S9 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)

S9
S9
Overview
Termini	Recklinghausen Hauptbahnhof/Haltern am See station ; Hagen Hauptbahnhof ;
Stations	43
Website	https://www.abellio.de/de/abellio-nordrhein-westfalen/linien-netze/s-bahn-rhein-ruhr/linienuebersicht/s9
Service
Operator(s)	DB Regio NRW
Rolling stock	Stadler FLIRT 3 XL
Technical
Line length	153 km (95 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

Last updated September 08, 2024

Route of S9

Legend

				0.0	Haltern am See
				7.3	Marl-Hamm
				11.2	Marl Mitte
				16.6	Gelsenkirchen-Hassel
				19.9	Gelsenkirchen-Buer Nord
				9.7	Recklinghausen Hauptbahnhof S2
					Herten (Westf)
					Herten-Westerholt (planned)

				25.6	Gladbeck West
				30.0	Bottrop-Boy
				34.0	Bottrop
				37.0	Essen-Dellwig Ost
				46.1	Essen-Gerschede
				47.3	Essen-Borbeck
				59.1	Essen-Borbeck Süd
				61.6	Essen West S1 S3
				64.0	Essen Hauptbahnhof S1 S2 S3 S6
				68.7	Essen-Steele S1 S3
				71.4	Essen-Überruhr
				72.7	Essen-Holthausen
				76.1	Essen-Kupferdreh
				81.0	Velbert-Nierenhof
				83.4	Velbert-Langenberg
				89.4	Velbert-Neviges
				93.1	Velbert-Rosenhügel
				97.2	Wülfrath-Aprath
				101.7	Wuppertal-Vohwinkel S8 S68
				103.6	Wuppertal-Sonnborn S8
				104.4	Wuppertal Zoologischer Garten S8
				107.2	Wuppertal-Steinbeck S8
				109.5	Wuppertal Hauptbahnhof S7 S8
				112.1	Wuppertal-Unterbarmen S7 S8
				114.0	Wuppertal-Barmen S7 S8
				116.0	Wuppertal-Oberbarmen S7 S8
				118.2	Wuppertal-Langerfeld S8
				120.4	Schwelm West S8
				122.2	Schwelm S8
				126.4	Gevelsberg West S8
				127.4	Gevelsberg-Kipp S8
				128.4	Gevelsberg S8
				131.4	Gevelsberg-Knapp S8
				133.0	Hagen (Westphalia)-Westerbauer S8
				135.2	Hagen (Westphalia)-Heubing S8
				137.2	Hagen (Westphalia)-Wehringhausen S8
				138.6	Hagen Hauptbahnhof S5 S8

Source: German railway atlas^[1]

Line S 9 is an S-Bahn line on the Rhine-Ruhr network, operated by DB Regio. It runs from Recklinghausen Hbf / Haltern am See in the north through Gladbeck West - Essen Hbf to Hagen (Westphalia) Main Station in the south. During the day two services per hour run between Wuppertal and Gladbeck West, one service per hour between Gladbeck and Recklinghausen Hbf and Gladbeck and Haltern am See and one service per hour between Wuppertal and Hagen, using FLIRT 3XL electric multiple units.^[2]

Line S 9 runs over lines built by various railway companies:^[2]

