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WestfalenBahn
WestfalenBahn is a railway company operating regional train service in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia, Northern Germany. It was founded in 2005 by Essener Versorgungs & Verkehrsgesellschaft, Minden Museum Railway, moBiel and Verkehrsbetriebe Extertal, each having a 25% share. In 2008 Essener Versorgungs & Verkehrsgesellschaft's share was sold to Abellio Deutschland. In July 2017 Abellio bought out the other shareholders. Services WestfalenBahn has operated routes RB61, RB65, RB66 and RB72 since 9 December 2007. These will pass to Eurobahn in December 2017.Welcome to Abellio Abellio February 2017 These are operated by a fleet of fourteen 3-car and five 5-car Stadler Flirts. *L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abellio Deutschland
Abellio Deutschland is a public transit operator in Germany operating bus and rail networks. Headquartered in Berlin, it is a subsidiary of the Dutch state-owned Abellio. History Abellio Deutschland was formed by the Essen public transit company ( EVAG, today part of Ruhrbahn) in 2004. In 2005, British investment company Star Capital Partners purchased a 75% share in Abellio from the City of Essen. In December 2008, both sold their shares to NedRailways. The Abellio brand was later rolled out to replace the NedRailways brand internationally. Operations Rail As of December 2016, Abellio Deutschland operated 18 lines over 978 kilometres with a fleet of 86 trains.Welcome to Abellio Abellio February 2017 Abellio Rail NRW Abellio Rail NRW was founded i ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detmold Station
Detmold Station is the main train station of the city of Detmold in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was opened in 1880. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station, and has two platform tracks. The station building was thoroughly renovated in 2006 and 2007. Infrastructure Detmold station is located northwest of the town centre. It is situated on the Herford–Himmighausen railway, which runs generally from the northwest to the southeast. The station building, which was internally modernised and externally restored in 2007, houses several dining establishments, lockers for luggage and a Deutsche Bahn travel centre. There is a lift to the platform for the disabled. Furthermore, a digital clock with train times has been installed on the platform. History The station was served until the 1970s and 1980s by long-distance trains on the Osnabrück/Bielefeld– Altenbeken–Warburg– Kassel. The station forecourt was the transfer point to the form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herford–Himmighausen Railway
The Herford–Himmighausen railway is a 48 km-long line from Herford via Detmold to Himmighausen (leading to Altenbeken) and is a single-track and electrified main line. It is located in Ostwestfalen-Lippe in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and is part of Deutsche Bahn’s Münster-Ostwestfalen regional network (MOW), which has its headquarters in Münster. In Herford this route is known as the ''Lippische Bahn'' (Lippe Railway). The line from Herford to Detmold was built by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company. History The line was built in 1880 by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (''Köln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', CME) branching off its trunk line between Bielefeld and Minden. Construction started in Herford and followed the easy course of the Werre river uphill. On 31 December 1880, the line was initially opened for freight only and only as far as Detmold. A short time later, the CME was nationalised and the route became part of the Prussian s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herford Station
Herford station is a junction station with four platforms and seven platform tracks in the town of Herford in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It lies on the quadruple track, electrified Hamm–Minden railway, a section of the original route of the historic Cologne-Minden Railway Company. In Herford Station, the line to Altenbeken branches off to the south and the Ravensberg Railway branches off towards the north to Bünde and Rahden with a connection to the Löhne–Rheine railway. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 2 station. Location The station is located in Radewiger Feldmark only about 300 metres from the Herford inner city (Radewig). Just a little further, is the MARTa Herford art and design museum opened in 2005. On the way there is the Herford music school. The district administration, the army recruiting office, the tax office, the ''Technisches Rathaus ''(a section of the municipal administration dealing with planning and planning approvals) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osnabrück Hauptbahnhof
Osnabrück Hauptbahnhof is a railway station located in Osnabrück, Germany. The station was opened in 1895 and is located on the Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg, Löhne–Rheine, Osnabrück–Bielefeld and the Oldenburg–Osnabrück lines. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn, Hamburg-Köln-Express, NordWestBahn, Eurobahn and WestfalenBahn. The station features two levels, with lines at right angles to each other. Close to the railway stations are multiple stores like a cinema, döner, escort and disco. Train services The following services currently call at Osnabrück Hauptbahnhof: *Intercity Express services (ICE 31) ''Hamburg – Bremen – Osnabrück – Dortmund – Wuppertal – Cologne – Koblenz – Mainz – Frankfurt – Würzburg – Nürnberg'' *Intercity Express services (ICE 91) ''Hamburg – Bremen – Osnabrück – Dortmund – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Koblenz – Mainz – Frankfurt – Würzburg – Nürnberg – Vienna'' *Eurocity services (EC 7) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bielefeld Hauptbahnhof
