Rahden station is the northernmost station in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia in the town of

Rahden Rahden is a town in the far north of North Rhine-Westphalia between Bielefeld and Bremen and between Hanover and Osnabrück. Rahden is part of the Minden-Lübbecke District in East Westphalia-Lippe. Rahden was first mentioned in 1033 and 1816 to ...

in the Kreis (district) of Minden-Lübbecke. It is located at the northern end of the remaining section of the branch line from

Bünde Bünde (Low German ''Buine'') is a town in the Herford district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Bünde is situated between Osnabrück (west), Hannover (east) and Bielefeld (south). Waterways The town is crossed from west to east ...

(where there is a connection to the

Löhne–Rheine railway The Löhne–Rheine railway is a two-track, continuously electrified railway main line from Löhne in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia via Osnabrück in Lower Saxony to Rheine in North Rhine-Westphalia. It runs parallel to the Wiehen H ...

), with a connection to Herford station on the

Hamm–Minden railway The Hamm–Minden Railway is an important and historically significant railway in Germany. It is completely quadruple track. It is a major axis for long distance passenger and freight trains between the Ruhr and the north and east of Germany. I ...

History

Rahden station was opened on 1 October 1899 at the end point of the railway line from Bünde, which was opened at the same time. Exactly one year later, another section was opened to

Sulingen Sulingen is a town in the district of Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximatively 30 km east of Diepholz, and 45 km south of Bremen. Sister cities * Joniškis, Lithuania People from Sulingen * Walter Momper (born ...

and the remainder of the line to

Bassum Bassum (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Bassen'') is a town in the district of Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 35 km northeast of Diepholz, and 25 km south of Bremen. Geography Subdivision Besides Bassum prope ...

was taken into operation. On 15 January 1910 this was followed by the opening of the line to Nienburg. Eurobahn - Rahden

Passenger services to Nienburg were abandoned on 29 September 1968 and the section between Uchte and Nienburg was closed at the end of 1996. Passenger services to Bassum were abandoned on 27 May 1994. This was followed by the closing of freight traffic on the section between Rahden and

Barenburg Barenburg is a municipality in the district of Diepholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, ...

on 1 September 1995 before this section of the line was closed at the end of 1997.

Location

Rahden station is located on the eastern edge of the town centre. It is located on the railway that formerly ran between Bassum and Herford, which is also called the Ravensberg Railway (''Ravensberger Bahn''). This now runs from Rahden via Bassum to Herford on the

Hamm–Minden Railway The Hamm–Minden Railway is an important and historically significant railway in Germany. It is completely quadruple track. It is a major axis for long distance passenger and freight trains between the Ruhr and the north and east of Germany. I ...

. Since Easter 2009 ''Auenland-Draisinen GmbH'' has operated a draisine service on a disused section of the line from Rahden to Ströhen. The ''Museumseisenbahn Rahden-Uchte'' operates steam excursions on the former Nienburg–Rahden railway from the station during the summer months.

Rail services

Rahden station is served by a Regionalbahn service (RB71), which is operated by Eurobahn with modern Bombardier Talent diesel railcars.

Notes

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