Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof


Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the municipality of Gevelsberg in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station was opened along with a section of the Düsseldorf-Derendorf–Dortmund Süd railway, opened by the Rhenish Railway Company between Wuppertal-Wichlinghausen and Hagen RhE station on 15 September 1879. It has two platform tracks and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 6 station. It is the only Hauptbahnhof in Germany, which in fact is not a Bahnhof, but a Haltepunkt. It and Remscheid Hauptbahnhof are the only Hauptbahnhof stations which are served only by S-Bahn trains.

Operational usage

The station is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S8 between Mönchengladbach and Hagen and line S9 between Recklinghausen and Hagen, both every 60 minutes. The station, along with Remscheid Hauptbahnhof are the only Hauptbahnhof stations in Germany that are served exclusively by S-Bahn trains. This is because Gevelsberg as a municipality is a relatively recent creation, and traditionally Ennepetal (Gevelsberg) on the direct line from Wuppertal to Hagen carries most of the regional and mid-distance traffic for Ennepetal and Gevelsberg. Whilst Gevelsberg Hbf therefore is more central to Gevelsberg, it does not offer any connections other than the S8 and S9 trains running twice an hour, making it one of the least busy Hauptbahnhof stations in Germany.
The station is also served by the following bus services:
Line noTerminals and important stopsOperator
SB 38Ennepetal Busbahnhof − Gevelsberg Mitte − Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof − Silschede Mitte − Wetter BfWitten HauptbahnhofHattingen Mitte BahnhofVerkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr
542Gevelsberg HauptbahnhofHaspe Zentrum − Hagen Hauptbahnhof − HA-Stadtmitte − Loxbaum − Boele Markt − KabelHagener Straßenbahn
551 Haßlinghausen Busbahnhof − Sprockhövel-Uellendahl − Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof − GEV-Mitte − Ennepetal (Gevelsberg) Bf − EN-Busbahnhof − Klutert − Ennepetal VoerdeVerkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr
552Wetter Loh − Silschede − Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof − Gevelsberg Mitte − GEV-Rathaus/LusebrinkVerkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr
556Gevelsberg Knapp BfGevelsberg HauptbahnhofSchwelm HELIOS Klinikum − Schwelm BahnhofSchwelm BlücherstraßeVerkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr
563EN-Busbahnhof − Ennepetal Bf − Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof − Gevelsberg ElsernstraßeVerkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr
NE3Gevelsberg HauptbahnhofHaspe Zentrum − Hagen Hauptbahnhof − HA-StadtmitteHagener Straßenbahn
NE27Haßlinghausen Busbahnhof − Sprockhövel-Uellendahl − Gevelsberg Hauptbahnhof − GEV-Mitte − Ennepetal (Gevelsberg) Bf − EN-Busbahnhof − Klutert − Ennepetal VoerdeVerkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr