Münster–Rheine railway

The railway Münster- Rheine is a nearly 39 -kilometer, double-track and electrified throughout main rail route from Munster to Rheine in North Rhine -Westphalia.

It was built by the Prussian state -funded Royal Westphalian Railway Company ( KWE).

History

The KWE had first built in the 1850s, their main line from Hamm to Warburg. After she had then taken over in 1855, the Munster Hammer Railway Company, together with its railway line to Munster, they built this further north to Rheine.

With the opening of their range on 23 June 1856 was in Rheine connection to the station at the same time inaugurated Hanoverian Western Railway and the Emsland line access to the North Sea port of Emden.

Ten years later, the Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft reached in the construction of its North Sea route from Duisburg Central Station Quakenbruck the Rheine station and made ​​this so definitively an important railway junction in north-west Germany.

Current importance

In addition to various regional express and regional rail lines every two hours drive also Intercity trains on the line from north dike Mole to Luxembourg via this route.