Münster (Westphalia) Central Station

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Münster (Westphalia) Central Station
new reception building of the main train station (2018)
new reception building of the main train station (2018)
Data
Location in the network Crossing station
Platform tracks 9 (1 closed)
abbreviation EMST
IBNR 8000263
Price range 2
opening October 1, 1890
1954 (post-war building)
June 24, 2017 (new building)
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Architectural data
Architectural style
  • Dutch Renaissance
    (Original Construction)
  • Post-war architecture
    (post-war construction)
architect
location
City / municipality Muenster
country North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
Coordinates 51 ° 57 '24 "  N , 7 ° 38' 6"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 57 '24 "  N , 7 ° 38' 6"  E
Railway lines
Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia
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Münster (Westphalia) Central Station is the most important junction for passenger rail transport in the Münsterland and, with over 66,000 passengers every day, belongs to the second-highest category . A first train station was built in Münster in 1848 as part of the construction of a branch line from Hamm . After the Second World War, a new building was built, which was demolished in 2015. The extensively renovated train station opened on June 24, 2017 .

Today there are five electrified main lines and four regional lines, one of which does not involve passenger traffic ( Münster – Warstein railway line of the WLE ) in all directions. There are no longer any railway junctions for freight traffic in the Münsterland.

History of the station

1848-1855

Münster-Hammer Railway Company

Münster received its first train station in 1848, when the then provincial capital of Westphalia became the terminus of a branch line from Hamm to Münster. In Hamm this branch line was connected to the main line of the Cologne-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft . The age of the railway began with a big festival trip on May 25, 1848. The station building was erected in front of the Servatii gate between today's Albersloher Weg and Wolbecker Straße.

About a month after the opening of passenger traffic, goods traffic on the route began. However, the success of the new means of transport was not resounding in the first few years. On average, 100 travelers per train were recorded.

1855-1880

Royal Westphalian Railway Company (KWE)

In 1855 the tasks were transferred from the Münster-Hammer Railway Company to the Royal Westphalian Railway Company . In July 1855, the latter moved the headquarters of their management from Paderborn to Münster. In addition, travel times were shortened, as there were now continuous trains from Münster to Warburg (Westphalia).

In 1856 the Münster – Rheine railway was put into operation. In Rheine, this line had a connection to the Hanoverian Westbahn Löhne-Rheine-Emden.

Cologne-Minden Railway Company (CME)

The concession for the construction of the railway connection from the Ruhr area or Venlo via Münster to Hamburg was awarded to the Cologne-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft in 1866. The Wanne-Münster section of this route was opened in 1870, and the connection to Osnabrück and Hamburg was made in 1871/73. Münster now had direct access to the German North Sea ports. Another station was built east of the KWE station. This station was designed as a makeshift so that a common station could be built for both railway companies.

Münster-Enscheder Railway Company

In the Westmünsterland there were efforts at the beginning of the 1860s to promote the local economy by building a railway connection from Münster via Gronau to Enschede . Construction began in June 1872, but the railway company ran into financial difficulties in 1874. The KWE therefore took over the management and on September 30, 1875 the railway line to Enschede was opened. The Münster-Enscheder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft used the station parts of the KWE.

1880-1919

Münster Central Station 1890

After the nationalization of the nominally private railway companies in the Prussian State Railways , from 1881 all railways in Münster were under state ownership. Parts of the rural communities of Lamberti and St. Mauritz had already been incorporated into the municipality in 1875, and planning authority for the area around the station was now in the hands of the city of Münster. In 1885 the financial means for the construction of a central station were made available. The central station opened on October 1, 1890.

After there were initially plans for a narrow-gauge railway from Münster to Telgte, the line from Münster via Warendorf to Rheda was built in standard gauge. On February 8, 1886, train operations between Münster and Warendorf began.

Münster developed more and more into a hub station, the rail network was expanded in 1903 to Neubeckum and in 1908 via Coesfeld to Empel-Rees. However, the station was not able to achieve the importance aimed for by the city, above all because the main route Cologne – Ruhr area – Hanover – Berlin does not go via Münster.

