S1 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn) Services ran via Düsseldorf Airport Terminal station from 24 May 1998 to 28 May 2000. Services were extended from Düsseldorf to Solingen on 13 December 2009, replacing part of the former line S 7 service. S1 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn) Line S1 is a S-Bahn line on the Rhine-Ruhr network. It is operated by DB Regio. It runs from Dortmund west over Essen to Duisburg. From there it travels south to Düsseldorf and Hilden before continuing to Solingen. It is operated at 20 minute intervals, using coupled sets of class 422 four-car electrical multiple units. Line S 1 runs over lines built
Ruhr Pocket Ruhr Pocket The Ruhr Pocket was a battle of encirclement that took place in April 1945, on the Western Front near the end of World War II, in the Ruhr Area of Germany. Some 317,000 German troops, consisting mostly of unarmed "Volksturm" militia and "Hitlerjugend" units were taken prisoner along with 24 generals. The Americans suffered 10,000 casualties including 2,000 killed or missing. Exploiting the capture of the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen on 7 March, the U.S. 12th Army Group under General Omar Bradley advanced rapidly into German territory south of Field Marshal Walter Model's Army Group B. In the