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Lünen Hauptbahnhof
Lünen Hauptbahnhof is a railway station located north of central Lünen on the outskirts of Nordlünen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Significance Lünen Hauptbahnhof is an important station for regional trains in the district of Unna. Only regional trains operate here. It is the most important transport hub for public transport within the city of Lünen and the northern part of the district of Unna, and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station. Station facility Lünen Hauptbahnhof is built at the railway junction and has diverging platforms. There are five tracks at the station, four of which are located on station platforms. The fifth track was used as a connection to the Victoria colliery and is now closed. The station building is built between the diverging railways, which are on different levels. On the lower level is the Dortmund–Enschede line ( KBS 412) with tracks 1 and 2, on the upper level is the Dortmund-Münster line (KBS 411) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lünen
Lünen is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located north of Dortmund, on both banks of the River Lippe. It is the largest town of the Unna district and part of the Ruhr Area. In 2009 a biogas plant was built to provide electric power to the city. Lünen is the first city in the world to receive electricity via public utility companies that is generated on the base of animal waste. The plant produces up to 6.6 MW, supplying 26,000 homes with heat and electricity. Culture and main sights Structure *Saint George's Church *Saint Mary's Church *Chateau of Schwansbell *Colani-UFO *Freiherr-vom-Stein School *Town hall of Lünen *Geschwister-Scholl School *Industrial Monument "Moor Crane" Museum *Museum of the town Lünen *Mining Museum in Lünen South *Mining residential Museum in Lünen Brambauer Theatre *Heinz-Hilpert theater Politics The current mayor of Lünen is independent politician Jürgen Kleine-Frauns since 2015; he was originally elected as a member of Tog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enschede Station
Enschede is the main railway station in Enschede, Netherlands. The station opened on 1 July 1866 and is on the Zutphen–Glanerbeek railway. Between the late 1970s and 2001, the passenger service to Germany stopped. The connection to Münster was reopened in 2001. There is no connection allowing the German trains to run any further into Overijssel; however there was before the line closed. From summer 2013 to summer 2014 the station is being largely modernised. The station was closed between 6 July and 18 August 2013, in which all the rails and overhead wires were replaced at the station. Platforms 1 and 2 were extended; platform 5 was closed. Platform 4 has been split in two, one part for the trains to Germany and the other part for the Sprinters. The two lines are still not connected. The sidings for stabling trains were also replaced and points replaced to reduce the noise made as trains pass over them. History On July 1, 1866, Enschede got a station on the Zutphen–Gla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prignitzer Eisenbahn
Netinera (formerly Arriva Deutschland) is a railway company operating in Germany. It was founded as a subsidiary of British Arriva plc in 2003 and initially headquartered in Hamburg. After the acquisition of Regentalbahn in 2004, the company's seat was located to Regentalbahn's head office at Viechtach in Bavaria. In the following years, many administrative and management positions were seated in Berlin, where the company headquarters were officially moved to in early 2023. With Deutsche Bahn's purchase of Arriva in 2010, the European Commission ruled that Deutsche Bahn would have to shed Arriva's German operations in order to comply with competition rules. Keolis, Veolia and Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane expressed interest in buying the business. It was sold to a Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (51%) and French-Luxembourg investment fund Cube (49%) consortium. It was renamed Netinera in March 2011. In December 2020, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane purchased Cube's shareholding. Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coesfeld (Westfalen) Station
Coesfeld Station (Westphalia) is the main railway station of the town of Coesfeld and an important transport hub in western Münsterland in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is a junction station on the Dortmund–Enschede, Essen-Coesfeld and Empel-Rees–Münster lines. History The Dortmund-Gronau-Enschede Railway Company (german: Dortmund-Gronau-Enscheder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, DGE) began to build its line from Dortmund in 1874. On 1 August 1875, it opened Coesfeld Station (Westphalia) at the end of the section from Dülmen East. Nearly two months later, another section was opened to Gronau, so that Coesfeld station became a through station. The Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway of the Cologne-Minden Railway Company was of great national importance and the Rhenish Railway Company (''Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', RhE) planned its Duisburg–Quakenbrück railway to compete with it. With the completion of this line on 1 July 1879, Coesfeld station became a â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dülmen Station
Dülmen station is one of two operating tower stations (of six that formerly operated) in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located in Dülmen in western Münsterland. It is at the crossing of the Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg and the Dortmund–Enschede railways. History The Cologne-Minden Railway Company (german: Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, CME) received a concession on 28 May 1866 to build a railway from Wanne to Osnabrück. This would be part of the inter-regional Hamburg–Venlo railway, which in turn would be part of an international Paris–Hamburg railway. On 1 January 1870, the CME started passenger operations on the first section between Wanne station (now Wanne-Eickel Central Station (''Hauptbahnhof'')) on its trunk line and Münster station (now Münster (Westfalen) Hauptbahnhof) and it opened the first Dülmen station at the same time. Germany and the Netherlands agreed on 13 November 1874 to establish a direct rail link between Enschede and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurobahn
Eurobahn is a railway operator in Germany, established in 1998. It operates regional train services in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with cross-border services including Lower Saxony and the Netherlands. Initially a joint venture between Keolis and Rhenus operating bus and rail services, it became a 100% Keolis subsidiary operating rail services only in 2007. Since 1 January 2022, it is owned by the law firm Noerr. History Company history Eurobahn was founded in 1998 as a 60/40 joint venture between Keolis and Rhenus. In December 2007, the joint venture was dissolved; Rhenus taking ownership of the bus operations and two railway contracts, Keolis taking full ownership of Eurobahn. In October 2021, Keolis announced its intention to sell the business and exit the German market. The business was sold to Team Treuhand, a subsidiary of Noerr law firm, effective 31 December 2021. Rail services In May 2000, Eurobahn commenced operating two rail services in the East Westphal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Münster (Westfalen) Hauptbahnhof
Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state district capital. Münster was the location of the Anabaptist rebellion during the Protestant Reformation and the site of the signing of the Treaty of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years' War in 1648. Today it is known as the bicycle capital of Germany. Münster gained the status of a ''Großstadt'' (major city) with more than 100,000 inhabitants in 1915. , there are 300,000 people living in the city, with about 61,500 students, only some of whom are recorded in the official population statistics as having their primary residence in Münster. Münster is a part of the international Euregio region with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants (Enschede, Hengelo, Gronau, Osnabrück). History Early history In 793, Charlemagne sent out Ludger as a missi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Der Lüner
The Hellweg net consists of the four Regionalbahn lines in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia: RB 50 (Münster – Lünen – Dortmund), RB 59 (Dortmund – Unna – Soest), RB 69 (Münster – Hamm – Bielefeld) and RB 89 (Münster – Hamm – Paderborn – Warburg). It has a length of about 370 km. The RB 50 is referred to as ''Der Lüner'', the RB 59 as ''Die Hellweg-Bahn'' and the RB 69 and RB 89 together as ''Die Ems-Börde-Bahn''. On 14 December 2008 operations were taken over by ''eurobahn'' (own capitalisation). Previously these four Regionalbahn services were operated by ''DB Regio NRW''. Tender The ''Hellweg'' network was announced in March 2006. This was one of the largest rail networks to be put to tender in Germany. Tenders were submitted by ''Abellio Rail NRW'', ''DB Regio NRW'', ''Arriva Deutschland'' (now Netinera),'' Rhenus Keolis'' and the ''Hamburger Hochbahn'' together with ''moBiel'' (the Bielefeld municipal transport company). The winner of the te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Münster Hauptbahnhof
Münster Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station in the city of Münster in Germany. History The original Münster station was opened in 1848 by the Münster-Hamm Railway Company, when it opened by the Münster–Hamm railway to the then capital of the Prussian Province of Westphalia as a terminus of its branch line from Hamm, where it connected with Cologne-Minden trunk line. The railway was opened with a ceremonial run on 25 May 1848. The station building was erected in front of the Servatii-Tor (gate) between the modern streets of Wolbecker Straße and Albersloher Weg. About a month after the opening passenger services were added to the freight traffic on the line. However, the new means of transport was not particularly successful in the early years. On average 100 passengers per train were recorded. 1855-1880 In 1855, the Münster-Hamm Railway Company was taken over in 1855 by the Prussian government-funded Royal Westphalian Railway Company (''Königlich-Westfälische ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia
Gronau (; officially Gronau (Westf.), is a town in the district of Borken in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the border with the Netherlands, approx. 10 km east of Enschede. Documentary evidence of Gronau dates to 1365. The city is divided into the districts of Gronau and Epe. Notable people The Dutch singer Rania Zeriri lives in Gronau. The Polish tennis player Agnieszka Radwańska grew up here; her father was a tennis coach at the local club. Blaise Nkufo, a Swiss footballer with African roots, former player of the Dutch football club FC Twente, lived in Gronau. , a German artist, grew up in Gronau. Born in Gronau * Winfried Berkemeier (born 1953), footballer * Bernd Düker (born 1992), footballer * Rolf Eckrodt (born 1942), CEO of Mitsubishi Motors 2001–2005 * Tim Hölscher (born 1995), footballer * Cengiz Koç (born 1977), former German heavyweight boxer of Turkish descent * (1938–2006), painter, elder brother of Udo Lindenberg * Udo L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