The railway systems were only changed in detail during the First World War . The station was particularly important from a military point of view during these years. After the end of the First World War there was a shortage of locomotives and wagons, as a fee of 5000 locomotives and 150,000 wagons had to be made as reparations.

1920-1933

The main station after the renovation in 1930

In 1920 the state railways were merged into the Deutsche Reichseisenbahnen , in 1924 the Reichsbahn was converted into the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft under private law . In Münster, the railway network was expanded to include the line to Lünen (1928) and the freight bypass (1930).

Since the volume of traffic had increased further towards the end of the 1920s, it was necessary to build another platform. In addition, in 1928/30 the station building was converted into a representative building as a “gateway to the modern city”; the conversion should be completed by the Catholic Day in September 1930.

1933-1945

The integration into the “Blitzzug” system was important for Münster. From October 6, 1935, Münster was connected to this system on the Cologne – Hamburg connection.

With the beginning of the Second World War , the situation changed fundamentally. Travel discounts were abolished and a reduced timetable came into effect in January 1940. Further timetable reductions followed.

In 1941/42 an underground bunker designed for 2,000 people was built under Münster's main train station . This was hit in 1945, but without personal injury.

Allied bombers also targeted the railroad installations in 102 air raids on Münster . The result of the air raids on the station area was the loss of wagons and locomotives and the destruction of 75 to 80% of the tracks. The station building was completely destroyed.

Since 1945

On April 2, 1945, Allied troops entered Münster. From the end of April, the routes to the west were again passable. In the summer of 1945, the reconstruction of the tracks and signal boxes could begin. After the repair of destroyed bridges in the area of ​​the Münster lock, trains were able to run again towards Osnabrück . Since only the steel skeleton of the platform hall was left and the platforms, stairs and tunnels were unusable, they had to be makeshiftly prepared before travel could begin.

In 1949 a ramp was built to the city port railway, over which the passenger trains of the Westfälische Landes-Eisenbahn from Lippstadt could approach the main station. For this purpose, the Westfälische Landes-Eisenbahn built a fifth platform on the east side of the station, which was only used by their own trains. Since the closure of passenger traffic on the route to Lippstadt for the winter timetable in 1975, this platform has also been closed and access to it closed.

At the beginning of the 1950s, the station buildings were rebuilt in several construction phases. The station concourse was completed in 1958 and work on the station was completed in 1960. The construction plans for the station and the adjoining Federal Railway Directorate came from the chief architect of the German Federal Railway, Theodor Dierksmeier, who was born in Münster .

From June 8, 1960, Münster was connected to the TEE network . The TEE “Parsifal” ran from Hamburg to Paris and made a stop at Münster's main train station. The luxury train left Münster at 4:59 p.m. and reached the French capital at 11:35 p.m.

In September 1968, the line between the Ruhr area and Hamburg was fully electrified, two years earlier Münster had been connected to the electrical federal railway network from the south. The line to Emden was electrified in 1981.

Current situation

Route map Münster
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Line from Osnabrück
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Brew mill
               
Route from Rheine Freight bypass
               
Line from Enschede (NL) Dortmund-Ems Canal
               
Center north
               
Warendorfer Bahn from Warendorf
               
Münster (Westf.) Hbf
               
Münster (Westphalia) East
               
Route to Beckum
               
Münster (Westf.) Gbf   Dortmund-Ems Canal
               
Route to Hamm
               
ghost
               
Route to Dortmund
               
  Freight bypass
               
Mecklenbeck
               
Baumberbahn to Coesfeld
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Route to Gelsenkirchen
Track apron
Central signal box

The main shortcomings in the local railway system are the slow direct connection to the neighboring region of East Westphalia with the regional center of Bielefeld (one and a half hours travel time for around 65 kilometers as the crow flies), and the limitation of the performance of the main Hamburg - Dortmund route due to the largely single-track (partial) route between Münster and Lünen and the resulting increased susceptibility to delays. On June 24, 2017, the federal government announced the expansion of the entire Dortmund - Münster route, as it was convinced of the urgent need for a double-track route. This also applies to the planned connection between Münster and the Rhein-Ruhr-Express (RRX).

