Mülheim-Heißen–Oberhausen-Osterfeld Nord railway

Between Essen-Borbeck and Essen-Dellwig Ost it is used by line S9 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn and the Regional-Express service RE 14, Der Borkener.

[2] During the Second World War, on 27 March 1945 the bridges over the Emscher and the Rhine-Herne Canal were blown up and passenger services were abandoned on the entire line.

[3] The line was connected on the south side of the Rhine–Herne Canal with the Duisburg–Quakenbrück railway, creating the current Osterfeld junction.

After the Second World War, passenger services were restored between Mülheim-Heißen and Schönebeck junction between 1946 and 1948; the last freight train ran on 28 May 1967, two years later the line was finally decommissioned on 1 May 1969.

This is also the reason why the Regional-Express service RE 14, Der Borkener runs to and from the S-Bahn platform in Essen Hauptbahnhof, because there is no rail connection to the main line track.

The Heißen–Osterfeld Nord line once joined the Duisburg–Bottrop Nord line here (to the left) with the Duisburg–Bottrop Süd line (to the right) on its own bridge ( Rhine-Herne Canal , Emscher ). At a triangular junction there was a connection to the Gutehoffnungshütte works; the bridge piers are visible in the center.
Essen-Borbeck station