Castrop-Rauxel Hauptbahnhof

Platforms3Other informationStation code1033DS100 codeECACategory4Fare zoneVRR: 280 and 282^[1]Websitewww.bahnhof.deHistoryOpened15 May 1847Services

Preceding station	Eurobahn			Following station
Herne towards Düsseldorf Hbf		RE 3		Dortmund-Mengede towards Hamm (Westf) Hbf
Preceding station	DB Regio NRW			Following station
Herne towards Duisburg Hbf		RB 32		Dortmund-Mengede towards Dortmund Hbf
Preceding station	Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn			Following station
Herne towards Essen Hbf or Recklinghausen Hbf		S2		Dortmund-Mengede towards Dortmund Hbf

Castrop-Rauxel Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the German city of Castrop-Rauxel. It is situated on the S2 line of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn, stopping every half hour. Additional, the RE 3 (Rhein-Emscher-Express) and the RB32 (Rhein-Emscher-Bahn) both stop hourly.

History

The station was opened in 1848 as part of the trunk line of the former Cologne-Minden Railway Company.^[2] Castrop station was opened for passenger services with this section of the line on 15 May 1847. Facilities were built at the station up to 1862 for handling freight.

About 1880 the station was renamed Rauxel, as the station was located in that municipality at the time. After the municipal reform the mid-20th century, which merged of the towns of Castrop and Rauxel, the station was renamed again as Castrop-Rauxel Hauptbahnhof in about 1962.

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  Former Castrop station on the Westphalian Emscher Valley Railway

References

External links

• "Trackplan of Castrop-Rauxel Hbf" (PDF: 187.78 kB) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
• "Castrop-Rauxel Hbf". NRW rail archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 19 September 2011.