The station part of Münster (Westf) Gbf ( freight station ), which is located south of the main station between the main line to Hamm on the west side and those to Wanne-Eickel on the east side and equipped with a drainage mountain , was shut down as a junction station in 1994. Such a freight yard installation between two lines is only rarely found, since freight stations are usually located next to the associated passenger station or on only one side of all lines leading through the entire station. The freight station is structurally separated from the passenger station by Hafenstrasse, but from an administrative point of view mostly formed a unit with the passenger station. Due to the low and declining importance of industry in Münster as well as the shift of traffic to the road, also in local traffic, it only has one customer (Waggonbau Kiffe), so that the demolition of the track system was planned at least in the planning draft of the zoning plan for 2010, until today but was not implemented. In contrast to passenger traffic, rail freight traffic in Münster has therefore become almost insignificant.

To the south-east of the freight yard are the depot and the DB Regio NRW workshop for passenger trains. To the south of the freight and storage station, the line to Hamm is passed on a crossing structure over the tracks to Wanne-Eickel and Lünen.

The fatal fall of 79-year-old lawyer and lawyer Werner Hoppe on July 9, 2009 in the main train station and the first reaction of Deutsche Bahn to this accident and its cause caused outrage and sparked a discussion about the condition of the station.

Demolition and rebuilding of the station

Planning in advance

On January 26, 2007, the then chairman of the board of Deutsche Bahn AG, Hartmut Mehdorn , announced an early renovation of the station at the traditional Kramer meal in the Münster town hall without specifying a date. On May 30, 2007, the city of Münster decided that Timon should be commissioned with the construction. Since then, the final decision on the construction and the construction company has been made by Deutsche Bahn. According to a meeting of the planning committee on October 18, 2007, the question of financing was largely resolved, so that the final start of construction was expected in early 2009 after all planning and negotiations had been completed. In April 2009, however, it became known that Deutsche Bahn AG had stopped working with the project developer for cost reasons. The city of Münster continued to try to secure the financing. The redesign of the actual traffic station should not be affected by this and should start from autumn 2009.

Work on the platforms

Platforms after renovation (2013)

In November 2009, work began in the 80-meter-long north tunnel. Since the end of 2010, the modernization of the "traffic station" has been going on. Elevators were installed and the roofs were extensively renovated. From 2011 the platforms were renewed. The construction work was completed on April 30, 2013.

The renewal of the platforms essentially included a new and wider southern passenger tunnel, the construction of new escalators and elevators, new lighting on the platforms, new waiting shelters and new glass elements. 16,550 square meters of platform paving were renewed, platform edges were replaced over a length of 2.1 kilometers and almost 10,000 square meters of roof area were renovated. In addition, the main tunnel was widened from 5.6 meters to 10 meters and around 12,000 cubic meters of earth moved.

The modernized traffic facilities were opened on May 28, 2013 in the presence of the Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development Peter Ramsauer , the Federal Minister of Health Daniel Bahr from Münster and the Mayor of Münster, Markus Lewe, and around 100 guests of honor. By then, the costs had risen to 38 million euros.

Working on Berliner Platz

Former entrance building of the main train station, demolished in 2015
View of the construction site, February 2016
Construction site seen from platform 2, mid-May 2016

On March 23, 2011 it was decided>! - By whom? -> to demolish the western station building and rebuild it. The building owner of the station building was Deutsche Bahn AG, and the city of Münster was responsible for the area around the station. According to initial plans, the demolition of the reception building from the 1950s should begin in 2013, it was done in 2015. On March 30, 2011, the plans for the new reception building including the development of the station district were presented by representatives of DB and the city of Münster. The new, glass reception building with an area of ​​8,000 square meters and a length of 140 meters between the north and main entrance, which was scheduled for completion in 2016 at the latest, was expected to cost around 32 million euros. The federal government was to finance ten million euros, and the city of Münster was to contribute another five million.

