Essen-Altenessen station

railway station in Essen, Germany
Place railway_station Q800742
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Essen-Altenessen station

Summary

Essen-Altenessen station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.97% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month, #180 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Essen-Altenessen station is located in Q54803601[3].
  • Essen-Altenessen station is in the country of Germany[4].
  • Essen-Altenessen station's transport network is recorded as Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn[5].
  • Essen-Altenessen station's instance of is recorded as railway station[6].
  • Essen-Altenessen station's instance of is recorded as S-Bahn station[7].
  • Essen-Altenessen station's instance of is recorded as elevated station[8].
  • Essen-Altenessen station's connecting line is recorded as Q5629219[9].
  • Essen-Altenessen station is operated by DB InfraGO[10].
  • Altenessen is named after Essen-Altenessen station[11].
  • Essen-Altenessen station's adjacent station is recorded as Essen Zollverein Nord station[12].
  • Essen-Altenessen station's adjacent station is recorded as Essen-Bergeborbeck station[13].
  • Essen-Altenessen station's postal code is recorded as 45326[14].
  • Essen-Altenessen station's Commons category is recorded as Bahnhof Essen-Altenessen[15].
  • Essen-Altenessen station's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.4843, 'lon': 7.00684}[16].
  • Essen-Altenessen station's interchange station is recorded as Altenessen Bahnhof station[17].
  • Essen-Altenessen station's interchange station is recorded as Altenessen Bf[18].
  • Essen-Altenessen station's official website is recorded as https://www.bahnhof.de/essen-altenessen[19].
  • Essen-Altenessen station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[20].
  • Essen-Altenessen station's connecting service is recorded as S2[21].
  • Essen-Altenessen station's date of official opening is recorded as May 15, 1847[22].
  • Essen-Altenessen station sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+48'}[23].
  • Essen-Altenessen station's class of station is recorded as category 5 railway station[24].
  • Essen-Altenessen station's state of use is recorded as in use[25].
  • Essen-Altenessen station's street address is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Hövelstraße 8'}[26].

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Geography

Essen-Altenessen station is in the country of Germany[4]. It is located in Q54803601[3].

Physical Characteristics

Essen-Altenessen station sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+48'}[23].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include railway station[6], S-Bahn station[7], and elevated station[8].

History and Context

Altenessen is named after Essen-Altenessen station[11].

Why It Matters

Essen-Altenessen station ranks in the top 0.97% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month, #180 of 18,574).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . vrr.de. vrr.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . register of infrastructure of Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved . dbinfrago.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Wetterman-Andi · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after
    Transport network Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn
    Coordinates
    Connecting service S2
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||de */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32122|batch #32122]]: adding German aliases without main-name "Bahnhof""
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