Recklinghausen Hauptbahnhof

Recklinghausen Hauptbahnhof
Hbf
Main entrance to station building
General information
Location	Große Perdekamp Str. 2 Recklinghausen, NRW Germany
Coordinates	51°36′58″N 7°12′11″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg
Platforms	3
Other information
Station code	5160
DS100 code	ERE
IBNR	00149
Category	3
Fare zone	VRR: 170
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1870
Key dates
1945	Destroyed
1998	Current structure built
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Essen Hbf towards Aachen Hbf ICE 14 Münster Hbf One-way operation Münster Hbf towards Dortmund Hbf ICE 47 Wanne-Eickel Hbf towards München Hbf Münster Hbf towards Emden Außenhafen, Norddeich Mole or Bremerhaven-Lehe IC 35 Wanne-Eickel Hbf towards Konstanz or Stuttgart Hbf Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station Wanne-Eickel Hbf towards Düsseldorf Hbf RE 2 Marl-Sinsen towards Osnabrück Hbf Recklinghausen Süd towards Bochum Hbf RE 41 Marl-Sinsen towards Haltern am See Recklinghausen Süd towards Mönchengladbach Hbf RE 42 Marl-Sinsen towards Münster Hbf Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station Terminus S2 Recklinghausen Süd towards Dortmund Hbf S9 Herten (Westfalen) towards Hagen Hbf
Location
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Recklinghausen Hauptbahnhof is a railway station for the city of Recklinghausen in Germany.

History

The original station opened in 1870 by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company as part of the construction of the Hamburg-Venlo railway.

During the Second World War, on 1 April 1945, a heavy bombing raid mostly destroyed the station and tracks. It is commemorated by the bunker built next to the station, in which the Kunsthalle Recklinghausen was established in 1950.

An outstanding feature of the architecture of the station building with its glass front is now the clock tower. The new bus station was built in 1998. Up until the renovation of the building, a plaque commemorating the 5000th kilometer of electrified rail of the Deutsche Bundesbahn, was located in the station. The plaque has been missing since the completion of the renovation.