Bielefeld Hauptbahnhof is the main station in the region of Ostwestfalen-Lippe, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is an important station because of the size of the city of Bielefeld and its location at the Bielefeld Pass, which makes it a node for long-distance and regional traffic. It was opened in 1847 with the opening of the Cologne-Minden trunk line. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 2 station. Station environment Bielefeld Hauptbahnhof is located in the north-west of Bielefeld between the ''Neue Bahnhofsviertel'' (new station district) and the city centre. Not far from the station building is the entrance to the underground station on the Stadtbahn line running through the inner city. Opposite is the ''Stadthalle Bielefeld'' conference centre, which includes a hotel. It is a through station on the Hamm–Minden railway, which runs through the city from the north-east to the south-west. Since it has no train shed, the platforms have individ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bünde Station
Bünde (Westf) station is located in Bünde in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Löhne–Rheine railway and Rahden–Herford railway. The rail services are operated by Deutsche Bahn, WestfalenBahn and Eurobahn. History The main line between Löhne and Rheine opened in 1856 as part of the Hanoverian Western Railway. It was followed in 1899/1901 by the Rahden–Sulingen–Bassum line. Direct services to Bremen ran over this line until June 1994. Reactivation of the disused Lower Saxony section is not planned. The station sign reads ''Bünde (Westf.)—Die Zigarrenstadt'' (“the cigar city”). It recalls that Bünde was once the centre of the European tobacco industry. The tobacco companies were located around the station, therefore, the wood for tobacco boxes and, of course tobacco, were brought in by rail and its products were exported by rail. No tobacco factories are located near the station anymore. The only sign of this period is the nearby imposing t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rheine Station
Rheine is a railway station located in Rheine, Germany. The station is located on the Löhne–Rheine, Emsland Railway (Rheine-Norddeich Mole) and the Münster–Rheine lines. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn and WestfalenBahn WestfalenBahn is a railway company operating regional train service in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia, Northern Germany. It was founded in 2005 by Essener Versorgungs & Verkehrsgesellschaft, Minden Museum Railway, moBiel and Verkehrsbe .... Train services The following services currently call at Rheine: *Intercity services (IC 35) ''Norddeich - Emden - Münster - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Bonn - Koblenz - Mainz - Mann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Bentheim Station
Bad Bentheim is a railway station located in Bad Bentheim, Germany. The station was opened on 18 October 1865 and is located on the Almelo - Salzbergen railway. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn with NS International and the WestfalenBahn. The station is a border station between Germany and the Netherlands. Dutch and German locomotives change here as the voltage is different in the countries. From Bad Bentheim, passengers can travel on the international service to Amsterdam. Passengers can also reach cities such as Osnabrück, Hannover and Berlin. To the east of the station is a shunting area for the Bentheimer Eisenbahn which is a freight railway to Nordhorn and Coevorden. Train services The following services currently call at Bad Bentheim: *Intercity services ''Amsterdam Central - Amersfoort - Hengelo - Osnabrück - Hanover - Berlin'' *Local services: ** ''Hengelo - Bad Bentheim - Rheine - Osnabrück - Herford - Bielefeld'' ** ''Bad Bentheim - Quendorf - Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg Railway
The Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway is the shortest railway link between the Metropole Ruhr and the Hamburg Metropolitan Region and hence one of the most important railway lines in northwest Germany. The Route runs over the cities Münster (Westfalen), Osnabrück and Bremen. It was built between 1870 and 1874 by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (CME) based in Wanne-Eickel, and branched off their main (Cologne-)Deutz–Minden route as part of the Hamburg-Venlo railway. Today it is an electrified main line which has a minimum of two tracks throughout. Parts of the route are equipped with '' Linienzugbeeinflussung'' train control which enables speeds of up to 200 km/h to be attained. Due to its constant use by goods and passenger trains rolling along the line, day and night, it has been given the nickname ''Rollbahn'' ("Rolling Line"). History The railway was built by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (CME) under contract to the Prussian state as the eastern element of a ... [...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] |
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. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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