Osterfeld, which belonged to the Bottrop office until 1891, received its first train station in November 1873. On November 15, 1873, the Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (CM) put its Emschertal line into operation. From July 1, 1874, passenger trains also stopped at Osterfeld CM station. 1879 followed with the Duisburg - Dorsten - Coesfeld - Rheine - Quakenbrück line of the Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft and the Sterkrade - Bottrop - Dortmund - Welver line of the Royal Westphalian Railway Company. In 1880 the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft added the fourth line, the Herne - Katernberg - Oberhausen line. [2]
The station building of the Cöln-Mindener Bahnhof was on today's Bottroper Straße, the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn also used this station. The Westphalian Railway built its Osterfeld WfE station some distance away on what is now Emsstrasse. The route followed the Westfälische Strasse and Richard-Wagner-Allee to Sterkrade. The station of the Rheinische Eisenbahn was about 600 meters north of the Cöln-Mindener station. [2] from de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahnhof_Oberhausen-Osterfeld (accessed December 01, 2020)