Opened in 1957, Bochum's main station is considered one of the most important new station buildings of the 1950s.
The façade of the building is characterised by a concrete skeleton with embedded limestone and glass, in the form of 58 window axes on three floors. The special architectural feature of the station is the reception building designed in the style of post-war modernism, which stands out with its reinforced concrete slab bent into a striking butterfly shape and was modelled on the Roma Termini station.
The station, which went into planning as early as 1953, was positioned 650 metres east of the previous main station, whose reception building was almost completely destroyed in the Second World War. The new station's positioning has thus enabled better connections and an expansion of urban transport, and its site is expandable, unlike its predecessor. Today, the eight-track through station is the central hub of public transport in Bochum.
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