S1 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)

Route of S1

				0.0km	Dortmund Hbf S2S5
				2.6	Dortmund-Dorstfeld S2S4
				3.7	Dortmund-Dorstfeld Süd
				4.6	Dortmund Universität
				7.2	Dortmund-Oespel
				8.4	Dortmund-Kley
				11.8	Bochum-Langendreer
				13.2	Bochum-Langendreer West
				19.1	Bochum Hbf
				20.2	Bochum-Ehrenfeld
				24.3	Wattenscheid-Höntrop
				28.2	Essen-Eiberg
				29.6	Essen-Steele Ost S3
				30.9	Essen-Steele S3S9
				35.6	Essen Hbf S2S3S6S9
				38.0	Essen West S3S9
				39.1	Essen-Frohnhausen S3
				45.6	Mülheim S3
				48.7	Mülheim-Styrum S3
				55.1	Duisburg Hbf
				57.9	Duisburg Schlenk
				60.1	Duisburg-Buchholz
				62.1	Duisburg-Großenbaum
				64.1	Duisburg-Rahm
				65.8	Düsseldorf-Angermund
				70.2	Düsseldorf Airport SkyTrain to terminal
				71.9	Düsseldorf-Unterrath S11
				75.2	Düsseldorf-Derendorf S6S11
				76.3	Düsseldorf Zoo S6S11
				77.3	Düsseldorf-Wehrhahn S6S11
				78.4	Düsseldorf Hbf S6S8S11S28S68
				79.6	Düsseldorf Volksgarten S6S68
				80.8	Düsseldorf-Oberbilk S6S68
				83.1	Düsseldorf-Eller Mitte
				84.1	Düsseldorf-Eller
				90.3	Hilden
				91.5	Hilden Süd
				95.5	Solingen Vogelpark
				97.5	Solingen Hbf S7

Source: German railway atlas^[1]

Line S1 is a S-Bahn line on the Rhine-Ruhr network. It is operated by DB Regio. It runs from Dortmund via Bochum and Essen to Duisburg. From there it travels south to Düsseldorf and Hilden before continuing to Solingen. It is operated on weekdays at 15-minute intervals between Dortmund Hbf and Essen Hbf, at 20-minute intervals between Düsseldorf Hbf and Solingen and at 30-minute intervals between Düsseldorf and Essen, using coupled sets of class 422 four-car electrical multiple units.^[2]

Line S 1 runs over lines built by various railway companies:

from Dortmund Hauptbahnhof to Duisburg over the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway, opened by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company in 1862,
from Duisburg to Düsseldorf-Oberbilk over the Cologne–Duisburg railway, opened by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company in 1845 and
from Düsseldorf-Oberbilk to Solingen over the Düsseldorf–Solingen railway opened by the Prussian state railways between 1891 and 1894.

S-Bahn services commenced between Bochum and Duisburg-Großenbaum on 26 May 1974. Services were extended from Großenbaum to Düsseldorf on 22 May 1977 and from Bochum to Dortmund on 25 September 1983. Services ran via Düsseldorf Airport Terminal station from 24 May 1998 to 28 May 2000. Services were extended from Düsseldorf to Solingen on 13 December 2009, replacing part of the former line S 7 service.^[2]

Notes

^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 136–9, 140–1. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
^ ^a ^b "S1: Dortmund - Essen Düsseldorf - Solingen". NRW rail archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 2 October 2011.

References

Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2007/2008 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2007. ISBN 978-3-89494-136-9.

[Eisenbahnatlas-1] Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 136–9, 140–1. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.

[S1-2] "S1: Dortmund - Essen Düsseldorf - Solingen". NRW rail archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 2 October 2011.

[1]

[2]