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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Krayerstr. 263, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°28′9″N 7°4′51″E / 51.46917°N 7.08083°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | DB Netz | ||||||||||
Operated by | DB Station&Service | ||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | 1707[1] | ||||||||||
DS100 code | EEKN[2] | ||||||||||
IBNR | 8001910 | ||||||||||
Category | 6[1] | ||||||||||
Fare zone | VRR: 356[3] | ||||||||||
Website | www.bahnhof.de | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 16 April 1872[4] | ||||||||||
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Essen-Kray Nord is a railway station on the Essen–Gelsenkirchen railway situated in Essen in western Germany. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 6 station. It is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 2 and by bus routes 144 (Steele – Annental – Stadtwaldplatz), 146 (Leithe Wackenberg + Essen Hbf – Stadtwald – Heisingen), 147 (Porscheplatz – Haarzopf Erbach + Grimbergstr), 170 (Steele + Schonnebeck – Katernberg – Altenessen – Borbeck) and 194 (Gelsenkirchen Hbf + Steele – Stadtwald – Haarzopf) operated by Ruhrbahn.[5][6]