Rendsburg station is located in the city of

Rendsburg Rendsburg ( da, Rendsborg, also ''Rensborg'', nds, Rendsborg, also ''Rensborg'') is a town on the River Eider and the Kiel Canal in the central part of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital of the ''Kreis'' (district) of Rendsburg-Ecke ...

in the German state of

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and is at the junction of the Neumünster–Flensburg and Rendsburg Kiel lines. It is currently operated by

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, which classifies it as a category 4 station. There used to be a direct line from Rendsburg to Husum via Erfde, as distinct from the current route via Jübek. A short section of the Erfde line is still used for the carriage of freight. At the beginning of the 20th century, the

Kiel Canal The Kiel Canal (german: Nord-Ostsee-Kanal, literally "North- oEast alticSea canal", formerly known as the ) is a long freshwater canal in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. The canal was finished in 1895, but later widened, and links the N ...

was built as along with

Rendsburg High Bridge The Rendsburg High Bridge (german: Rendsburger Hochbrücke, officially ''Eisenbahnhochbrücke Rendsburg'') is a railway viaduct on the Neumünster–Flensburg line that also serves as a transporter bridge. The bridge crosses the Kiel Canal at ...

over it and the

Rendsburg Loop The Rendsburg Loop (german: Rendsburger Schleife) is an elevated spiral railway in Rendsburg in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, connecting the Rendsburg High Bridge over the Kiel Canal on the Neumünster–Flensburg line to Rendsburg ...

, which allowed trains to continue to use Rendsburg station. The station’s roof was renovated from 2007 to 2009. Later, the platforms were rehabilitated. Following the completion of the renovation the station it has five tracks, four of which have a platform. Rendsburgerschleife

History

The approximately 34 km-long Neumünster–Flensburg railway, funded by local interests, was opened by the Rendsburg-Neumünster Railway Company (''Rendsburg-Neumünstersche Eisenbahn'') between Neumünster and the station then known as ''Rendsburg-Glacis'' as part of the Jutland Line (''Jütlandlinie'') on 18 September 1845. This was followed on 1 January 1847 by a connection to the port railway from Rendsburg-Glacis to Rendsburg-Obereider.

Operations

In long-distance traffic, since 9 December 2007,

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trains on the

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–Hamburg–

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route have stopped in Rendsburg and

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trains on the Aarhus–

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route. There is also a pair of

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trains on the weekend that run directly from Flensburg station to Berlin and

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, stopping at Rendsburg. On Sundays, two different InterCity services run to Flensburg. ''DB Regionalbahn Schleswig Holstein'' (RB-SH) operates

Regional-Express In Germany, Luxembourg and Austria, the Regional-Express (RE, or in Austria: REX) is a type of regional train. It is similar to a semi-fast train, with average speed at about 70–90 km/h (top speed often 160 km/h) as it calls at f ...

and Regionalbahn services between Neumünster and Flensburg every hour or two hours. The ''Nord-Ostsee-Bahn'' (NOB, now operated by Veolia Verkehr) operates services on the Husum–Jübek–Schleswig–Rendsburg–Kiel route with modern trains every hour. The Husum–Kiel route in 2009 will be operated by

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from 2011. It is planned is to upgrade the Kiel–Rendsburg line to allow services at half-hour intervals.

Long-distance and regional transport

Tracks

The station has five tracks, four of which are located on a platform. The tracks the movement of persons to be spanned by a platform area. Trains leave as follows: *Platform track 1: long-distance and regional services to Hamburg, RB-SH regional services to Neumünster, RE-SH regional express services to Kiel. * Platform track 2: NOB regional services to Kiel * Platform track 3: long-distance services to Denmark, RB-SH regional services to Flensburg/

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/ Bad St. Peter-Ording * Platform track 4: no scheduled services

Gallery

File:BahnhofRendsburg002.JPG, NOB train to Kiel File:BahnhofRendsburg001.JPG, RB-SH train to Flensburg File:Museumsstellwerk Rendsburg.JPG, Preserved signalbox in Rendsburg station

Notes

External links

* * *{{cite web , url=http://www.sporenplan.nl/html_de/sporenplan/db/db_schaal_sh/rendsburg.html , title=Track plan of Rendsburg station before renovation , accessdate=22 November 2010 , language=German Railway stations in Schleswig-Holstein Railway stations in Germany opened in 1845 Establishments in Schleswig-Holstein in 1845 Rendsburg-Eckernförde