Mülheim (Ruhr) West station Mülheim (Ruhr) West station Mülheim (Ruhr) West station is located in the German city of Mülheim in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg line and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station. The station was opened 1 March 1862 by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company and was called "Mülheim (BM)" station until 1892, when it was renamed "Mülheim (Ruhr)". Although it was larger than the station now known as Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof, it was not accepted as the town's main station, because it was too far from its central area. On 26 May
Rhine-Ruhr the south and the small city Wesel as its northernmost point. The northern border is similar to the border of the Ruhr Area. The table below shows an unofficial summary of regions. In the official definition the metropolitan area is much smaller. Eurostat's "Urban Audit" splits the Rhine-Ruhr region into six Larger Urban Zones (LUZ). These six Urban Zones do not cover the cities of Remscheid and Solingen nor the district of Rhein-Kreis Neuss. Historically, most of the Ruhr area was for the most part characterized by heavy industry since the age of industrialisation in the late 19th and early