Witten Hauptbahnhof

Witten Hauptbahnhof
Through station
General information
Location	Bergerstraße 58452, Witten, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	51°26′07″N 7°19′46″E / 51.435299°N 7.329332°E / 51.435299; 7.329332
Owned by	DB Netz
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway Elberfeld–Dortmund railway Witten–Wengern Ost/Schwelm railway
Platforms	4
Train operators	DB Regio NRW National Express
Connections	S5
Construction
Architect	Richard Sauerbruch
Other information
Station code	6822
DS100 code	EWIT
IBNR	8000251
Category	3
Fare zone	VRR: 470[1]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	9 March 1849 / 1901
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Dortmund Hbf Terminus IC 34 Iserlohn-Letmathe towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf Preceding station National Express Germany Following station Dortmund Hbf Terminus RE 4 (Wupper-Express) Wetter (Ruhr) towards Aachen Hbf Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station Dortmund Hbf Terminus RE 34 Iserlohn-Letmathe towards Siegen Hbf Bochum Hbf towards Essen Hbf RB 40 Wetter (Ruhr) towards Hagen Hbf Preceding station VIAS Following station Bochum Hbf towards Essen Hbf RE 16 Wetter (Ruhr) towards Iserlohn Preceding station Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Following station Witten-Annen Nord towards Dortmund Hbf S5 Wetter (Ruhr) towards Hagen Hbf
Location Witten Hauptbahnhof Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

Witten Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the town of Witten in western Germany. It is situated southwest of the town.

In 1849 the station was opened as Witten West by the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft. At the end of the 19th century the whole station was reconstructed, the new station building was designed by the architect Richard Witten Sauerbruch and opened in 1901. It is now part of The Industrial Heritage Trail (German: Route Industriekultur). In 1940 the station was renamed Witten Hauptbahnhof.^[2]