Bremerhaven-Lehe railway station

Bremerhaven-Lehe is a railway station in the Lehe district of the city of Bremerhaven, Germany.

Bremerhaven-Lehe
Bf
LocationBremerhaven, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
Germany
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)Bremen–Bremerhaven line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks4
Connections
  • RE 8RE 9
  • RB 33
  • RS 2
  • 507 508 554 E12 E19 E22
Other information
Station code870
DS100 codeHBHL[1]
IBNR8001168
Category5[2]
Fare zoneVBN: 250[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1863
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio Nord   Following station
TerminusRE 8
toward Hannover Hbf
TerminusRE 9
Preceding station   Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser   Following station
toward Cuxhaven
RB 33
toward Buxtehude
Preceding station   Bremen S-Bahn   Following station
TerminusRS 2
toward Twistringen
Location
Bremerhaven-Lehe
Location in Bremen
Bremerhaven-Lehe
Location in Germany
Bremerhaven-Lehe
Location within Europe

History

The station was opened in 1863 as an extension of the Bremen-Geestemünde line. In 1896, the line to Cuxhaven was opened. The station has undergone renovations in the early 2000s and is now equipped with a lift.

Operations

The RegionalExpress trains to and from Osnabrück Hbf and Hannover Hbf call at the station. Furthermore, Bremerhaven-Lehe is the terminal and starting point for the Bremen S-Bahn connection to Bremen and Twistringen. Services to Cuxhaven and Buxtehude, operated by EVB, call at the station as well. The Bremerhaven-Lehe marshalling yard (code HBHLA) is nearby. The next station to the south is Bremerhaven Hauptbahnhof (HBH), to the north lies the closed station Bremerhaven-Speckenbüttel (HBHP), the next passenger station still in use is Wremen (AWRE) on the line to Cuxhaven. Connections to local traffic are provided by a bus stop (operated by BremerhavenBus) in front of the station. The old station building has been rented out to two tenants, a hotel on the upper floors and an Aldi supermarket on the ticket hall floor. Access to the station is provided by a passenger tunnel underneath the platforms.

Train services

The following services currently call at the station:[4]

  • Regional services RE 8 Bremerhaven-Lehe - Bremen - Nienburg - Hanover
  • Regional services RE 9 Bremerhaven-Lehe - Bremen - Osnabrück
  • Local services RB 33 Cuxhaven - Dorum - Bremerhaven - Bremervörde - Buxtehude
  • Bremen S-Bahn services Bremerhaven-Lehe - Osterholz-Scharmbeck - Bremen - Twistringen

References
  1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2017 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.
  2. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  3. "Tarifplan" (PDF). Verkehrsverbund Bremen/Niedersachsen. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  4. Timetables for Bremerhaven-Lehe station (in German)


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