Dortmund-Kurl station

Dortmund-Kurl station
Operations
Category	6[1]
Type	Through station
Platforms in use	2
DS100 code	EDKU
Construction and location
Opened	1847/1886/1908
Location	Kurl
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
51°33′25″N 7°35′6″E / 51.55694°N 7.585°E / 51.55694; 7.585
Route information
Dortmund–Hamm
List of railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia

Dortmund-Kurl station is in the Dortmund suburb of Kurl in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Dortmund–Hamm line. The station has two platform tracks and an overtaking track for long-distance trains and a freight track without platforms, which is no longer used.

History

In 1847, Kurl station was went opened by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company as a simple halt. Ticket sales were conducted at the nearby Zur Mühle restaurant. The Zeche Kurl (colliery) opened in 1855 had a siding at Kurl station.

On 1 April 1886 the first permanent station building was built on the south side of the railway line and still exists today as a residence. Even the former crossing keeper's house is inhabited.

In 1908, a new entrance building was erected on the north side of the tracks, which now only serves as a passageway to the tracks.

The station is listed as a monument by the city of Dortmund.^[2]

Services

It is served by the Rhein-Emscher-Express (RE 3) and the Rhein-Hellweg-Express (RE11). During the early morning and the evening, some NRW-Express (RE 1) services stop at the station.

Line	Line name	Route
RE 3	Rhein-Emscher-Express	Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf Airport – Duisburg – Oberhausen – Gelsenkirchen – Herne – Dortmund – Dortmund-Kurl – Hamm
RE 11	Rhein-Hellweg-Express	Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf Airport – Duisburg – Essen – Dortmund – Dortmund-Kurl – Hamm

Preceding station		DB AG		Following station
Dortmund-Scharnhorst toward Mönchengladbach Hbf		RE 11 Rhein-Hellweg-Express		Kamen-Methler toward Hamm
Preceding station		eurobahn		Following station
Dortmund-Scharnhorst toward Düsseldorf Hbf		RE 3 Rhein-Emscher-Express		Kamen-Methler toward Hamm

Notes

1. ^ "Station catgories 2011" (in German) (PDF). Deutsche Bahn. http://www.deutschebahn.com/site/shared/de/dateianhaenge/infomaterial/sonstige/bahnhofskategorieliste__db__station__service__2011.pdf. Retrieved 10 September 2011. 
2. ^ No. A 0430. "Denkmalliste des Stadtbezirks Scharnhorst" (PDF). dortmund.de – Das Dortmunder Stadtportal. Denkmalbehörde der Stadt Dortmund. 27 October 2008. http://denkmalbehoerde.dortmund.de/upload/binarydata_do4ud4cms/50/71/17/00/00/00/177150/scharnhorst_2008.pdf. Retrieved 10 September 2011. 

External links

• "Photographs and information on Dortmund-Kurl station" (in German). mein-bahnhof.de. http://www.mein-bahnhof.de/dortmund-kurl.html. Retrieved 10 September 2011. 
• "Dortmund-Kurl station" (in German). NRW rail archive. André Joost. http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/bf/8001537.htm. Retrieved 10 September 2011.