Emden Hauptbahnhof
- Emsland line ( KBS 395 )
- Emden Emden outer harbor ( KBS 396 )
- Emden Pewsum - Greetsiel ( KBS ex 223c (closed) )
I1i3i7i10i12i14i16i16i16i18i20
The Emden Hauptbahnhof is located in the northern part of the Emsland route north dike Mole -Emden -Münster ( - Ruhr area). In Emden, the electrified since 2006 branch line branches off to the station 's outer harbor of Emden, the second passenger station of the East-Frisian harbor town.
History
The construction of the railway line to Emden began in 1852. The first Emden Hauptbahnhof was built in 1854 as the Hanoverian station by architect Conrad Wilhelm Hase about two kilometers to the east of the present location. The draft for the outbuilding made Albert Bolenius. Under the Prussian state railway system as the Emden South to Central Station was. At the site of the new central station was originally the stop Larrelter street and from 1935 Emden West at the Civic Center. Right next to it was the Emden station of the meter-gauge circular path Emden Pewsum - Greetsiel.
During the Second World War, the major industrial and port city of Emden was the target of heavy air attacks. Several Hits damaged while the Emden stations difficult. After the war the railway was to repair the damage to the existing facilities and build a makeshift makeshift building at the former main railway station. On September 25, 1971, she finally laid quietly to Emden Süd station and let the Temporary buildings in the same year tear. Only a Notbahnsteig was first obtained. The station was used in the subsequent period as a marshalling yard. The last building of the former main railway station and tracks were demolished in 2006 to prepare the ground for a residential development.
In 1971, the expansion of Emden West began the new Central Station. There was a brand new building, which was put into operation on 24 May 1973. Due to the ground conditions in Emden (marching ground ) the individual tracks are reached via an overpass. Due to the soft marsh soil underpasses are relatively costly and difficult. The train station and the station forecourt were transformed with the central bus station (ZOB) in the years 2005/2006. The access to the station consists only of the District Civic Center, but not from the westerly Constantia.
Train services
Every day intercity trains in the direction of Luxembourg (via Münster, Cologne and the Ruhr area ) and to Berlin / Cottbus and Leipzig ( via Bremen and Hannover). Regional trains to Münster as well as Oldenburg and Bremen to Hanover. Some trains have their termination stop at Emden outer harbor station, tailored to the ferry departure times of Borkum. The other end at the main train station.
Quote
" The train station of Emden does not need to hide behind the stations of Stuttgart and Leipzig. Nice it would be if he would do it anyway "(Max Goldt )