Wuppertal-Oberbarmen station

Wuppertal-Oberbarmen
Through station
Station entrance
Location	Rittershauser Brücke 15, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	51°16′27″N 7°13′17″E / 51.27417°N 7.22139°E / 51.27417; 7.22139Coordinates: 51°16′27″N 7°13′17″E / 51.27417°N 7.22139°E / 51.27417; 7.22139
Line(s)	Elberfeld–Dortmund (KBS 455) Wuppertal-Oberbarmen–Solingen (KBS 458)
Platforms	6
Other information
Station code	6928
DS100 code	KWO
IBNR	8006719
Category	3
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1847
Services
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station Wuppertal-Barmen toward Aachen Hbf RE 4 Wupper-Express Schwelm toward Dortmund Hbf Preceding station   eurobahn   Following station Wuppertal-Barmen toward Venlo RE 13 Maas-Wupper-Express Schwelm toward Hamm Hbf Preceding station   National Express   Following station Wuppertal Hbf toward Krefeld Hbf RE 7 Rhein-Münsterland-Express Schwelm toward Rheine Hbf Wuppertal-Barmen toward Bonn-Mehlem RB 48 Rhein-Wupper-Bahn Terminus Preceding station   Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn   Following station Wuppertal-Barmen toward Wuppertal Hbf S 7 Wuppertal-Ronsdorf toward Solingen Hbf Wuppertal-Barmen toward Mönchengladbach Hbf S 8 Wuppertal-Langerfeld toward Hagen Hbf

Wuppertal-Oberbarmen station is a station in the city of Wuppertal in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was long an important railway junction, connecting to four railway lines. The only remaining lines at the station are the Dortmund–Wuppertal main line and the branch line to Solingen.

The first station building was opened along with the Elberfeld–Dortmund line under the name of Barmen-Rittershausen by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company on 9 October 1847. In 1930 it was renamed as Wuppertal-Oberbarmen.

In 1910, the tracks and Rosenau street were moved during the building of a depot at Wuppertal-Langerfeld. During the Second World War the station area and the station building were badly damaged. After a partial demolition by Deutsche Bundesbahn after the Second World War, the station was rebuilt in the 1980s during the establishment of S-Bahn line S8. Today there is a square-shaped commercial building with a newsagent, a bakery shop and a McDonald's branch.

In its heyday there was in addition to the Elberfeld–Dortmund through line, a triangular junction connected to the line to Opladen and Solingen, as well as a connecting line to the Düsseldorf-Derendorf–Dortmund Süd railway and the Wuppertal-Wichlinghausen–Hattingen line.

For a long time, Wuppertal-Oberbarmen was also an important freight terminal. The last freight tracks were removed in 2006, however, and a DIY store was built on the site.

Long-distance passenger trains pass through Wuppertal-Oberbarmen without stopping. However, all regional trains running through Wuppertal stop. The Wupper-Express (RE 4), the Rhein-Münsterland-Express (RE 7) and the Maas-Wupper-Express (RE 13) stop at the station at hourly intervals. S-Bahn line S8 and Der Müngstener (RB 47) stop every twenty minutes on the local platforms and connect the station with Hagen, Mönchengladbach, Remscheid and Wuppertal Hauptbahnhof. One in three S-Bahn services terminate at Oberbarmen and do not run to or from Hagen.

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