Essen-Überruhr station
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| Location | Langenbergerstr. 511, Essen, NRW Germany | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°25′45″N 7°04′09″E / 51.429233°N 7.069132°E | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Wuppertal–Essen-Überruhr (KBS 450.9) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 1712 | ||||||||||
| DS100 code | EEUE | ||||||||||
| IBNR | 8001914 | ||||||||||
| Category | 6 | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | VRR: 358 | ||||||||||
| Website | www.bahnhof.de | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 December 1847 | ||||||||||
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Essen-Überruhr station is located in the district of Überruhr in the city of Essen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Wuppertal-Vohwinkel–Essen-Überruhr line and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 6 station.
The station was opened on 1 December 1847 by the Prince William Railway Company as the northern terminus of its Vohwinkel–Überruhr line, after its takeover, standardisation and extension of the Deil Valley Railway Company's line from Kupferdreh to Nierenhof (the oldest German railway).