Porta Westfalica railway station

Porta Westfalica
Through station
Location Porta Westfalica, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates 52°14′35″N 8°55′14″E / 52.24306°N 8.92056°ECoordinates: 52°14′35″N 8°55′14″E / 52.24306°N 8.92056°E
Line(s)
Platforms 2
Other information
Station code 4998 [1]
DS100 codeHPTA [2][3]
Category4 [1]
History
Opened
  • 1847
  • 1913–16

Porta Westfalicais a railway station located in Porta Westfalica, Germany. The original station was opened in 1847 and the current station was completed in 1916. It is located on the Hamm–Minden railway. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn.

Train services

The following services currently call at Porta Westfalica:[4]

Series Train Type Route Material Frequency Notes
RE70 DB Bielefeld Hbf - Herford - Löhne (Westfalen) - Bad Oeynhausen - Porta Westfalica - Minden - Bückeburg - Stadthagen - Haste (Han) - Wunstorf - Hannover Hbf - Lehrte - Hämelerwald - Vöhrum - Peine - Vechelde - Braunschweig Hbf Every 2 Hours Weser-Leine-Express
RE78 DB Bielefeld Hbf - Herford - Löhne (Westfalen) - Bad Oeynhausen - Porta Westfalica - Minden - Petershagen-Lahde - Leese-Stolzenau - Nienburg DBAG Class 425 Every 2 Hours, Monday to Friday only Porta-Express
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station
RE 6
Westfalen-Express
Terminus
toward Rheine Hbf
RE 60
Ems-Leine-Express
RE 70
Weser-Leine-Express
RE 78
Porta-Express
toward Nienburg

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Stationspreisliste 2015" [Station price list 2015] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. "Porta Westfalica station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  4. "Porta Westfalica station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
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