Neumünster station

Railway station in Germany

Neumünster

Through station
General information
Location| Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 2, Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein
Germany
Coordinates| 54°04′33″N 9°58′48″E﻿ / ﻿54.075955°N 9.97988°E﻿ / 54.075955; 9.97988
Line(s)|

* Neumünster–Flensburg
* Neumünster–Heide
* Hamburg-Altona–Neumünster–Kiel
* Neumünster–Bad Oldesloe
* Neumünster–Kaltenkirchen–Hamburg-Eidelstedt
* Neumünster–Ascheberg (closed)

Platforms| 6
Other information
Station code| 4420[1]
DS100 code| AN[2]
IBNR| 8000271
Category| 2[1]
Website| www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened| 1844

Services

| Preceding station  |  DB Fernverkehr | Following station

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Kiel Hbf

Terminus

|  | ICE 4 |  | Hamburg Dammtor

One-way operation

| ICE 18 |  | Hamburg-Altona

towards München Hbf

| ICE 20 |  | Hamburg Dammtor

towards Zürich HB

Kiel Hbf

One-way operation

|  | ICE 22 |  | Hamburg Dammtor

towards Stuttgart Hbf

Kiel Hbf

Terminus

|  | ICE 25 |  | Hamburg Dammtor

towards München Hbf

| ICE 42 |  | Hamburg Dammtor

One-way operation

Hamburg Hbf

towards München Hbf

Rendsburg

towards Flensburg

|  | EC 27 |  | Hamburg-Altona

towards Praha

Kiel Hbf

Terminus

Preceding station  |  DB Regio Nord | Following station
Einfeld

towards Kiel Hbf

|  | RE 7 |  | Elmshorn

towards Hamburg Hbf

Nortorf

towards Flensburg

Bordesholm

towards Kiel Hbf

|  | RE 70 |  | Brokstedt

towards Hamburg Hbf

Preceding station  |  | Following station
Neumünster Stadtwald

towards Büsum

|  | RB 63 |  | Terminus
Terminus |  | RB 82 |  | Neumünster Süd

towards Bad Oldesloe

Preceding station  | AKN Eisenbahn | Following station
Terminus |  | A1 |  | Neumünster Süd

towards Hamburg Hbf

Location

Neumünster

Location within Schleswig-Holstein

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Neumünster

Location within Germany

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Neumünster station is the main railway station of the town of Neumünster in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is at the junction of lines to Flensburg, Heide, Hamburg-Altona, Kiel, Bad Oldesloe, Kaltenkirchen and until 1985 Ascheberg. It is currently operated by Deutsche Bahn, which classifies it as a category 2 station.[1]

## History

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The station was opened in 1844 by the Altona-Kiel Railway Company (German: Altona-Kieler Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, AKE) during the construction of the first railway line in Schleswig-Holstein, which connected Kiel with Altona. Soon, more lines were added: in 1845 the route to Rendsburg was opened by the Rendsburg-Neumünster Railway Company (Rendsburg-Neumünstersche Eisenbahn). In 1866 the AKE opened its line to Ascheberg and on to Neustadt in Holstein (part of which is now incorporated in the Kiel–Lübeck line) and in 1875 it opened its line to Bad Oldesloe. Finally in 1877 the line to and from Heide was opened by the West Holstein Railway Company (Westholsteinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft). The AKN Railway reached Neumünster in 1916, but at first its trains terminated in Neumünster-Süd station.

The original station building was demolished in 1974 and replaced by a modern building.[3]

In September 1985 the line from Neumünster to Ascheberg was closed to passenger traffic. In November 1995, freight traffic on the line was also officially closed.

Since 2009, some modernisation has been carried out at the station. Thus, the passenger information systems have been replaced. Facilities on the platforms have been modernised and lifts to the platforms have been replaced.

More recent modernisation includes provision of automatic ticket machines. However if you need help with your ticket purchase and/or need to use the DB ticket office, it is not situated in the Station building but in Rendsburger Strasse over the road from the station. A sign by DB to explain this to passengers is needed.

## Operations

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ICE services run from Hamburg to Kiel and Flensburg.

Line  |  | Route  | Frequency

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ICE 4 | Kiel – Neumünster – Frankfurt – Frankfurt Flughafen – Mannheim – Stuttgart ( –Ulm –Augsburg –München)  | Individual services
ICE 18 | Kiel – Neumünster – Hamburg – Berlin – Halle – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Munich
ICE 20 | Kiel – Neumünster – Hamburg – Hannover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Frankfurt – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel SBB (– Zürich – Chur)
ICE 22 | Kiel Hbf – Neumünster – Hamburg – Hannover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Frankfurt – Frankfurt Airport – Mannheim (– Heidelberg) – Stuttgart
ICE 25 | Kiel – Neumünster – Hamburg – Hannover – Fulda – Nürnberg – München
ICE 42 | Kiel – Neumünster – Hamburg – Dortmund – Köln – Frankfurt Flughafen – Mannheim – Stuttgart – Ulm – München
EC 27 | Flensburg –  | Neumünster – Hamburg – Berlin – Dresden – Prague
Kiel –

### Regional Transport

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The following regional services serve the station:

Line  | Route  |  | Frequency  | Stock

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RE 7 | Flensburg – Schleswig – Rendsburg –  | Neumünster – Elmshorn – Hamburg Hbf | Hourly  | 445 (Twindexx)
Kiel Hbf – Flintbek – Bordesholm – Einfeld –
RE 70 | Kiel Hbf – Bordesholm – Neumünster – Brokstedt – Wrist – Elmshorn – Hamburg Hbf  | Hourly  | 445 (Twindexx)
RB 63 | (Büsum – Heide –) Hohenwestedt – Neumünster | Hourly  | 648 (LINT 41)
RB 82 | Neumünster – Bad Segeberg – Bad Oldesloe  | Hourly  | 648 (LINT 41)
A1 | Neumünster – Kaltenkirchen – Henstedt-Ulzburg – Ulzburg Süd – Quickborn – Hamburg-Eidelstedt | Hourly  | 622 (LINT 54)

(as of 2023)

### Tracks

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The station has six tracks that are used in passenger transport. Normally they are used as follows:

* Platform track 1: trains to and from Bad Oldesloe.
* Platform track 2: trains to and from Kaltenkirchen–Hamburg-Eidelstedt.
* Platform tracks 3, 4 and 5: trains to and from Hamburg, Kiel and Flensburg.
* Platform track 6: trains operate to and from Heide–Büsum.

## 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. ^ "History of bus operations in Neumünster" (in German). Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2010.

## External links

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* "Photographs of Neumünster station" (in German). Retrieved 23 November 2010.

*[IBNR]: Internationale Bahnhofsnummer