Emden Hauptbahnhof

Emden Hauptbahnhof
View of the station
General information
Location	Bahnhofsplatz 11,Emden, Lower Saxony Germany
Coordinates	53°22′12″N 7°11′46″E
Owned by	DB Netz
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	KBS 395: Emsland Railway
Platforms	5
Other information
Station code	1580
DS100 code	HE
IBNR	8001768
Category	3
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1971
Services Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Norden towards Norddeich Mole IC 34 Leer towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf IC 35 Leer towards Köln Hbf Reverses direction Emden Außenhafen Terminus Norden towards Norddeich Mole ICE 47 Leer towards Stuttgart Hbf Marienhafe towards Norddeich Mole IC 56 Leer towards Cottbus Hbf or Leipzig Hbf Reverses direction Emden Außenhafen Terminus Preceding station DB Regio Nord Following station Norden towards Norddeich Mole RE 1 Leer towards Hannover Hbf Preceding station Following station Reverses direction RE 15 Leer towards Münster Hbf Emden Außenhafen Terminus
Location Emden Hauptbahnhof Location within Lower Saxony

Emden Hauptbahnhof is the main station in Emden in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is the terminus of the Emsland Railway, connecting Emden with Münster and the Ruhr and the starting point of the East Frisian coastal railway from Emden to Norden and Norddeich, both of which are electrified. It is also connected to the city’s second busiest station of Emden Außenhafen (outer harbour) by a line that has been electrified since 2006.

History

Emden Hauptbahnhof was opened in 1971 and is a grey concrete building, as was in vogue then. Because of Emden’s water-logged foundations, the platforms are not reached by a pedestrian tunnel, but via a flyover.

Until 1971, the main station in Emden was about two kilometres further east, now better known as Emden Süd (south) station. The station which is now the location of the Hauptbahnhof was called West Emden from 1935, before that it was called Larrelter Straße. Beside it was the Emden station of metre gauge line of the Emden-Pewsum-Greetsiel Light Railway.

The last buildings and tracks of Emden Süd station have now been demolished and replaced by a new residential district.

Train services

Every day, InterCity trains run in the direction of Koblenz (via Münster, the Ruhr and Cologne) and to Cottbus and Leipzig (via Bremen and Hanover). Regional services run to Münster and via Oldenburg and Bremen to Hanover. Some of those trains that terminate in Emden, run to Emden Außenhafen and are timed to connect with the ferries to Borkum. The others terminate at the Hauptbahnhof.

The station is served by the following service(s):

Line	Route			Interval	Operator	Rolling stock
IC 34	Norddeich Mole – Norden – Emden – Münster – Hamm – Unna – Siegen — Wetzlar – Frankfurt (ends December 2024)			One train pair	DB Fernverkehr	Intercity 2
IC 35	Norddeich Mole – Norden –	Emden – Münster – Düsseldorf – Cologne		120 min
	Emden Außenhafen –
ICE 47	Norddeich Mole – Emden – Münster – Düsseldorf – Cologne Messe/Deutz – Frankfurt Airport – Mannheim – Stuttgart/Karlsruhe			One train pair Sa		ICE 3, ICE 3neo
IC 56	Norddeich Mole – Norden –	Emden – Bremen – Hanover – Braunschweig – Magdeburg –	Leipzig	120 min		Intercity 2
	Emden Außenhafen –		Potsdam – Berlin – Cottbus
RE 1	Norddeich Mole – Norden – Emden – Leer – Oldenburg – Delmenhorst – Bremen – Nienburg – Hannover			120 min	DB Regio Nord	Traxx P160 AC1 (146.1/146.2) + 7 double deck stock
RE 15	Emden Außenhafen – Emden – Leer – Papenburg – Meppen – Lingen – Rheine – Münster			60 min	WestfalenBahn	Stadler FLIRT 3

See also

• Rail transport in Germany
• Railway stations in Germany