Wrist station

Wrist
Through station

Wrist station from the south
Location Wrist, Schleswig-Holstein
Germany
Coordinates 53°55′59″N 9°44′57″E / 53.93306°N 9.74917°ECoordinates: 53°55′59″N 9°44′57″E / 53.93306°N 9.74917°E
Line(s)
Platforms 3
Other information
Station code 6897
DS100 codeAWST[1]
Category4[2]
History
Opened 1844
Traffic
Passengers 477,000

Wrist station is a passenger station in the centre of Wrist (in the district of Steinburg) in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is on the Hamburg-Altona–Kiel railway and the now disused Itzehoe-Wrist railway. The station is mainly used by commuters. Nearly 500,000 passengers use Wrist station each year.[3] To the south of the station there are numerous parking spaces in the station forecourt, which is also served by some bus routes.

The station was built by the Altona-Kiel Railway Company (Altona-Kieler Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, AKE) in 1844.[4] It was opened with the railway line on 18 September 1844. The station was connected to the now disused Itzehoe-Wrist railway in 1889. The entrance hall of the station was rebuilt between 1880 and 1895.[5] The railway settlement of Wrist then developed around the station over the years.[6] The railway had a major economic impact on the community, which among other things, led Wrist to merge with the older neighbouring community of Stellau under the same name of Wrist.[7]

Three tracks run through the station next to two platforms. One platform is located next to the entrance building and the other two next to an island platform between the tracks.

The station building is for sale because it is no longer needed for operations.[8]

Rail services

The station is served by the following services:

Train class Route Frequency
RE 70 Hamburg-Altona – Pinneberg – Elmshorn – Wrist – Neumünster – Kiel Hourly
RB 71 Pinneberg – Elmshorn – Wrist – Neumünster Hourly

Notes

  1. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. ↑ "Stationspreisliste 2015" [Station price list 2015] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Brief information on the municipality of Wrist" (in German). Municipality of Wrist. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Holsteinische Bahnhöfe würdige für Baudenkmalschutz: Wrist" (in German). Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Eisenbahndirektion - Liegenschaften" (PDF; 605 KB) (in German). Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Eisenbahn das "mächtigste Verkehrsmittel"" (in German). Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "History of the town of Wrist" (in German). Municipality of Wrist. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "Bahn will zwölf Bahnhofsgebäude verkaufen". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). 7 March 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2014.