 In the period from 13 December 2009 to 11 December 2010 (during "RUHR.2010", when Essen was a European Capital of Culture), the RE 3 had an additional stop at Essen-Zollverein Nord (formerly "Essen-Katernberg Süd") to improve access to the World Heritage Site at the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex.On 7 January 2010, the station was officially renamed "Essen-Zollverein Nord", but since the timetable change in December 2010, "Rhein-Emscher-Express" services again skip the station.Two North Rhine-Westphalian municipal transport associations, the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr ("Rhine-Ruhr Transport Association", VRR) and the Verkehrsgemeinschaft Ruhr-Lippe ("transport community of Westphalia-Lippe", ZRL) are involved in the operation of the service.