Wuppertal Central Station, Railway station in Elberfeld, Wuppertal, Germany
Wuppertal Central Station is a through station on the Düsseldorf–Elberfeld and Elberfeld–Dortmund lines, with its 1848 reception building set on the slope of the Döppersberg. The stone facade has a four-column portico with a triangular pediment and the inscription "ELBERFELD"; a long wing with three rows of windows extends to the right. A 200-metre tunnel links the platforms with central Elberfeld.
The first Elberfeld station opened on 3 September 1841 as the terminus of the Düsseldorf–Elberfeld line, the first steam-worked railway in Western Germany and Prussia. The Bergisch-Märkische Railway opened its Elberfeld–Dortmund line via Hagen to Schwelm on 9 October 1847, extended to Hagen and Dortmund on 20 December 1848. The 1848 reception building by architects Hauptner and Ebeling is one of the oldest of its kind; the station was renamed Wuppertal Hauptbahnhof in 1992.
Designated as an architectural heritage monument in North Rhine-Westphalia, the station reflects mid-19th-century railway design with neoclassical elements including Corinthian columns and ashlar construction.
Located at Döppersberg 37 at an elevation of 515 feet (156 meters), the station offers multiple platforms, ticketing services, retail outlets, and direct connections to the Wuppertal suspension railway.
The station handles lost luggage operations for Deutsche Bahn across Germany, a lesser-known role of this building. The 200-metre Döppersberg tunnel, once nicknamed "Harnröhre" for its neglected cleaning, links the platforms directly with central Elberfeld and the Schwebebahn stop.
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