Solingen Mitte station

{{Short description|Railway station in Solingen, Germany}}

{{Infobox station

| style = Deutsche Bahn

| name = Solingen-Mitte

| native_name =

| native_name_lang = de

| symbol = s

| symbol2 =

| symbol_location = rhine-ruhr

| type =

| image = Bf-sg-mitte.jpg

| alt =

| caption = 2007

| other_name =

| address =

| borough = Solingen, NRW

| country = Germany

| coordinates = {{coord|51.16611|N|7.08935|E|region:DE-NW_type:railwaystation|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| owned = DB Netz

| operator = DB Station&Service

| line = {{Plainlist|1=

• W-Oberbarmen–Solingen ({{Kursbuchlink|Region=400-499|Nummer=458}})

}}

| platforms = 1 island platform

| tracks = 2

| accessible = Yes

| train_operators = RheinRuhrBahn

| connections =

| code = {{Deutsche Bahn station codes|code=5414|ds100=KSM|ibnr=8005598|category=5{{DBCatsURL}}}}

| zone = {{plainlist|1=

• VRR: 740{{cite web |title=S7 - Der Müngstener |url=https://www.stadtwerke-remscheid.de/fahrplan/fahrplantabellen/download/get/?tx_v3downloads_pi1%5Bfile%5D=2572 |website=Stadtwerke Remscheid |publisher=Abellio Rail NRW |access-date=12 May 2020 |date=15 December 2019}}
• VRS: 1740 (VRR transitional tariff){{cite web |title=VRS-Gemeinschaftstarif |url=https://www.vrs.de/fileadmin/Dateien/Downloadcenter/Tarif/VRS_Gemeinschaftstarif_20042020.pdf |publisher=Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg |access-date=9 May 2020 |page=207 |language=de |date=20 April 2020}}

}}

| architect =

| architectural_style =

| opened = 10 December 2006{{cite web| url= http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/kln/KSM.htm | title= Solingen Mitte operations |work=NRW Rail Archive |first= André |last=Joost |access-date=31 May 2020 |language=de}}

| closed =

| passengers =

| pass_year =

| website = [https://www.bahnhof.de/en/Solingen-Mitte www.bahnhof.de]

| map_type = North Rhine-Westphalia

| map_caption = Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

| services = {{Adjacent stations

|system1=Regiobahn|line1=RE 47|left1=Remscheid|right1=Solingen-Grünewald |to-left1=Remscheid-Lennep|to-right1=Düsseldorf

|system5=Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn|line5=S7|left5=Solingen-Schaberg|right5=Solingen Grünewald}}

}}

Solingen Mitte station is in the city of Solingen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Wuppertal-Oberbarmen–Solingen railway. The line through the site of Solingen Mitte station was opened on 2 December 1890 as part of the Solingen–Wuppertal-Vohwinkel line, known as the Korkenzieherbahn ("Corkscrew Railway"), to Vohwinkel.{{cite web| url= http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/strecken/2734.htm| title= Line 2734: Solingen - Wuppertal-Vohwinkel |first= André |last=Joost |access-date=31 May 2020 |language=de}} The station was opened on 10 December 2006. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.

The station is served by line S 7 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn, branded as Der Müngstener, operated every 20 minutes from Monday to Friday and generally every half hour on weekends and at off-peak times, using (LINT 41) vehicles.{{cite web| url= http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/bf/8005598.htm| title= Solingen Mitte station |work=NRW Rail Archive |first= André |last=Joost |access-date=31 May 2020 |language=de}}{{cite web |url=http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/linien/S7.htm | title=S7 | work=NRW rail archive|first= André |last=Joost |access-date=31 May 2020 |language=de}} Until 15 December 2013 the station was served by Regional-Express service RB 47, operated by DB Regio NRW, normally with two-carriage sets of class 628.4. The Abellio Deutschland company won a contract that was put to tender in November 2010 and took over the operation of passenger services on the route from December 2013 for a period of 15 years.{{cite journal|journal=Eisenbahnjournal Zughalt.de |url=http://zughalt.de/abellio-gewinnt-ausschreibung-der-rb-47/ |title=Abellio gewinnt Ausschreibung der RB 47 |date=23 November 2010 |access-date=8 December 2013 |language=de}}{{cite news |newspaper=Rheinische Post |url=http://www.rp-online.de/bergischesland/solingen/nachrichten/Bahn-unterliegt-Abellio-bei-RB-47-Ausschreibung_aid_934120.html |title=Bahn unterliegt Abellio bei RB 47-Ausschreibung |date=24 November 2010 |access-date=8 December 2013 |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127061228/http://www.rp-online.de/bergischesland/solingen/nachrichten/Bahn-unterliegt-Abellio-bei-RB-47-Ausschreibung_aid_934120.html |archive-date=27 November 2010 }}

Since December of 2022, the Station is also served hourly by regional service RE 47 between Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof and Remscheid-Lennep, operated by Regiobahn.