Essen Hauptbahnhof's 1902 building was designed mainly by Fritz Klingholz, with Prussian construction director Alexander Rüdell directing the work. Kurt Rasenack and Bernd Figge designed the 1959 entrance hall. The station opened on March 1, 1862 under the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn, and the 1902 building was completed that December. The infobox gives Gothic Revival for 1902, but the text says Renaissance Revival with Gothic elements.
The outer walls are Lauterecken sandstone veneer over red brick, and the train shed has arch trusses on cast-iron columns. The shed is 427 feet (130 m) long with a 70-foot (21.33 m) span. A clock tower stands on the northwest corner.
Allied air raids destroyed the 1902 building in 1944 and 1945. A renovation from 2008 to 2010 cost about 57 million euros. The station has 13 platforms. The article gives no opening hours.
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