According to Martin Sigmund, Head of the West Regional Department at DB Station & Service AG, construction work on the new reception building should begin at the turn of the year 2014/2015, and the northern tunnel of the station was closed in December 2014 as the demolition of the old reception building began. A construction time of 18 to 20 months was expected at the end of May 2013; the expected end of construction was corrected in spring 2017. On March 31, 2016, the Westfälische Nachrichten (WN) reported that the new station building was scheduled to go into operation in the 2nd quarter of 2017. At the end of March 2016, the dismantling work and the special foundation engineering were completed. The shell was partially completed up to the second floor. The topping-out ceremony took place at the beginning of July 2016. The delays in the construction were mainly due to a suspected dud.

The rents of the emerging shops should be in the price range of rents on the Prinzipalmarkt or Salzstrasse . Although some of these were even higher than the rents in the city center, the shops were already fully let at the end of May 2013. At the end of May 2013, the designs for the facade of the planned reception building presented in spring 2011 were redesigned at the request of the City of Münster, so that the glass facade would better fit into the cityscape of Münster through stronger vertical accentuation.

From January 15, 2015 until the reopening on June 24, 2017, the station concourse and the direct access to Münster city center were closed. Access to the station was only possible via the entrances and exits on the east side of the station towards Bremer Platz. The city center could be reached via the "Hamburger Tunnel" or the Wolbecker Straße to the north. For this purpose, the "Hamburg Tunnel" was closed to motor vehicle traffic and, after a barrier-free redesign, could only be used by pedestrians and cyclists. The walk to the city center or to the bus stops at the main train station was therefore extended by up to five minutes (at normal walking speed). By blocking the station hall, the station building and other structures could be demolished.

Working on Bremer Platz

Former baggage handling
Container village on Bremer Platz, February 2016

The former baggage handling facility east of the main train station was gutted from April 1, 2013. It has stood empty for the past few years. On May 6, 2013, the building was demolished, which lasted around seven weeks and should be finished on June 28, 2013. The almost 100-year-old building, which was erected in the 1920s and which housed express goods handling, the railway's clothing store, storage space, space for a vending machine and the catering for the regional trains, disappeared. At the end of May 2013, after completion of the demolition work on the baggage handling area, a small outbuilding was demolished, which was located under overhead lines that are under 15  kilovolts . A Komatsu PC 290 with a bolt size of 18.30 meters was used to demolish both buildings . According to the plans of the station management, the further development of the east side of the station will only be advanced after the work on the station building has been completed. It is planned to sell the site to an investor, although several expressions of interest have already been submitted. Among other things, the city of Münster is planning to build another town house on the site. At the end of May 2013 it was announced that the city's plans were on hold. During the work on the new station building, the vacated area will initially remain undeveloped so that it can be used as a parking space for construction vehicles and building materials. In order to temporarily replace the demolished station building, a container village was temporarily built on Bremer Platz.

After a few delays, the main work began in mid-2019 for the “Hansator”, a new quarter with a hotel, retail and living quarters and a bicycle parking garage; some preliminary work took place beforehand. This means that 28,000 square meters of new floor space will be created on Bremer Platz, which will be divided into three large structures. This means that the main station also has an attractive access on its east side. The construction time is estimated at two years.

Track occupancy

The track numbers increase from west to east. Track 2 is the westernmost platform track, track 21 is the easternmost.

Note: The specified lines stop primarily, but not exclusively, at these platforms, especially at night there may be deviations that are not recorded here. The directions of long-distance traffic indicated are also only the primary directions.

track section Platform no. Line / direction Remarks
Long-distance transport Local transport
1 Bypass for track 2 AC
2 AC 1 no RE 15 Emden

RB 65 Rheine (regular trains)

In section D, track 1 branches off, so this section is not occupied by trains.
E. RB 63 Coesfeld / Center North
3 AC ICE / IC heading south, if with a stop in Dortmund RB 69/89 Bielefeld / Paderborn / Warburg

RE 7 Krefeld

RE 7 Rheine (at night / early in the morning)

Usually no double occupancy
DE
4th completely 2 ICE / IC direction Hamburg, if with a stop in Dortmund RE 7 Rheine

