Recklinghausen Hauptbahnhof

Line(s)Wanne-Eickel–HamburgPlatforms3Other informationStation code5160^[1]DS100 codeERE^[2]IBNR00149Category3^[1]Fare zoneVRR: 170^[3]Websitewww.bahnhof.deHistoryOpened1870Key dates1945Destroyed1998Current structure builtServices

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.

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