Dülmen station is one of two operating tower stations (of six that formerly operated) in the German state of
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...
. It is located in
Dülmen
Dülmen () is a town in the district of Coesfeld (district), Coesfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Dülmen is situated in the south part of the Münsterland area, between the Lippe (river), Lippe river to the south, the Baumberge ...
in western
Münsterland. It is at the crossing of the
Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg and the
Dortmund–Enschede railways.
History
The
Cologne-Minden Railway Company
The Cologne-Minden Railway Company (German, old spelling: ''Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', ''CME'') was along with the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company and the Rhenish Railway Company one of the railway companies that in the mid-19th ...
(german: Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, CME) received a concession on 28 May 1866 to build a railway from
Wanne to
Osnabrück
Osnabrück (; wep, Ossenbrügge; archaic ''Osnaburg'') is a city in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is situated on the river Hase in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. With a population ...
. This would be part of the inter-regional
Hamburg–Venlo railway
The Cologne-Minden Railway Company (German, old spelling: ''Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', ''CME'') was along with the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company and the Rhenish Railway Company one of the railway companies that in the mid-19th ...
, 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
Wanne-Eickel Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the former city of Wanne-Eickel, now part of Herne, Germany, Herne in western Germany.
History
The station grew out of the ''Pluto-Thies'' freight yard, opened in 1856 on the Duisburg–Dortmund ...
(''Hauptbahnhof'')) on
its trunk line and Münster station (now
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 distr ...
) 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 Dortmund. The Dortmund-Gronau-Enschede Railway Company (''Dortmund-Gronau-Enscheder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', DGE) was established for this purpose and the first section was opened to Lünen station (now ''Lünen Nord'') already on 25 November 1874. Dülmen DGE station was opened half a kilometre northwest of the Cologne-Minden station on 15 June 1875 and a grade-separated crossing was created during the building of the next section of the DGE to Dülmen.] On 1 August 1875, the line was extended to the Coesfeld (Westf) 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-C ...
. After the nationalisation of the (nominally) private railway companies and their absorption by the Prussian state railways
The term Prussian state railways (German: ''Preußische Staatseisenbahnen'') encompasses those railway organisations that were owned or managed by the State of Prussia. The words "state railways" are not capitalized because Prussia did not have a ...
, ''Dülmen DGE'' station was renamed ''Dülmen Ost'' (east) station,[ although it was just west of the Cologne-Minden station.
With the construction of a curve north of the station between the two previously independent lines connecting the lines towards Coesfeld and Münster, the station became a junction station in practice. In the 1950s, passengers operations were moved from Dülmen Ost station to a high-level platform built at Dülmen station, so that Dülmen station was now a “tower” station (''Turmbahnhof'', that is a station with superimposed platforms on two levels). The connecting curve was closed and dismantled in the 1990s.
East of the station there was formerly a connecting curve connecting the lines towards Münster and Lünen. This was destroyed in the Second World War and was never rebuilt; the rest of the track is still used as a siding. Neither connecting curves were used for passenger services.
The station building that was opened on 20 May 1964 is located on the corner of the intersection that is north of the Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg line and west of the Dortmund–Enschede line. The station building built by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company was demolished in 1977.
File:Bahnhof Dülmen 2011-05-24 02.jpg, Signal box controlling both routes
File:Bahnhof Dülmen 2011-05-24 01.jpg, Lower platform
File:Bahnhof Dülmen 2011-05-24 05.jpg, Upper platform
]
Train services
The station is served by the following services:Timetables for Dülmen station
*Local service Rhein-Haard-Express
The Rhein-Haard-Express (RE 2) is a Regional-Express service in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), running from Osnabrück via Münster, Recklinghausen, Gelsenkirchen, Essen and Duisburg to Düsseldorf.
The Haard-Bahn (RB 42) ope ...
''Düsseldorf - Duisburg - Essen - Recklinghausen - Dülmen - Münster''
*Local service Niers-Haard-Express
The Rhein-Haard-Express (RE 2) is a Regional-Express service in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), running from Osnabrück via Münster, Recklinghausen, Gelsenkirchen, Essen and Duisburg to Düsseldorf.
The Haard-Bahn (RB 42) ope ...
''Münster – Haltern am See – Recklinghausen – Gelsenkirchen – Essen – Mülheim – Duisburg – Krefeld – Viersen – Mönchengladbach''
*Local service Westmünsterland-Bahn ''Enschede - Gronau - Coesfeld - Dülmen - Lünen - Dortmund''
Notes
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Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia
Railway stations in Germany opened in 1870
Buildings and structures in Coesfeld (district)