Dortmund-Oespel station

Dortmund-Oespel station
Operations
Category	5 [1]
Type	Through station
Platforms in use	2
DS100 code	EDOP
Station code	1322
Construction and location
Opened	24 September 1983[2]
Location	Dortmund
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
51°29′17″N 7°23′11″E / 51.48819°N 7.386432°E / 51.48819; 7.386432
Route information
Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway (KBS 450.1) S 1
List of railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia

Dortmund-Oespel station is in the district of Oespel of the city of Dortmund in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was built on a loop line (line 2190) off the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway, which was opened on 24 September 1983 from Bochum-Langendreer to Dortmund-Dorstfeld.^[3] The station was opened on 24 September 1983^[2] and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.^[1]

The station is served by line S 1 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn, running between Dortmund and Solingen every 20 minutes during the day.^[4]

Preceding station		Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn		Following station
Dortmund-Kley toward Solingen Hbf		S1		Dortmund Universität toward Dortmund Hbf

In addition, the station is served by buses on three routes operated by DSW21, generally at twenty-minute intervals: 440, 465 and 475. It is also served by bus route 371, operated by Verkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr at twenty-minute intervals.^[4]

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} "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 23 October 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Dortmund-Oespel station operations" (in German). NRW Rail Archive. André Joost. http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/esn/EDOP.htm. Retrieved 23 October 2011. 
3. ^ "Line 2190: Bochum - Dortmund" (in German). NRW Rail Archive. André Joost. http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/strecken/2190.htm. Retrieved 24 October 2011. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Dortmund-Oespel station" (in German). NRW Rail Archive. André Joost. http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/bf/8004288.htm. Retrieved 23 October 2011.