Dortmund-Mengede station

Dortmund-Mengede
Dortmund-Mengede
Through station
General information
Location	Dortmund-Mengede, North Rhine-Westphalia ; Germany
Coordinates	51°34′13″N7°22′29″E / 51.57028°N 7.37472°E
Owned by	DB Netz
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Duisburg–Dortmund (KBS 416); Welver–Sterkrade (KBS 450.2);
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	1320
DS100 code	EDMG
Category	5
Fare zone	VRR: 377
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1848
Services

Last updated January 25, 2024

Dortmund-Mengede station is located in the Dortmund suburb of Mengede in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station was opened in 1848 as part of the trunk line of the former Cologne-Minden Railway Company.^[4]

Mengede station is used by a range of passenger services and includes an area to the north-west of the passenger station that is used for shunting and freight. Four tracks are available for passenger operations. Two tracks are served by the Regional-Express service RE 3, Rhein-Emscher-Express, the other two tracks are served by S-Bahn line S 2. The two platforms are connected by an underground pedestrian tunnel. The walkway tunnel is not yet equipped with lifts, so people in wheelchairs can only use the platforms with assistance.

At the station there are 136 park and ride spaces for cars and 16 bicycle lockers, which were built as part of the “Bike and Ride” concept. An expansion of the capacity of these facilities is planned.

The station's platform canopy is listed as a monument by the city of Dortmund.^[5]

The freight and marshalling yard was used mainly to handle coal despatched to the Gustav Knepper Power Station until its closure in 2014. Formerly coal was transported from the Adolf von Hansemann colliery, which closed in 1967.

Services

It is served by the RE 3 (Rhein-Emscher-Express) and the RB32 (Rhein-Emscher-Bahn), each hourly, and line S 2 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn every 30 minutes.^[6]^[7]

Line	Line name	Route
RE 3	Rhein-Emscher-Express	Düsseldorf – Duisburg – Oberhausen – Gelsenkirchen – Dortmund-Mengede – Dortmund – Hamm (Westf)
RB 32	Rhein-Emscher-Bahn	Duisburg – Gelsenkirchen – Dortmund-Mengede – Dortmund
S2	S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr	(Essen – Gelsenkirchen) / (Recklinghausen) – Dortmund-Mengede – Dortmund

It is also served by bus routes 470 (Mengede- Oespel) ; 473 (Mengede- Eving) ; 474 (Mengede - Groppenbruch [ - Lünen-Brambauer]) ; 475 ( Mengede - Dortmund Central Station) and 482 (Mengede - Castrop-Rauxel) by DSW21 and SB24 (Mengede - Waltrop- Datteln - Oer-Erkenschwick - Recklinghausen Central Station) and 289 (Mengede - Waltrop) by Vestische Straßenbahnen.

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References

1 2 "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024](PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
↑ "Linie 470". Dortmunder Stadtwerke AG. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
1 2 "Dortmund-Mengede station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
↑ "Denkmalliste des Stadtbezirks Mengede" (PDF). dortmund.de – Das Dortmunder Stadtportal (in German). Denkmalbehörde der Stadt Dortmund. 27 October 2008. Archived from the original (PDF: 44.7 KB) on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
↑ "Dortmund-Mengede station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
↑ "VRR rapid-transit plan 2013" (PDF) (in German). VRR. Retrieved 13 December 2013.

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[categories-1] 1 2 "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024](PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.

[Eisenbahnatlas-2] Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.

[3] "Linie 470". Dortmunder Stadtwerke AG. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

[operations-4] 1 2 "Dortmund-Mengede station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 13 December 2013.

[5] "Denkmalliste des Stadtbezirks Mengede" (PDF). dortmund.de – Das Dortmunder Stadtportal (in German). Denkmalbehörde der Stadt Dortmund. 27 October 2008. Archived from the original (PDF: 44.7 KB) on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2011.

[station-6] "Dortmund-Mengede station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 13 December 2013.

[7] "VRR rapid-transit plan 2013" (PDF) (in German). VRR. Retrieved 13 December 2013.

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