Bad Oeynhausen Süd (south) station is located in the

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n spa town of

Bad Oeynhausen Bad Oeynhausen () is a spa town on the southern edge of the Wiehengebirge in the district of Minden-Lübbecke in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe, East-Westphalia-Lippe region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The closest larger towns are Bielefeld (39 ki ...

Minden-Lübbecke Minden-Lübbecke is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the northeastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Diepholz (district), Diepholz, Nienburg (district), Nienburg, Schaumburg, Lippe, Herford (district), Herford, Osnabr ...

in the German state of

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. It is on the

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and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 6 station.

Conditions

Bad Oeynhausen Süd station is located south of the town centre and the

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park. Bad Oeynhausen station, colloquially referred to as the ''Nordbahnhof'' (north station) or

Hauptbahnhof Central stations or central railway stations emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century as railway stations that had initially been built on the edge of city centres were enveloped by urban expansion and became an integral part of the ...

(main station) is connected by the 800 metre-long Bahnhofstrasse (station street). It is located in the neighbourhood of the North Rhine-Westphalia Heart and Diabetes Centre of the

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, the local site of the Mühlen district hospitals (''Mühlenkreiskliniken'') as well as the Bali-Therme thermal spa. The station was regularly used by long-distance traffic from the beginning of the 20th century to the 1970s. After some restoration work, it has only one platform on a through track and it is thus formally classified as a ''Haltepunkt'' (halt). The platform is accessible for the disabled. The underpass that previously connected to another platform was closed. The grade II heritage-listed former station building now houses various service providers. The station is linked with the southern part of the town and Lohe via Weserstraße and Detmolder Straße. Because the town’s bus service is focused on Bad Oeynhausen station and the central bus station there are no direct bus connections at the south station.

Operations

The station is served hourly by

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service RB 77, called the Weser-Bahn, (

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–

Löhne Löhne (; , ) is a town in the district of Herford, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Löhne is situated on the river Werre, approx. 8 km north of Herford and 20 km south-west of Minden Minden () is a middle-sized to ...

–

Rinteln Rinteln () is a small town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the banks of the Weser river north of the Porta Westfalica. The town of Rinteln is in the broad valley between the hills of the Weserbergland and the North Lippe Bergland. In ...

–

Hamelin Hameln ( ; ) is a town on the river Weser in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Hameln-Pyrmont and has a population of roughly 57,000. Hamelin is best known for the tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. History Hameln ...

– Hildesheim Hbf–Bodenburg). It is operated by

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, using

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diesel railcars. The station is covered by ''Der Sechser'' ("the six") fares of the ''Zweckverband Verkehrsverbund OWL'' (

Ostwestfalen-Lippe Ostwestfalen-Lippe (, literally ''East(ern) Westphalia-Lippe'', abbreviation OWL) is the eastern region of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, congruent with the administrative region of Detmold and containing the eastern part of Wes ...

transport association), which are valid as far as Rinteln, which is just into

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. The ''Niedersachsen-Ticket'' of Lower Saxony is also valid to Vlotho.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bad Oeynhausen Sud station Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia Railway stations in Germany opened in 1875