Essen-Kray Süd station

Essen-Kray Süd station is one of two railway stations in the German city of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, located in the district of Essen-Kray. The other one is Essen-Kray Nord station on the Essen–Gelsenkirchen railway line.

Essen-Kray Süd
Hp
2014
General information
Location	Am Bocklerbaum 2 45307 Essen North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)
Coordinates	51°27′29″N 7°04′29″E / 51.4580°N 7.0746°E / 51.4580; 7.0746
Owned by	DB Netz
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway (KBS 440)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Train operators	DB Regio NRW
Other information
Station code	1708
DS100 code	EEKS^[1]
IBNR	8001911
Category	6^[2]
Fare zone	VRR: 356^[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1896; 128 years ago (1896)
Services
Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station Essen Hbf Terminus RB 40 Wattenscheid towards Hagen Hbf
Location
Essen-Kray Süd Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

History

The station was opened in 1896 with the name Kray Süd as the second Kray station after the aforementioned Essen-Kray Nord from 1873. It contributed to the development of Kray and the neighbouring Leithe during the period of industrialisation in the Ruhrgebiet.^[4][5] In 1929 Kray was incorporated into the city of Essen. In 1950 the station received its present name Essen-Kray Süd. In 1974 the station was classified as a Haltepunkt.^[6]

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
2. "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
3. (PDF). Ruhrbahn. November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
4. Geschichte Krays auf rathaus-kray.de 14 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 4 October 2015
5. Rheinruhronline: Essen: Essen-Kray; retrieved 4 October 2015
6. NRW-Bahnarchiv: Betriebsstelle EEKS; retrieved 4 October 2015