Husum station is in

Husum Husum (, frr, Hüsem) is the capital of the ''Kreis'' (district) Nordfriesland in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The town was the birthplace of the novelist Theodor Storm, who coined the epithet "the grey town by the sea". It is also the home of ...

in the German state of

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...

. It was built in 1910 and is currently operated by

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, which classifies it as a category 3 station. A less prestigious predecessor (built in 1854 and demolished in 1910) was located at the northern end of the station, another station (Husum Nord) is to the north of the current main station.

Importance

The station is a railway hub, connecting the Westerland–

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

line (

Marsh Railway The Marsh Railway (german: Marschbahn) is a main line in the state of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany that links the stations of Elmshorn in the south and Westerland on the island of Sylt in the north. It is part of long route from Hamburg-Alt ...

) with the route to Husum–Bad St. Peter-Ording line on the

Eiderstedt Eiderstedt (german: Eiderstedt, ; da, Ejdersted; North Frisian: ''Ääderstää'') is a peninsula in the district of Nordfriesland in the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein. Overview It is approximately 30 km in length and 15& ...

peninsula and the Husum–Jübek line, which connects to the Neumünster–Flensburg line and Kiel.

Operations

All lines are now operated by the ''Nord-Ostsee-Bahn'' (NOB) service (now a subsidiary of Veolia Verkehr).However, some

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trains are operated by Deutsche Bahn.

Platforms

The station has several platform tracks, but only four of them have a platform that is in use. Trains leave as follows: * Platform track 1: regional trains to and from Kiel * Platform track 3: regional trains to and from Bad St. Peter-Ording, regional trains to and from Kiel * Platform track 4: long distance and Regional trains to Westerland * Platform track 5: long distance and regional trains to Hamburg, regional trains to and from Bad St. Peter-Ording All these services stop in Husum about every 30 minutes. The two central platforms are 76 cm high. The platform on tracks 4 and 5 is 430 metres long, the one on tracks 1-3 is 360 metres long.

Notes

External links

* *{{Cite web , url=http://www.deutschebahn.com/site/bahn/de/geschaefte/infrastruktur__schiene/netz/netzzugang/dokumente/Bahnhof/SNB/A/AHM__NBS.pdf , title= Track plan of Husum station , publisher=

, accessdate=21 November 2010 , language=German Railway stations in Schleswig-Holstein Railway stations in Germany opened in 1854 Buildings and structures in Nordfriesland