RB 64 Gronau / Enschede

5-7 Sidings
8th completely 2 IC heading south when Münster is the starting station RB 66 Osnabrück

RB 65 Rheine (amplifier)

9 completely 3 IC heading south if there is no stop in Dortmund

FLX 20 Cologne

RE 2 Düsseldorf

RB 65 arriving from Rheine (amplifier)

10 siding
11 3 no RB 67 Bielefeld (individual trains) Butt track, only accessible from the north
12 completely IC direction Hamburg, if without stop in Dortmund

IC direction Emden

FLX 20 Hamburg

RE 2 Osnabrück
13 Through track
14th completely 4th no RE 42 Essen / Mönchengladbach

RE 2 Düsseldorf (at night)

15-16 Sidings
17th AC 4th no RB 67 Bielefeld
DE no RB 50 Dortmund
18-20 Sidings
21st Currently shut down, reactivation planned for the S-Bahn in the medium term

The underground bunker

One of the heavy front doors of the bunker

The underground bunker built between 1941 and 1942 still exists today. It was made nuclear-bomb proof during the Cold War . Behind four mighty steel doors there is a lock for fifty people. An electronic lock only opens the inner door when the outer door is completely closed. Another entrance is in the basement of the former federal railway building. A total of two thousand people find refuge in the 2,500 square meter bunker. You could survive there cut off from the outside world for two weeks.

After the Second World War, however, it was only used for civil purposes, for example to accommodate refugees who arrived in Münster in large numbers during the Bosnian War and in 2005 during the Münsterland snow chaos , when all traffic came to a standstill and a number of passengers had to be housed makeshift.

Service in the train station

Bike station at the main train station in Münster

The main train station in Münster has a travel center and " DB Information ". Münster is the location of a train station mission that celebrated its 100th anniversary in October 2007. In the station building, which was demolished in 2015, there was also a drugstore, a bakery, restaurants, a flower shop, a souvenir shop and several book and magazine stores. In the meanwhile newly built station building there are 20 shops on several floors, including restaurants and various office spaces.

The station is also of considerable importance for inner-city traffic. The station forecourt (Berliner Platz) is the junction of all inner-city bus routes operated by Stadtwerke Münster . The regional Münsterland and the DB Westfalenbus start from here also numerous connections in the Münster region .

Bremer Platz, on the east side of the train station, was also known as the “rubber station”; before the renovation work, travel and long-distance buses started here. The term originally goes back to the bus station for regional traffic, which was located on the grounds of today's green area on Bremer Strasse from the early 1960s to the mid-1980s. Today the long-distance bus station is about 400 meters southwest of the station on Hafenstrasse.

The bicycle is very important for inner-city traffic . Many travelers use the bike to get to and from the train station. In order to curb the wild parking of bicycles in the station area, a bicycle parking garage was built on Berliner Platz in front of the station . There are still conventional parking spaces for bicycles at Bremer Platz.

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Long-distance transport

For long-distance passenger rail transport , Münster's main train station is served by various Intercity lines and some Intercity Express trains. Status: timetable change 2019/20

