Essen-Eiberg station

Essen-Eiberg station is a station in the district of Eiberg of the city of Essen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway.

Essen-Eiberg station
Through station
General information
Location	Sachsenring 1, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	51°26′30″N 7°06′35″E
Line(s)	Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway (KBS 450.1)
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	1700[1]
DS100 code	EEIB[2]
IBNR	8001905
Category	5[1]
Fare zone	VRR: 356[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1968/69[4]
Services
Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station Essen-Steele Ost towards Solingen Hbf S1 Wattenscheid-Höntrop towards Dortmund Hbf

History

The name of the station refers to the former municipality of Eiberg, which extended over the western parts of modern Bochum and the eastern parts of the Essen suburbs of Freisenbruch and Horst. At the end of the 1960s the station was established^[4] lies in the southeastern part of Freisenbruch on the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway, which is part of the main east–west trunk line of the Ruhr, opened in this area in 1874.

Current situation

The station is only served by line S1 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn and lies on the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway (timetable route 450.1). In Deutsche Bahn's directory of operating points, the station is given the abbreviation of EEIB and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.^[1]

Rail services

The station is served by S1 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn (Dortmund–Solingen) on week days every 15 minutes during the day between Dortmund and Essen.^[5]

It is also served by three bus routes, operated by Ruhrbahn at 10 or 20 minute intervals: 164, 174 and 184.^[5]

Notes

1. "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (10 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.
3. "Wabenplan Essen" (PDF). Ruhrbahn. November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
4. Joost, André. "Essen-Eiberg station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 13 May 2020.
5. Joost, André. "Essen-Eiberg station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 13 May 2020.