Rendsburg station
Rendsburg station | |
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| Through station | |
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| Location |
Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein Germany |
| Coordinates | 54°18′09″N 9°40′15″E / 54.30250°N 9.67083°ECoordinates: 54°18′09″N 9°40′15″E / 54.30250°N 9.67083°E |
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| Platforms | 4 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | 5223 |
| DS100 code | AR |
| Category | 4 [1] |
| Website | www.bahnhof.de |
Rendsburg station is located in the city of Rendsburg in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein and is at the junction of the Neumünster–Flensburg and Rendsburg Kiel lines. It is currently operated by Deutsche Bahn, which classifies it as a category 4 station.[1] There used to be a direct line from Rendsburg to Husum via Erfde, as distinct from the current route via Jübek. A short section of the Erfde line is still used for the carriage of freight.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Kiel Canal was built as along with Rendsburg High Bridge over it and the Rendsburg Loop, which allowed trains to continue to use Rendsburg station. The station’s roof was renovated from 2007 to 2009. Later, the platforms were rehabilitated. Following the completion of the renovation the station it has five tracks, four of which have a platform.
Operations
In long-distance traffic, since 9 December 2007, Intercity-Express trains on the Aarhus–Hamburg–Berlin route have stopped in Rendsburg and Eurocity trains on the Aarhus–Hamburg route. There is also a pair of InterCity trains on the weekend that run directly from Flensburg station to Berlin and Cologne, stopping at Rendsburg. On Sundays, two different InterCity services run to Flensburg.
DB Regionalbahn Schleswig Holstein (RB-SH) operates Regional-Express and Regionalbahn services between Neumünster and Flensburg every hour or two hours.
The Nord-Ostsee-Bahn (NOB, now operated by Veolia Verkehr) operates services on the Husum–Jübek–Schleswig–Rendsburg–Kiel route with modern trains every hour. The Husum–Kiel route in 2009 will be operated by DB Regio from 2011.
It is planned is to upgrade the Kiel–Rendsburg line to allow services at half hour intervals.
Long-distance and regional transport
| Line | Route | Frequency |
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| ICE 76 | Berlin Ostbf – Hamburg Hbf – Neumünster – Rendsburg – Flensburg – Århus | Individual services |
| RE | Schleswig-Holstein-Express: Padborg – Flensburg – Rendsburg – Neumünster – Hamburg Hbf | Every two hours |
| RB | (Padborg –) Flensburg – Rensburg – Neumünster | Every two hours |
| NOB | Kiel Hbf – Rendsburg – Schleswig – Husum | Hourly |
Tracks
The station has five tracks, four of which are located on a platform. The tracks the movement of persons to be spanned by a platform area. Trains leave as follows:
- Platform track 1: long-distance and regional services to Hamburg, RB-SH regional services to Neumünster
- Platform track 2: NOB regional services to Kiel
- Platform track 3: long-distance services to Denmark, RB-SH regional services to Flensburg/Padborg, NOB regional services to Husum/Bad St. Peter-Ording
- Platform track 4: no scheduled services
Gallery
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NOB train to Kiel
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RB-SH train to Flensburg
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Preserved signalbox in Rendsburg station
Notes
- 1 2 "Stationspreisliste 2016" [Station price list 2016] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
External links
- "Track plan" (PDF, 170 kB) (in German). DB Netz AG. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
- "Photographs of Rendsburg station" (in German). Retrieved 22 November 2010.
- "Track plan of Rendsburg station before renovation" (in German). Retrieved 22 November 2010.