Essen-Überruhr station is located in the district of Überruhr in the city of Essen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

To the west of the railway is a water protection area and beyond it the Rellinghausen district on the other side of the Ruhr.

Instead, Rellinghausen is reached via the Konrad Adenauer Bridge over the Ruhr, which is several hundred metres to the south.

[4][6] After the bridge was completed in 1863, the old Steele gegenüber station served as a line control post.

The station is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 9 (Recklinghausen / Haltern – Gladbeck - Essen - Wuppertal - Hagen) , operating every 30 minutes during the day.