Line branch 1 from Recklinghausen Hbf (Wanne-Eickel-Hamburg railway) - to Abzwg Blumenthal (Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd-Hamm railway), opened by Prussian state railways on 1 May 1905, direction Gladbeck West (separation station)
Line branch 2 from Haltern am See to Marl Lippe junction over the Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway opened by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company on 1 January 1870, from Marl Lippe junction to Gelsenkirchen-Buer Nord over the Gelsenkirchen-Buer Nord–Marl Lippe railway opened by Deutsche Bundesbahn on 27 September 1968
from Gelsenkirchen-Buer Nord to Gladbeck West (separation station) and Bottrop over the Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd–Hamm railway,
from Bottrop to Essen-Dellwig Ost over line 2248 opened by Deutsche Bundesbahn on 18 May 1952,
from Essen-Dellwig Ost to Schönebeck junction (near Essen-Borbeck Süd) over the Mülheim-Heißen–Oberhausen-Osterfeld Nord railway opened by the Rhenish Railway Company on 1 December 1872,
from Schönebeck junction to Essen West over a section of line opened by Prussian state railways on 25 March 1912,
from Schönebeck junction to Essen West to Essen-Steele over the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway opened by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company on 1 March 1862
from Essen-Steele to Essen-Steele Ost junction (Ruhr Bridge part) over line 2193 opened by Deutsche Bundesbahn on 1 February 1978
from Essen-Steele Ost junction to Essen-Überruhr over the Essen-Überruhr–Bochum-Langendreer railway, converted to standard gauge on 1 June 1863 (although parts of the line dated back to 1811 as a horse-hauled colliery plateway) and acquired by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company in 1870,
from Überruhr to Kupferdreh over a section of the Wuppertal-Vohwinkel–Essen-Überruhr line opened by the Prince William Railway Company on 1 December 1847,
from Kupferdreh to Nierenhof over a section of the Wuppertal-Vohwinkel–Essen-Überruhr line opened by the Deil Valley Railway Company as a 820 mm gauge, horse-hauled railway on 20 September 1831 (it is regarded as Germany's oldest railway, because it used iron wheels on iron rails); this was standardised by the Prince William Railway Company in 1847,
from Nierenhof to Vohwinkel over a section of the Wuppertal-Vohwinkel–Essen-Überruhr line opened by the Prince William Railway Company in 1847, except for a section from near Velbert-Neviges to near Velbert-Rosenhügel, which was opened in 1868 by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company,
from Vohwinkel to Wuppertal-Steinbeck over the Düsseldorf–Elberfeld railway opened by the Düsseldorf-Elberfeld Railway Company on 3 September 1841,
from Steinbeck to Wuppertal Hauptbahnhof over a link line opened by the Düsseldorf-Elberfeld Railway and the Bergisch-Märkische Railway on 28 December 1848,
from Wuppertal to Schwelm over the Elberfeld–Dortmund railway built by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company between 1847 and 1849,
a short section of the Witten–Schwelm railway from Schwelm towards Gevelsberg West opened by Deutsche Reichsbahn in 1934, and
from Gevelsberg West to Hagen over the Düsseldorf-Derendorf–Dortmund Süd railway, built by the Rhenish Railway Company between 1873 and 1879 (except for a section between Hagen-Heubing and Hagen Hauptbahnhof built in 1894 by the Prussian state railways).

S-Bahn services commenced between Dortmund and Essen on 29 September 1991. Services commenced between Steele Ost and Haltern am See on 24 May 1998. Services were extended to Wuppertal on 14 December 2003^[2] and to Hagen on 1 May 2020 and to Recklinghausen on 11 Sept 2020. Services to Herten commenced on 11 December 2022.

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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.

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Velbert-Nierenhof station is located in the city of Velbert in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Wuppertal-Vohwinkel–Essen-Überruhr line and is served by S-Bahn line S 9.

Essen-Kupferdreh station is located in the district of Kupferdreh of 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 5 station. It was built between 1969 and 1979, replacing the nearby Old Kupferdreh station. In the 2010–12 period, the track near the station was elevated and the side platforms were replaced by an island platform.

Velbert-Langenberg station is located in the city of Velbert 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 5 station. It was built in 1847.

Velbert-Neviges station is located in the city of Velbert in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Wuppertal-Vohwinkel–Essen-Überruhr line.

Gelsenkirchen-Buer Nord station is located in the city of Gelsenkirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Gelsenkirchen-Buer Nord–Marl Lippe railway. The current station was opened in 1998 and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 6 station as a halt (Haltepunkt). It replaced a station 600 metres to the southwest, which had been opened in 1905.

The Gelsenkirchen-Buer Nord–Marl Lippe railway is an approximately 17 kilometre-long, electrified and predominantly single-track main line railway in the north of the Ruhr district of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It connects Gelsenkirchen-Buer Nord station on the Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd–Hamm railway with Marl Lippe junction on the Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway. The route is included in the list lines showing local speeds under the VzG route number of 2252. As the railway was planned by the Ruhr coal district association as traffic axis (Verkehrsband) No. 9, it is also colloquially called V9.

References

↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 51, 137–8, 141–2. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
1 2 3 "S9: Haltern - Bottrop Essen - Wuppertal". NRW rail archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 10 October 2011.

N9 local service between Kupferdreh and Nierenhof in 1986 prior to the electrification of the Vohwinkel–Überruhr line
Haltern am See station
Wuppertal Hauptbahnhof
Hagen (Westphalia) Main Station

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[Eisenbahnatlas-1] Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 51, 137–8, 141–2. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.

[Joost-2] 1 2 3 "S9: Haltern - Bottrop Essen - Wuppertal". NRW rail archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 10 October 2011.

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