Essen Zollverein Nord station

Essen Zollverein Nord
Platform of Essen Zollverein Nord in 2010
General information
LocationEssen, NRW
Germany
Coordinates51°29′37″N 07°02′49″E / 51.49361°N 7.04694°E / 51.49361; 7.04694
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms2
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code1706
DS100 codeEEKB
Category6
Fare zoneVRR: 354
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1887
Services
Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station
Essen-Altenessen
towards Duisburg Hbf
RB 32 Gelsenkirchen Hbf
towards Dortmund Hbf
Preceding station VIAS Following station
Essen-Altenessen RB 35 Gelsenkirchen Hbf
Terminus
Location

Essen Zollverein Nord is a railway station situated in close proximity to the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex on the Duisburg–Dortmund railway situated in Essen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 6 station. It was originally named Zollverein, renamed Caternberg in 1897, Caternberg Süd between 1897 and 1905, Katernberg Süd between 1905 and 1912, Essen-Katernberg Süd in 1949 and Essen-Zollverein Nord on 13 December 2009. A station building was built in 1897, but was demolished between 1960 and 1990.

It is served by Regionalbahn lines RB32 (Rhein-Emscher-Bahn) and RB35 (Emscher-Niederrhein-Bahn), Essen tramway 107 (Gelsenkirchen Hbf + Hbf – Bredeney) and by bus routes 170 (Schonnebeck – Kray – Steele + Altenessen - Borbeck) and 183 (Katernberger Markt + Altenessen – Karlsplatz) operated by Ruhrbahn.