Osnabrück Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station serving the city of

Osnabrück Osnabrück (; ; archaic English: ''Osnaburg'') is a city in Lower Saxony in western Germany. 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 of 168 ...

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. The station is located in central Osnabrück, on the eastern edge of the historic city centre. The station was opened in 1895 and is situated on the Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg, Löhne–Rheine, Osnabrück–Bielefeld and the Oldenburg–Osnabrück lines. The train services are operated by

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and

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. The station features two levels, with lines at right angles to each other. Close to the railway stations are several stores including a cinema, a döner shop, an escort service, and a disco.

History

Osnabrück Hauptbahnhof was ceremoniously opened as the “Central Station” by

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on 24 April 1895. The new station was situated where the Hamburg-Venlo railway crossed the

Hanoverian Western Railway The Hanoverian Western Railway () was a line from the Löhne to Emden, built by the Royal Hanoverian State Railways in the mid-19th century in the west of the Kingdom of Hanover in the modern German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia ...

at right angles with a height difference of , which was why the design of a station at two levels was chosen. The new station replaced the two separate previous stations, the Hanoverian station located on the Hanoverian Western Railway, and the Bremen station located on the Hamburg-Venlo railway line.

Rail services

The following services currently call at Osnabrück Hauptbahnhof:

Long distance

Regional services

Bus services

Many bus services depart from the bus station outside the station. A coach shuttle service to

Münster Osnabrück Airport Münster Osnabrück Airport , formerly ''Münster/Osnabrück International Airport'' and ''Flughafen Münster/Osnabrück'' in German, is a minor international airport in the Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located near Grev ...

operates from the station, taking approximately 40 minutes to get from the railway station to the airport.Express Bus Airport timetable
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References

External links

Osnabrück Hbf
at the website of Deutsche Bahn * * * *
Osnabrück Stadtwerke (local buses) ''German Only''

Hamburg-Köln Express website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Osnabruck Hauptbahnhof Railway stations in Lower Saxony Buildings and structures in Osnabrück Railway stations in Germany opened in 1895