Bremerhaven-Lehe railway station

Bremerhaven-Lehe station
Operations
Type	Bf
Platforms in use	2
Construction and location
Opened	1863
Location	Bremerhaven
State	Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
Country	Germany
Route information
Bremen–Bremerhaven line
List of railway stations in Bremen

Bremerhaven-Lehe is a railway station in the Lehe district of the city of Bremerhaven, Germany.

History

The station was opened in 1863 as an extension of the Bremen-Geestemünde line. In 1896, the line to Cuxhaven was opened. The station has undergone renovations in the early 2000s and is now equipped with a lift.

Operations

The RegionalExpress trains to and from Osnabrück Hbf and Bremen Hbf call at the station. Furthermore, Bremerhaven-Lehe is the terminal and starting point for the RegionalBahn connection to Bremen. Services to Cuxhaven, operated by Nordseebahn, call at the station as well. The Bremerhaven-Lehe marshalling yard (code HBHLA) is nearby.. The next station to the south is Bremerhaven Hauptbahnhof (HBH), to the north lies the closed station Bremerhaven-Speckenbüttel (HBHP), the next passenger station still in use is Wremen (AWRE) on the line to Cuxhaven. Connections to local traffic are provided by a bus stop (operated by BremerhavenBus) in front of the station. The old station building has been rented out to two tenants, an hotel on the upper floors and an Aldi supermarket on the ticket hall floor. Access to the station is provided by a passenger tunnel underneath the platforms.

Train services

The following services currently call at the station:^[1]

• Regional services RE Bremerhaven-Lehe - Bremen - Nienburg - Hanover
• Regional services RE 44 Bremerhaven-Lehe - Bremen - Osnabrück
• Local services EVB Cuxhaven - Dorum - Bremerhaven
• Bremen S-Bahn services RS2 Bremerhaven-Lehe - Osterholz-Scharmbeck - Bremen - Twistringen

References

Coordinates: 53°33′58″N 8°36′03″E / 53.5662°N 8.6007°E / 53.5662; 8.6007