Solingen Hauptbahnhof is the only railway station in Solingen, Germany, to be served by ICE and IC long distance trains. Solingen-Mitte station serves central Solingen, but only has Regionalbahn trains.

Solingen Hauptbahnhof
Through station
General information
Location	Bahnstr. 5, Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	51°09′41.5″N 7°00′15″E
Line(s)	Wuppertal–Köln-Deutz (KBS 455) Solingen–Wuppertal (KBS 458) Solingen–Düsseldorf (KBS 450.1)
Platforms	5
Other information
Station code	5882
DS100 code	KSO
Category	2
Fare zone	VRR: 746[1] VRS: 1740 (VRR transitional tariff)[2]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	25 September 1867
Previous names	Ohligs-Wald
Passengers
20,000

History

The first station in the area of present-day town of Solingen was built with the opening of the Gruiten-Cologne-Mülheim railway by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company.[3] The station opened on 25 September 1867 and was named Ohligs Wald ("Ohligs forest").[4] That same year a branch line to Solingen was built from this station.[5] In 1890, the Wald part of the name was dropped and with the incorporation of Ohligs into Solingen in 1929, the station was renamed Solingen-Ohligs.[4] In 1894, the line from Hilden was opened.[6]

The importance of the Solingen-Ohligs station always exceeded that of the other stations in Solingen, including the old Solingen Hauptbahnhof, since only Ohligs station is located on a main line. Consequently, it was the stopping point for long-distance traffic. This factor lead to the discussion of renaming this station to Hauptbahnhof and giving the Hauptbahnhof a new name. These discussions, however, never came to a conclusion, so the station kept its name until the end of 2006. With the decommissioning of the old Hauptbahnhof in May 2006, Solingen-Ohligs station was renamed as Solingen Hauptbahnhof on 10 December 2006.[4]

Operational usage

Long distance trains

Regional trains

Notes

External links

• "Solingen Hbf track plan" (PDF; 176.9 KB) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
• "Solingen Hbf". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 2 October 2011.

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