Metelen Land station
Metelen Land | |
|---|---|
| Through station | |
 Metelen Land Railway Museum | |
| Location |
Steinfurt, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany |
| Coordinates | 52°9′44″N 7°15′14″E / 52.16222°N 7.25389°ECoordinates: 52°9′44″N 7°15′14″E / 52.16222°N 7.25389°E |
| Line(s) |
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| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | 4081 [1] |
| DS100 code | EMTE [2] |
| Category | 6 [1] |
| Website | www.bahnhof.de |
| History | |
| Opened | 30 September 1875 [3] |
Metelen Land station is located in Metelen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Münster–Enschede railway. The station is operated by the Metelen Land Railway Museum.
The station was opened by the Royal Westphalian Railway Company (Königlich-Westfälische Eisenbahn, KWE) on 30 September 1875, along with the Münster–Enschede railway.[3][4] The station was originally called Metelen and received its current name on 1 October 1902.[3]
Metelen Land station is served by the following Regionalbahn service:[5]
| Line | Line name | Route | Operator | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RB 64 | Euregio-Bahn | Enschede – Gronau (Westf) – Metelen Land – Steinfurt-Burgsteinfurt – Altenberge – Münster (Westf) Zentrum Nord – Münster (Westf) | DB Regio NRW | 60 min |
| Preceding station | DB Regio NRW | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
toward Enschede | RB 64 Euregio-Bahn | toward Münster Hbf |
Metelen Land Railway Museum
The station is operated by the Eisenbahn-Interessengemeinschaft Metelen e. V. (Metelen railway community of interest, EIG). It includes, among other things, the Metelen Land Railway Museum (German: Eisenbahnmuseum Metelen Land, which has a uniform and hat collection. The station’s fully functional mechanical signal box, a section of railway track with a crossover, a local and long distance barrier, homemade hand-operated inspection trolley, a salon car, workshop wagons, track maintenance equipment, a ticket printing machine, a weighing scale with card issuance, an industrial diesel locomotive and model railways can also be viewed.[6]
Notes
- 1 2 "Stationspreisliste 2016" [Station price list 2016] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- 1 2 3 "Metelen Land station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ↑ "Line 2014: Nevinghof - Gronau (DB-Grenze)". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ↑ "Metelen Land station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ↑ "Bahnhofsmuseum Metelen Land" (in German). Eisenbahn Interessengemeinschaft Metelen e.V. Retrieved 18 January 2014.