Itzehoe station

Railway station in Itzehoe, Germany

Itzehoe

Through station
General information
Location| Bahnhofstr. 32, Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein
Germany
Coordinates| 53°55′27″N 9°30′38″E﻿ / ﻿53.924034°N 9.510622°E﻿ / 53.924034; 9.510622
Line(s)|

* Elmshorn–Westerland (23 km) (KBS 130)
* Itzehoe-Wrist (0.0 km) (closed)
* Itzehoe Port Railway (0.0 km) (closed)

Platforms| 4
Other information
Station code| 3016[1]
DS100 code| AIZ[2]
IBNR| 8003102
Category| 3[1]
Website| www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened| 1 November 1878; 146 years ago (1878-11-01)
Electrified| 29 May 1998; 26 years ago (1998-05-29)
Passengers
4,000
Services
| Preceding station  |  DB Fernverkehr | Following station

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Husum

towards Westerland or Dagebüll Mole

|  | IC 26 |  | Hamburg Dammtor

towards Stuttgart Hbf

| IC 29 |  | Hamburg Dammtor

towards Berlin Südkreuz

| IC 39 |  | Hamburg Hbf

towards Köln Hbf

Preceding station  |  DB Regio Nord | Following station
Heide (Holst)

towards Westerland (Sylt)

|  | RE 6 |  | Elmshorn

towards Hamburg-Altona

Wilster

towards Heide (Holst)

|  | RB 62 |  | Terminus
Preceding station  |  | Following station
Terminus |  | RB 61 |  | Kremperheide

towards Hamburg Hbf

| RB 71 |  | Kremperheide

towards Hamburg-Altona

Location

Itzehoe

Location within Schleswig-Holstein

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Itzehoe

Location within Germany

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Itzehoe

Location within Europe

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View over the tracks, on the left is the location of the former Itzehoe workshop, on the right is the hump Intercity to Dresden Hbf

Itzehoe station is a railway station in the town of Itzehoe in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is located on the Marsh Railway, which is electrified from Elmshorn up to this point. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station.[1]

## History

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The first Itzehoe station was located on the southern side of the Stör on land later used by a cement factory. During the extension of the Marsh Railway to Heide in 1878, the second station was built in the town, including the current station building. At that time, Brückenstrasse crossed the line over a wooden bridge at the northern end of the station. During the extension of the line through the town to Wilster four level crossings were built, which were abolished in 1931 with the realignment along the current route. With the opening of the new line to Wrist in 1889, these crossings had become more inconvenient.[3] A workshop was probably built at the northern exit from the station during the building of the branch line.

The contact wire for the electrification of the line reached Itzehoe on 29 May 1998. But the use of electric rollingstock was only introduced after the intervention of the State of Schleswig-Holstein, which had funded the electrification.

## Operations

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Regionalbahn services of Schleswig-Holstein from Hamburg-Altona and Pinneberg via Elmshorn begin and end In Itzehoe. The DB Regio Nord service from Hamburg-Altona to Westerland (Sylt) via Husum makes a stop in Itzehoe, as does the service to Heide. Deutsche Bahn Intercity trains (IC) also stop in Itzehoe and connect the city directly to Stuttgart, Berlin and Köln or in the opposite direction to Westerland or Dagebüll Mole.

Train class  | Route  | Operator

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IC 26 | Westerland (Sylt)/Dagebüll Mole – Niebüll – Itzehoe – Hamburg – Hannover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Frankfurt (Main) – Stuttgart | DB Fernverkehr
IC 29 | Westerland (Sylt)/Dagebüll Mole – Niebüll – Itzehoe – Hamburg – Berlin – Berlin Südkreuz
IC 39 | Westerland (Sylt)/Dagebüll Mole – Niebüll – Itzehoe – Hamburg – Bremen – Essen – Köln
RE 6 | Itzehoe – Elmshorn – Pinneberg – Hamburg-Altona | DB Regio Nord
RB 61 | Itzehoe – Glückstadt – Elmshorn – Pinneberg – Hamburg  | nordbahn
RB 62 | Itzehoe – St Michaelisdonn – Heide | DB Regio Nord
RB 71 | Itzehoe – Glückstadt – Elmshorn – Pinneberg – Hamburg-Altona  | nordbahn

Itzehoe station has four platform tracks. The track next to the station building is called track 2 and is used by Regionalbahn services. RE and IC trains to Westerland stop on track 3. RE services to Hamburg-Altona and IC trains to Stuttgart, Berlin and Köln stop on track 4. Track 5 is the starting point for Nordbahn services to Heide. In addition to these tracks, there are sidings for freight trains.

Due to the electrification, most intercity trains coming from the south from Itzehoe are electrically-hauled. At the station, the electric locomotive is swapped for a diesel locomotive for the remaining leg to Westerland. In the opposite direction, the procedure is reversed.

The Itzehoe-Wrist railway operated until 27 September 1975.

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
3. ^ Friedrich Priewe (1988). Lebendiges Itzehoe (in German). Rendsburg. pp. 167f. ISBN 3-87550-088-1.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

## References

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* Peter Fischer (2004). Steinburger Jahrbuch (in German). pp. 123–144.
* Heinz Longerich (2004). Steinburger Jahrbuch (in German). pp. 145–150.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Itzehoe station.

* "Bahnhof Itzehoe" (in German). Retrieved 8 June 2014.
* "Informationen zum Bahnhof Itzehoe" (in German). Retrieved 8 June 2014.
* "Der Bahnhof Itzehoe, Ein Halt der Nord-Ostsee-Bahn" (in German). Retrieved 8 June 2014.

*[IBNR]: Internationale Bahnhofsnummer