Bochum–Gelsenkirchen railway

The Bochum–Gelsenkirchen railway, also known as the Glückauf-Bahn , is a passenger railway from Bochum Central Station to Gelsenkirchen Central Station in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is served by Regionalbahn passenger service RB 46). It is also used by freight traffic from Bochum freight yard at the former Bochum Süd station and Bochum-Präsident to Gelsenkirchen-Schalke Nord. The line was built in sections between 1867 and 1876 of the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company. The curve connecting to Bochum Central Station was opened in 1979.

Until 1978, the Deutsche Bundesbahn passenger service ran from Bochum-Langendreer via Bochum-Nord, Bochum-Riemke to Wanne-Eickel . After the construction of a connecting curve from Bochum Central Station to the line towards Riemke in 1979, passenger services ran until 1990 from Bochum over the curve from Herne-Rottbruch to Herne, but subsequently services ran via Wanne-Eickel to Gelsenkirchen Central Station. Herne Rottbruch station represented a special case for operations, because it is located on a bridge over autobahn 43, but it has not been served since 1990. In the early 90s, the electronics manufacturer Nokia, which then had a factory near the railway, sponsored the modernisation of the fleet . As a result, the line was renamed the Nokia-Bahn and Bochum-Graetz station was renamed Bochum-Nokia. Following Nokia’s closure of its Bochum factory in late 2008, the line was renamed the Glückauf-Bahn. At the timetable change of 2009/10, the station was renamed Bochum-Riemke.

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