Essen-Kray Süd station

Railway station in Essen, Germany

Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway (KBS 440)

Platforms2 side platformsTracks2Train operatorsDB Regio NRWOther informationStation code1708DS100 codeEEKS^[1]IBNR8001911Category6^[2]Fare zoneVRR: 356^[3]Websitewww.bahnhof.deHistoryOpened1896; 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

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.

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

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