Solingen Mitte station

Solingen Mitte
Through station
2007
General information
Location	Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	51°09′58″N 7°05′22″E
Owned by	DB Netz
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Wuppertal-Oberbarmen–Solingen (KBS 458)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Train operators	Abellio Rail NRW
Connections	S7
Other information
Station code	5414[1]
DS100 code	KSM
IBNR	8005598
Category	5[1]
Fare zone	VRR: 740[2] VRS: 1740 (VRR transitional tariff)[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	10 December 2006[4]
Services
Preceding station Regiobahn Following station Remscheid Hbf towards Remscheid-Lennep RE 47 Solingen-Grünewald towards Düsseldorf Hbf Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station Solingen-Schaberg towards Wuppertal Hbf S7 Solingen Grünewald towards Solingen Hbf
Location Solingen Mitte Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

Solingen Mitte station is in the city of Solingen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Wuppertal-Oberbarmen–Solingen railway. The line through the site of Solingen Mitte station was opened on 2 December 1890 as part of the Solingen–Wuppertal-Vohwinkel line, known as the Korkenzieherbahn ("Corkscrew Railway"), to Vohwinkel.[5] The station was opened on 10 December 2006.[4] It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.[1]

The station is served by line S 7 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn, branded as Der Müngstener, operated every 20 minutes from Monday to Friday and generally every half hour on weekends and at off-peak times, using (LINT 41) vehicles.[6][7] Until 15 December 2013 the station was served by Regional-Express service RB 47, operated by DB Regio NRW, normally with two-carriage sets of class 628.4. The Abellio Deutschland company won a contract that was put to tender in November 2010 and took over the operation of passenger services on the route from December 2013 for a period of 15 years.[8][9]

Since December of 2022, the Station is also served hourly by regional service RE 47 between Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof and Remscheid-Lennep, operated by Regiobahn.

References

1. "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
2. "S7 - Der Müngstener". Stadtwerke Remscheid. Abellio Rail NRW. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
3. "VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. 20 April 2020. p. 207. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
4. Joost, André. "Solingen Mitte operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
5. Joost, André. "Line 2734: Solingen - Wuppertal-Vohwinkel" (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
6. Joost, André. "Solingen Mitte station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
7. Joost, André. "S7". NRW rail archive (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
8. "Abellio gewinnt Ausschreibung der RB 47". Eisenbahnjournal Zughalt.de (in German). 23 November 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
9. "Bahn unterliegt Abellio bei RB 47-Ausschreibung". Rheinische Post (in German). 24 November 2010. Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2013.