Wolfsburg Central Station

Wolfsburg Hauptbahnhof
Wolfsburg Hauptbahnhof
Operations
Category 2 [1]
Type Through station
Platforms in use 5
Daily entry/exit About 10,000 every day (December 2008)
DS100 code HWOB
Station code 6859
Construction and location
Opened
  • 1929 (first station)
  • 26 August 1957 (current building}
Location Wolfsburg
State Lower Saxony
Country Germany
Home page www.bahnhof.de
Route information
List of railway stations in Lower Saxony

Wolfsburg Central Station (German: Wolfsburg Hauptbahnhof) is a railway station located in Wolfsburg, Germany.

History

The station was opened in 1929 and was rebuilt, with the new building being opened in 1957. It is protected as a heritage site.[2] In 2010, a sculpture by Quinto Provenziani honouring Italian immigrants was moved to the station.[3] It is located on the Berlin-Lehrte railway and the Hanover–Berlin high-speed line. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn.

Train services

The following services currently call at Wolfsburg Hauptbahnhof:

Series Train Type Route Material Frequency Notes
IC140 Intercity/NS Hispeed/DB Schiphol - Amsterdam Zuid - Duivendrecht - Hilversum – Amersfoort - Apeldoorn – Deventer - Almelo - Hengelo - Bad Bentheim - Rheine - Osnabrück Hbf - Minden - Hannover Hbf - Wolfsburg Hbf - Stendal - Berlin-Spandau - Berlin Hbf - Berlin Ostbahnhof DB Class 101, DB Class 120 and IC stock Every 2 hours
IC77 DB Münster Hbf – Osnabrück Hbf - Bad Oeynhausen - Minden - Hannover Hbf - Wolfsburg Hbf - Stendal - Rathenow - Berlin-Spandau - Berlin Hbf - Berlin Ostbahnhof DB Class 101, DB Class 120 and IC stock Every 2 hours Combines with IC140 to become hourly
RE7 DB Hannover Hbf - Lehrte - Immensen-Arpke - Dollbergen - Dedenhausen - Meinersen - Leiferde bei Gifhorn - Gifhorn - Calberlah - Fallersleben - Wolfsburg Hbf 1x per hour
RB DB Braunschweig Hbf - Weddel (Braunschw) - Fallersleben - Wolfsburg Hbf - Oebisfelde - Miesterhorst - Mieste - Solpke - Gardelegen - Jävenitz - Uchtspringe - Vinzelberg - Möringen (Altm) - Stendal DB Class 112 and Coaching stock 1x per hour
RB36 DB Wolfsburg Hbf - Oebisfelde - Bösdorf (Sachs-Anh) - Rätzlingen - Wegenstedt - Flechtingen - Haldensleben - Vahldorf - Groß Ammensleben - Meitzendorf - Barleben - Magdeburg-Eichenweiler - Magdeburg-Neustadt - Magdeburg Hbf DB Class 642 Every 2 hours

ICE services on the Frankfurt - Berlin services call here.

Preceding station   DB AG   Following station
toward Schiphol
 Intercity (DB) 140
IC/EC 77

References

  1. ^ "Station catgories 2011" (in German) (PDF). Deutsche Bahn. http://www.deutschebahn.com/site/shared/de/dateianhaenge/infomaterial/sonstige/bahnhofskategorieliste__db__station__service__2011.pdf. Retrieved 26 December 2011. 
  2. ^ Reichardt, Klaus. "Hauptbahnhof Wolfsburg". Wolfsburg Citytour. Klaus Reichardt. http://www.wolfsburg-citytour.de/Centrum/Bahnhof_Wolfsburg/bahnhof_wolfsburg.html. Retrieved 30 May 2011. 
  3. ^ "Einwanderer-Denkmal steht jetzt am Bahnhof". Wolfsburger Allgemeine/Aller-Zeitung. Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack. 29 April 2010. http://www.waz-online.de/Wolfsburg/Wolfsburg/Stadt-Wolfsburg/Einwanderer-Denkmal-steht-jetzt-am-Bahnhof. Retrieved 30 May 2011.