line Line course Tact Operator
(vehicles)
ICE 30 Hamburg-Altona  - Hamburg  - Bremen  - Diepholz  - Osnabrück  - Münster  - Essen  - Duisburg  - Düsseldorf  - Cologne Indent DB long-distance traffic
( ICE 4 )
ICE 31 Kiel  - Neumünster  - / Hamburg-Altona  - Hamburg  - Bremen  - Osnabrück  - Münster  - Dortmund  - Hagen  - Wuppertal  - Solingen  - Cologne  - Bonn  - Koblenz  - Mainz  - Frankfurt Airport - Frankfurt  - Hanau  - Würzburg  - Nuremberg  - Regensburg  - Passau Every two hours (approximately) DB long-distance traffic
( ICE 1 )
ICE 41 Munich  - Nuremberg  - Würzburg  - Aschaffenburg  - Frankfurt  - Frankfurt Airport  - Cologne Messe / Deutz  - Düsseldorf  - Duisburg  - Essen  - Gelsenkirchen  - Recklinghausen  - Münster Indent DB long-distance traffic
( ICE 3 )
ICE 42 Hamburg-Altona  - Hamburg  - Bremen  - Osnabrück  - Münster  - ( Recklinghausen  /) Dortmund  - Bochum  - Essen  - Duisburg  - Düsseldorf  - Cologne  - Siegburg / Bonn  - Frankfurt Airport  - Mannheim  - Stuttgart  - Ulm  - Augsburg  - Munich-Pasing  - Munich individual trains DB long-distance traffic
( ICE 3 , ICE 4 )
ICE 47 Münster  - Recklinghausen  - Wanne-Eickel  - Gelsenkirchen  - Essen  - Duisburg  - Düsseldorf  - Cologne Exhibition Center / Deutz  - Frankfurt Airport  - Mannheim  - Stuttgart a pair of trains DB long-distance traffic
( ICE 3 )
IC 30 ( Westerland  -) or ( Ostseebad Binz  - Stralsund  -) Hamburg  - Bremen  - Osnabrück  - Münster  - Dortmund  - Bochum  - Essen  - Duisburg  - Düsseldorf  - Cologne  - Bonn  - Koblenz  - Mainz  - Mannheim  - Heidelberg  - Stuttgart (or Mannheim  - Karlsruhe  - Freiburg  - Basel  - Zurich  / Bern  - Interlaken Ost ) Every two hours DB long-distance traffic / SBB
( IC , EC )
IC 31 Kiel  - (or Fehmarn-Burg  - Lübeck  -) Hamburg  - Hamburg-Harburg  - Bremen  - Osnabrück  - Münster  - Dortmund  - Hagen  - Wuppertal  - Solingen  - Cologne  - Bonn  - Koblenz  - Mainz  - Frankfurt Airport - Frankfurt  - Hanau  - Aschaffenburg  - Würzburg  - Nuremberg  - Regensburg  - Straubing  - Plattling  - Passau Every two hours DB long-distance traffic
( IC )
IC 32 ( Berlin  - Wolfsburg  - Hanover  - Osnabrück  -) Münster  - Recklinghausen  - Gelsenkirchen  - Essen  - Duisburg  - Düsseldorf  - Cologne (-  Bonn  - Koblenz  - Mainz  - Mannheim  - Stuttgart  - Ulm  - Augsburg  - Munich  - Salzburg  - Klagenfurt ) individual trains DB long-distance traffic / ÖBB
( IC )
IC 35 Norddeich Mole  - Norddeich  - Norden  - Emden  - Leer  - Papenburg  - Meppen  - Lingen  - Rheine  - Münster  - Recklinghausen  - Wanne-Eickel  - Gelsenkirchen  - Oberhausen  - Duisburg  - Düsseldorf  - Cologne  - Bonn  - Remagen  - Andernach  - Koblenz (- Mainz  - Mannheim  - Stuttgart / Constance ) Every two hours DB long-distance traffic
( IC , IC 2 )
IC 77 Münster  - Osnabrück  - Hanover  - Wolfsburg  - Berlin  - Berlin East individual trains DB long-distance traffic
( IC )
FLX 20 Hamburg  - Osnabrück  - Münster  - Gelsenkirchen  - Essen  - Duisburg  - Düsseldorf  - Cologne 1-2 train pairs Flixtrain

Regional traffic

A total of four Regional Express and eight regional train lines operate in local rail passenger transport :

line Line course Tact operator
RE 2 Rhein-Haard-Express :
Osnabrück Hbf   - Hasbergen  - Natrup-Hagen (two-part) - Lengerich (Westf)  - Kattenvenne (two-part) - Ostbevern - Westbevern - Münster (Westf) central station  - Dülmen  - Haltern am See  - Recklinghausen main station  - Wanne -Eickel Hbf  - Gelsenkirchen Hbf  - Essen Hbf  - Mülheim (Ruhr) Hbf  - Duisburg Hbf  - Düsseldorf Airport  - Düsseldorf Hbf
Status: timetable change December 2019
60 min DB Regio NRW
RE 7 Rhein-Münsterland-Express :
Rheine  - Emsdetten  - