railway and is served by ICE, IC, RE and RB services operated by Deutsche Bahn, Abellio Deutschland, NordWestBahn and Eurobahn.

The station was opened in 1847 as part of the trunk line of the former Cologne-Minden Railway Company.^[4] The first station building at its present location—a simple half-timbered building and loading facility—was named after the nearby Schloss Oberhausen (palace) and opened on 15 May 1847. It was the first station on the territory of the former Bürgermeisterei of Borbeck; the city of Oberhausen did not exist at this time. The station initially serviced the developing heavy industry, centred on the Gutehoffnungshütte steel works. The entrepreneur Franz Haniel had influence with the Prussian government and the railway company and gained a rail connection to the Lipper heath, now central Oberhausen. After the opening of the station as the company relocated the Altenberg zinc smelter near to the station.

In 1850, the administration of the Zeche Concordia colliery was established in the station building. In 1854, a more elaborate station building was erected. In 1866, the entrance building of the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company station was built only a few metres away. Other railway companies and new lines were built subsequently.

Until 1880, Oberhausen has become one of the most important railway junctions in the Ruhr area (including Oberhausen West yard, Osterfeld yard was at that time still independent). In the wake of the nationalisation of the Prussian railways in the early 1880s, lines were connected and central stations were established where possible. The Bergisch-Märkische and Cologne-Minden stations were merged in 1888 into a prestigious new station with tunnels connecting the platforms.

Between 1930 and 1934, the current station building was built in the modernist style. Oberhausen architect Schwingel and supervisor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn railway division (Reichsbahndirektion) of Essen, Karl Herrmann, designed the current building in simple cubic forms.

In the Second World War, the station was repeatedly hit by bombs and shells and heavily damaged. The entrance hall building was only restored to operation in 1954 in a heavily modified form, with the Bali-Kino cinema above a false ceiling and a small shopping arcade.

As part of a project called Internationale Bauausstellung Emscher Park ("international building exhibition Emscher Park"), Oberhausen station and its environs were completely renovated and redecorated in 1993. The entrance hall was extensively restored to its original form and the cinema and the shopping arcade were removed. The platform tracks were reduced from 14 to 10. The disused railway mail terminal was demolished and that area along with the former platform of tracks 4 and 5 were converted into the platform of the LVR Industrial Museum Oberhausen. The Die drei Lebensalter (three ages) relief by Ernst Müller Blensdorf was returned to the station. The pedestrian tunnel under the railway tracks was modernised and extended to an entrance on the western side. The headquarters of the Landschaftsverband Rheinland (Rhineland Industrial Museum, LRV), opened in 1997, and the western district thus receive direct access from the station. The reconstruction also included the redesign of the station forecourt with a central bus terminal and the construction of a park and ride car park on the western side.

The station is served by the following services:^[5]

• Intercity Express services ICE 78 Amsterdam - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Frankfurt/Main
• Eurocity services EC/RJX 32 Münster - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Koblenz - Mainz - Mannheim - Stuttgart – München – Salzburg – Villach – Klagenfurt
• Intercity services IC 35 Norddeich - Emden - Rheine - Münster - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Koblenz - Mainz - Mannheim - Karlsruhe - Konstanz
• Regional services RE 3 (Rhein-Emscher-Express) Hamm - Dortmund - Gelsenkirchen - Essen-Altenessen - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf
• Regional services RE 5 (Rhein-Express) Wesel - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Bonn - Koblenz
• Regional services RE 19 (Rhein-IJssel-Express) Arnhem - Emmerich - Wesel - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf
• Regional services RE 44 (Fossa-Emscher-Express) Moers – Duisburg – Oberhausen - Bottrop
• Regional services RE 49 (Wupper-Lippe-Express) Wesel – Oberhausen - Mülheim - Essen – Wuppertal
• Local services RB 32 (Rhein-Emscher-Express) Duisburg – Oberhausen - Essen-Altenessen - Gelsenkirchen – Wanne-Eickel – Dortmund
• Local services RB 35 (Emscher-Niederrhein-Bahn) Gelsenkirchen - Essen-Altenessen - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Krefeld - Mönchengladbach
• Local services RB 36 (Ruhrort-Bahn) Duisburg-Ruhrort - Oberhausen
• S-Bahn S3 Oberhausen - Mülheim - Essen - Hattingen

Night Service (only from evening to early morning):

• NE1 (Oberhausen Fröbelplatz - Oberhausen Hirschkamp)
• NE2 (Oberhausen Dümpten - Oberhausen H. Böll Gesamtschule)
• NE3 (Oberhausen Sterkrade - Oberhausen Fröbelplatz)
• NE5 (Oberhausen Sterkrade - Oberhausen Hbf)
• NE6 (Oberhausen Sterkrade - Oberhausen Ruhrpark)
• NE11 (Oberhausen Hbf - Essen Hbf)
• NE12 (Oberhausen OLGA-Park - Mülheim Kaiserplatz)
• NE21 (Oberhausen Hbf - Bottrop ZOB Berliner Platz)

Regular Bus Service:

• 122 (Oberhausen Goerdelerstraße - Mülheim Hbf) every 20/30/30 Minutes
• 136 (Oberhausen A.-Frank -Realschule - Essen Erbach) every 60 Minutes
• 143 (Oberhausen Fröbelplatz - Essen Borbeck Bf) every 20/30/30 Minutes
• 185 (Oberhausen City Forum - Essen Borbeck Bf) every 20/30/30 Minutes
• 935 (Oberhausen Sterkrade - Oberhausen A.-Frank -Realschule) every 60 Minutes
• 939 (Oberhausen Marina/Sea Life - Duisburg Hbf) every 60 Minutes
• 955 (Oberhausen H. Böll Gesamtschule - Oberhausen A.-Frank -Realschule) every 60 Minutes
• 957 (Oberhausen Sterkrade Bf - Oberhausen Tulpenstraße) every 20/30/30 Minutes
• 958 (Oberhausen Sterkrade Bf - Oberhausen Hauptbahnhof) every 20/30/30 Minutes
• 960 (Oberhausen Dümpten/OB-Anne-Frank-Realschule - Oberhausen Holten Bf) every 20/30/30 Minutes
• 976 (Oberhausen Everslohstraße - Mülheim Heifeskamp) every 20/30/30 Minutes
• 995 (Oberhausen A.-Frank -Realschule - Duisburg Marxloh Pollmann) every 60/60/- Minutes

960: On Sundays or evening Monday to Saturday the line is split from Marktstraße changing the destination to Dümpten or Anne-Frank-Realschule

• 112 (Oberhausen Neumarkt - Oberhausen-Sterkrade Station - Oberhausen Hbf - Mülheim) every 10 Minutes

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  The entrance into the station
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  An S3 service at Oberhausen Hbf
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  An ICE on a service to Amsterdam at Oberhausen Hbf
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  A Preserved Train which stays at Oberhausen Hbf
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  A Bus at the bus station of Oberhausen Hbf
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  A Bus leaving the bus station of Oberhausen Hbf

• Dietrich Behrends. "Mit dem Bahnhof fing alles an". Oberhausen '98 – ein Jahrbuch (in German). pp. 34–42.
• Klaus Martin Schmidt-Waldbauer (2001). "Hauptbahnhof Oberhausen. Vom "köstlichen Bahnhof" zum "schönsten Bahnhof der Region" oder der unendlich lange und langsame Wandel am Hauptbahnhof von Oberhausen". Abenteuer Industriestadt, Oberhausen 1874–1999. Beiträge zur Stadtgeschichte (in German). Oberhausen. pp. 385–435. ISBN 3-87468-172-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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• "Oberhausen Hauptbahnhof" (in German). City of Oberhausen. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
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• "Oberhausen Hauptbahnhof". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
• STOAG Website (in German)