sentences:  The still-existing entrance building of the station at Portsmouthplatz was built from 1931 to 1934 under the direction of the government architect Johannes Ziertmann (an architect at the railway division of Essen) and was considered one of the most modern station buildings of its time.It is comparable with the entrance buildings in Düsseldorf and Oberhausen, built in the same period.The two sculptures at the front of a steel frame structure built for the ticket hall are by the Essen sculptor Joseph Enseling.