Emden Hauptbahnhof

Emden Hauptbahnhof is the main station in Emden in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is the terminus of the Emsland Railway, connecting Emden with Münster and the Ruhr and the starting point of the East Frisian coastal railway from Emden to Norden and Norddeich, both of which are electrified. It is also connected to the city’s second busiest station of Emden Außenhafen (outer harbour) by a line that has been electrified since 2006.

Emden Hauptbahnhof
View of the station
LocationBahnhofsplatz 11,Emden, Lower Saxony
Germany
Coordinates53°22′12″N 7°11′46″E
Owned byDB Netz
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms5
Other information
Station code1580[1]
DS100 codeHE[2]
IBNR8001768
Category3[1]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1971
Services
Preceding station   DB Fernverkehr   Following station
IC/EC 35
towards Cologne
Terminus
IC/EC 35
towards Cologne
IC 56
towards Cottbus or Leipzig
Preceding station   DB Regio Nord   Following station
RE 1
toward Hannover Hbf
Preceding station   WestfalenBahn   Following station
Terminus
RE 15
Emsland-Express
toward Münster Hbf
Location
Emden Hauptbahnhof
Location within Lower Saxony

History

Emden Hauptbahnhof was opened in 1971 and is a grey concrete building, as was in vogue then. Because of Emden’s water-logged foundations, the platforms are not reached by a pedestrian tunnel, but via a flyover.

Until 1971, the main station in Emden was about two kilometres further east, now better known as Emden Süd (south) station. The station which is now the location of the Hauptbahnhof was called West Emden from 1935, before that it was called Larrelter Straße. Beside it was the Emden station of metre gauge line of the Emden-Pewsum-Greetsiel Light Railway.

The last buildings and tracks of Emden Süd station have now been demolished and replaced by a new residential district.

Train services

Every day, InterCity trains run in the direction of Koblenz (via Münster, the Ruhr and Cologne) and to Cottbus and Leipzig (via Bremen and Hanover). Regional services run to Münster and via Oldenburg and Bremen to Hanover. Some of those trains that terminate in Emden, run to Emden Außenhafen and are timed to connect with the ferries to Borkum. The others terminate at the Hauptbahnhof.

The station is served by the following service(s):[3]

  • Intercity services (IC/EC 35) Norddeich - Emden - Münster - Düsseldorf - Köln - Bonn - Koblenz - Mainz - Mannheim - Stuttgart
  • Intercity services (IC 35) Norddeich - Emden - Münster - Düsseldorf - Köln - Bonn - Koblenz - Mainz - Mannheim - Karlsruhe - Konstanz
  • Intercity services (IC 56) Norddeich - Emden - Bremen - Hanover - Braunschweig - Magdeburg - Leipzig
  • Regional services RE 1 Norddeich - Emden - Leer - Oldenburg - Bremen - Nienburg - Hanover
  • Regional services RE 15 Emden - Leer - Lingen (Ems) - Rheine - Münster

References
  1. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. Timetables for Emden Hbf station (in German)
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