Ahlen train station (Westphalia)
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| Design | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 4th |
| abbreviation | EAHL |
| IBNR | 8000441 |
| Price range | 4th |
| opening | October 15, 1847 (train station) 1848 (1st station building) 1916 (new station building) |
| Profile on Bahnhof.de | Ahlen__Westf_ |
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| City / municipality | Awls |
| country | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 45 '42 " N , 7 ° 53' 42" E |
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| Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia | |
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The Ahlen (Westphalia) Station - short Ahlen (Westphalia) - is located in the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Ahlen . It is located on the electrified, four-track main line Hamm – Minden , which leads from the Ruhr area to Hanover . In the 19th century, it belonged to the Cologne-Minden Railway Company and is now operated by Deutsche Bahn AG .
history
Ahlen station was put into operation on October 15, 1847 as part of the construction of the Cologne-Minden Railway. The first station building from 1848 was demolished during the First World War , because at that time the track at ground level was laid on a railway embankment. The new reception building, which is still in use today, was opened in 1916. From 1891, the stopping point of the Vorhelm district was located about six kilometers in the direction of Bielefeld . However, the site of the town incorporated in 1975 was closed in 1988 for reasons of rationalization and dismantled in 1994. Since summer 2019, however, a reactivation of the train station in Vorhelm has been under discussion at the initiative of local politicians.
Today's meaning
The train station is a so-called local transport system stop ( category 4) in the network traffic of the Westphalian tariff . The nodes Bielefeld central station and Hamm (Westf) and the regional nodes Gütersloh main station are connected via two transport lines in the hourly connected, so that overall there is a half-hour intervals in two directions.
Ahlen station is controlled via the dispatcher - interlocking "Af", a track plan pushbutton interlocking of the type SpDrS60.
There is a travel center in the train station that has been operated by a private travel agency from Werl since 2007 . Travelers will also find a bookstore with a kiosk and a bakery here. Ticket machines for local and long-distance transport are available to buy tickets outside the travel center's business hours .
The station has been modernized since spring 2019 for the start of operation of the Rhein-Ruhr-Express in advance of the timetable change in December 2019. The platform on track 6 will be increased to 76 centimeters for stepless entry and extended to 220 meters. The barrier-free access is ensured by a ramp that replaces the old staircase. The existing, fault-prone inclined staircase elevators on tracks 1/2 and 3 will also be replaced by new elevators. All platforms will also be equipped with new lighting and sound. The station is also getting a new guidance system with a tactile guidance system for the blind and visually impaired .
Train station connection
The “ Central Bus Station ” (ZOB) is right next to the train station . From here the city of Ahlen can be reached via city bus routes. Regiobus connections exist for the transition to neighboring cities . The city buses are operated by Regionalverkehr Münsterland and the city of Ahlen.
Park and Ride
Behind the station building there is a parking lot with spaces for park-and-ride and park-and-rail . Bicycle parking facilities have been set up at the central bus station .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Operations center archive Vorhelm
- ^ Report on the Vorhelm station
- ↑ ZVM wants to bring in Vorhelm station
- ↑ Signal box archive Ahlen (Westf) Af
- ↑ Christian Wolff: Ahlen then and now - city views in the course of the decades . Aschendorff Verlag, Münster 2008, ISBN 978-3-402-12762-9
- ↑ The excavators are rolling in Ahlen
