:S2 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)

{{Short description|Railway service of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn network}}

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{{Routemap|inline= |title =Route of S2| title-color=white| title-bg = #{{rcr|Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn|2}}|footnote=Source: German railway atlas{{cite book|title=Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) |publisher= Schweers + Wall | year= 2009 |isbn= 978-3-89494-139-0|pages=136–9}}|map=

LDER\KS+BHFa\~~0.0~~{{stl|Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn|Dortmund}}~~ ~~{{ric|Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn|1}} {{ric|Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn|5}}

SHST~~2.6~~Dortmund-Dorstfeld~~ ~~{{ric|Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn|1}} {{ric|Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn|4}}

SHST~~4.2~~{{stn|Dortmund-Wischlingen}}

SHST~~6.0~~{{stn|Dortmund-Huckarde}}

SHST~~8.2~~{{stn|Dortmund-Westerfilde}}

SHST~~9.7~~{{stn|Dortmund-Nette/Östrich}}

S+BHF~~11.5~~{{stn|Dortmund-Mengede}}

S+BHF~~16.5~~Castrop-Rauxel Hbf

S+BHF~~23.4~~Herne

STR+l\ABZgr\

S+BHF\STR\~~27.9~~{{stn|Recklinghausen Süd}}

KS+BHFe\STR\~~33.9~~{{stl|Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn|Recklinghausen}}~~ ~~{{ric|Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn|9}}

S+BHF~~27.3~~{{stl|Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn|Wanne-Eickel}}

S+BHF~~32.7~~{{stl|Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn|Gelsenkirchen}}

SHST~~34.5~~{{stn|Gelsenkirchen-Rotthausen}}

SHST~~37.2~~{{stn|Essen-Kray Nord}}

LDER\KS+BHFe\~~42.8~~{{stl|Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn|Essen}}~~ ~~{{ric|Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn|1}} {{ric|Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn|3}} {{ric|Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn|6}} {{ric|Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn|9}}

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Line S2 is a S-Bahn line in the Rhein-Ruhr network. It starts in Dortmund Hauptbahnhof and runs westerly. During weekdays one service per hour runs each to Essen Hauptbahnhof and Recklinghausen Hauptbahnhof using Stadler FLIRT 3XL units.{{Cite web| url = http://www.marco-wegener.de/s-bahn/fahrplan.htm| title = S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr-Sieg - Fahrplanangebot| accessdate = 8 January 2012| last = Wegener

| first = Marco| language = German}}

Line S2 runs over lines built by various railway companies:

• from Dortmund Hauptbahnhof to Dortmund-Dorstfeld over the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway, opened by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company in 1862
• from Dortmund-Dorstfeld to Dortmund-Mengede over the Welver–Sterkrade railway, built by the Royal Westphalian Railway Company on 1 September 1878.{{cite web| url= http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/strecken/2136.htm | title= Line 2136: Dortmund Süd - Dortmund-Bodelschwing |work=NRW Rail Archive |publisher= André Joost |accessdate=12 December 2013 |language=German}}
• from Dortmund-Mengede to Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof via Herne station over the Duisburg–Dortmund Railway opened by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company in 1847,{{cite web| url= http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/strecken/2650.htm | title= Line 2650: Köln-Deutz - Hamm (Westf) |work=NRW Rail Archive |publisher= André Joost |accessdate=12 December 2013 |language=German}}
• from Gelsenkirchen to Essen over the Essen–Gelsenkirchen railway, opened from Gelsenkirchen to Essen-Kray Nord by the Rhenish Railway Company in 1872 and from Essen-Kray Nord to Essen Hauptbahnhof by the Prussian state railways in 1905,{{cite web| url= http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/strecken/2168.htm | title= Line 2168: Essen-Kray Nord - Gelsenkirchen |work=NRW Rail Archive |publisher= André Joost |accessdate=12 December 2013 |language=German}}
• from Herne to Recklinghausen over tracks competed in October 1901 by Deutsche Reichsbahn{{cite web| url= http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/strecken/2221.htm | title= Line 2221: Recklinghausen Süd - Herne |work=NRW Rail Archive |publisher= André Joost |accessdate=12 December 2013 |language=German}} and the Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway opened by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company in 1870.{{cite web| url= http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/strecken/2220.htm | title= Line 2220: Wanne-Eickel - Hamburg |work=NRW Rail Archive |publisher= André Joost |accessdate=12 December 2013 |language=German}}

S-Bahn services commenced between Dortmund and Duisburg on 2 June 1991. Services commenced between Dortmund and Essen on 29 September 1991. Services commenced between Dortmund and Recklinghausen on 24 May 1998.{{cite web |url=http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/linien/S2.htm | title=S2: Dortmund - Herne - DU/E/RE | work=NRW rail archive|publisher= André Joost |language=German | accessdate= 16 September 2011}} Services between Gelsenkirchen and Duisburg ended on 15 December 2019 and were replaced by the RB 32 (Rhein-Emscher-Bahn).

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