Neumünster station

Neumünster
Deutsche Bahn
Through station
General information
LocationKonrad-Adenauer-Platz 2, Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein
Germany
Coordinates54°04′33″N 9°58′48″E / 54.075955°N 9.97988°E / 54.075955; 9.97988
Line(s)
Platforms6
Other information
Station code4420[1]
DS100 codeAN[2]
IBNR8000271
Category2[1]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1844
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Kiel Hbf
Terminus
ICE 4 Hamburg Dammtor
One-way operation
ICE 18 Hamburg-Altona
towards München Hbf
ICE 20 Hamburg Dammtor
towards Zürich HB
Kiel Hbf
One-way operation
ICE 22 Hamburg Dammtor
Kiel Hbf
Terminus
ICE 25 Hamburg Dammtor
towards München Hbf
ICE 42 Hamburg Dammtor
One-way operation
Hamburg Hbf
towards München Hbf
Rendsburg
towards Flensburg
EC 27 Hamburg-Altona
towards Praha
Kiel Hbf
Terminus
Preceding station DB Regio Nord Following station
Einfeld
towards Kiel Hbf
RE 7 Elmshorn
towards Hamburg Hbf
Nortorf
towards Flensburg
Bordesholm
towards Kiel Hbf
RE 70 Brokstedt
towards Hamburg Hbf
Preceding station Following station
Neumünster Stadtwald
towards Büsum
RB 63 Terminus
Terminus RB 82 Neumünster Süd
towards Bad Oldesloe
Preceding station AKN Eisenbahn Following station
Terminus A1 Neumünster Süd
towards Hamburg Hbf
Map
Location
Neumünster is located in Schleswig-Holstein
Neumünster
Neumünster
Location within Schleswig-Holstein
Neumünster is located in Germany
Neumünster
Neumünster
Location within Germany
Neumünster is located in Europe
Neumünster
Neumünster
Location within Europe

Neumünster station is the main railway station of the town of Neumünster in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is at the junction of lines to Flensburg, Heide, Hamburg-Altona, Kiel, Bad Oldesloe, Kaltenkirchen and until 1985 Ascheberg. It is currently operated by Deutsche Bahn, which classifies it as a category 2 station.[1]

History

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The station was opened in 1844 by the Altona-Kiel Railway Company (German: Altona-Kieler Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, AKE) during the construction of the first railway line in Schleswig-Holstein, which connected Kiel with Altona. Soon, more lines were added: in 1845 the route to Rendsburg was opened by the Rendsburg-Neumünster Railway Company (Rendsburg-Neumünstersche Eisenbahn). In 1866 the AKE opened its line to Ascheberg and on to Neustadt in Holstein (part of which is now incorporated in the Kiel–Lübeck line) and in 1875 it opened its line to Bad Oldesloe. Finally in 1877 the line to and from Heide was opened by the West Holstein Railway Company (Westholsteinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft). The AKN Railway reached Neumünster in 1916, but at first its trains terminated in Neumünster-Süd station.

The original station building was demolished in 1974 and replaced by a modern building.[3]

In September 1985 the line from Neumünster to Ascheberg was closed to passenger traffic. In November 1995, freight traffic on the line was also officially closed.

Since 2009, some modernisation has been carried out at the station. Thus, the passenger information systems have been replaced. Facilities on the platforms have been modernised and lifts to the platforms have been replaced.

More recent modernisation includes provision of automatic ticket machines. However if you need help with your ticket purchase and/or need to use the DB ticket office, it is not situated in the Station building but in Rendsburger Strasse over the road from the station. A sign by DB to explain this to passengers is needed.

Operations

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ICE services run from Hamburg to Kiel and Flensburg.

Line Route Frequency
ICE 4 Kiel – Neumünster – Frankfurt – Frankfurt Flughafen – Mannheim – Stuttgart ( –Ulm –Augsburg –München) Individual services
ICE 18 KielNeumünsterHamburgBerlinHalleErfurtNurembergMunich
ICE 20 Kiel – Neumünster – Hamburg – HannoverKassel-WilhelmshöheFrankfurtMannheimKarlsruheFreiburgBasel SBB (– ZürichChur)
ICE 22 Kiel HbfNeumünster – Hamburg – Hannover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Frankfurt – Frankfurt Airport – Mannheim (– Heidelberg) – Stuttgart
ICE 25 Kiel – NeumünsterHamburgHannoverFuldaNürnbergMünchen
ICE 42 Kiel – NeumünsterHamburgDortmundKölnFrankfurt FlughafenMannheimStuttgartUlmMünchen
EC 27 Flensburg – Neumünster – Hamburg – Berlin – DresdenPrague
Kiel –

Regional Transport

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The following regional services serve the station:

Line Route Frequency Stock
RE 7 FlensburgSchleswigRendsburg NeumünsterElmshornHamburg Hbf Hourly 445 (Twindexx)
Kiel Hbf – Flintbek – Bordesholm – Einfeld –
RE 70 Kiel Hbf – Bordesholm – Neumünster – Brokstedt – Wrist – Elmshorn – Hamburg Hbf Hourly 445 (Twindexx)
RB 63 (Büsum – Heide –) Hohenwestedt – Neumünster Hourly 648 (LINT 41)
RB 82 Neumünster – Bad Segeberg – Bad Oldesloe Hourly 648 (LINT 41)
A1 Neumünster – Kaltenkirchen – Henstedt-Ulzburg – Ulzburg Süd – Quickborn – Hamburg-Eidelstedt Hourly 622 (LINT 54)

(as of 2023)

Tracks

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The station has six tracks that are used in passenger transport. Normally they are used as follows:

  • Platform track 1: trains to and from Bad Oldesloe.
  • Platform track 2: trains to and from Kaltenkirchen–Hamburg-Eidelstedt.
  • Platform tracks 3, 4 and 5: trains to and from Hamburg, Kiel and Flensburg.
  • Platform track 6: trains operate to and from Heide–Büsum.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. ^ "History of bus operations in Neumünster" (in German). Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
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