Solingen Hauptbahnhof

Solingen Hauptbahnhof
Through station
Location	Bahnstr. 5, Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	51°09′41.5″N 7°00′15″E / 51.161528°N 7.00417°ECoordinates: 51°09′41.5″N 7°00′15″E / 51.161528°N 7.00417°E
Line(s)	Wuppertal–Köln-Deutz (KBS 455) Solingen–Wuppertal (KBS 458) Solingen–Düsseldorf (KBS 450.1)
Platforms	5
Other information
Station code	5882
DS100 code	KSO
Category	2
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	25 September 1867
Previous names	Ohligs-Wald
Traffic
Passengers	20,000

Solingen Hauptbahnhof is the only railway station in Solingen, Germany, to be served by ICE and IC long distance trains. Solingen-Mitte station serves central Solingen, but only has Regionalbahn trains.

History

The first station in the area of present-day town of Solingen was built with the opening of the Gruiten-Cologne-Mülheim railway by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company.^[1] The station opened on 25 September 1867 and was named Ohligs Wald ("Ohligs forest").^[2] That same year a branch line to Solingen was built from this station.^[3] In 1890, the Wald part of the name was dropped and with the incorporation of Ohligs into Solingen in 1929, the station was renamed Solingen-Ohlings.^[2] In 1894, the line from Hilden was opened.^[4]

The importance of the Solingen-Ohligs station always exceeded that of the other stations in Solingen, including the old Solingen Hauptbahnhof, since only Ohligs station is located on a main line. Consequently, it was the stopping point for long-distance traffic. This factor lead to the discussion of renaming this station to Hauptbahnhof and giving the Hauptbahnhof a new name. These discussions, however, never came to a conclusion, so the station kept its name until the end of 2006. With the decommissioning of the old Hauptbahnhof in May 2006, Solingen-Ohligs station was renamed as Solingen Hauptbahnhof on 10 December 2006.^[2]

Operational usage

Long distance trains

Preceding station		Deutsche Bahn		Following station
Wuppertal Hbf towards Hannover Hbf		ICE 43		Cologne Hbf towards Basel SBB
Wuppertal Hbf towards Dortmund Hbf		ICE 91		Cologne Hbf towards Wien Hbf
Wuppertal Hbf towards Hamburg-Altona/Kiel Hbf/Puttgarden		IC/EC 31		Cologne Hbf towards Passau Hbf
Wuppertal Hbf towards Dresden Hbf		IC 55		Cologne Hbf Terminus

Regional trains

Preceding station		National Express		Following station
Wuppertal Hbf toward Rheine Hbf		RE 7 Rhein-Münsterland-Express		Opladen toward Krefeld Hbf
Haan toward Wuppertal Hbf		RB 48 Rhein-Wupper-Bahn		Leichlingen toward Bonn-Mehlem
Preceding station		Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn		Following station
Solingen-Vogelpark toward Dortmund Hbf		S 1		Terminus
Solingen-Gruenewald toward Wuppertal Hbf		S 7		Terminus

Notes

1. "Line 2730: Gruiten - Neurather Ring". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
2. "Solingen Hbf operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
3. "Line 2675: Solingen Hbf - Remscheid Hbf". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
4. "Line 2671: Hilden - Solingen Hbf". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 2 October 2011.

External links

• "Solingen Hbf track plan" (PDF; 176.9 KB) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
• "Solingen Hbf". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 2 October 2011.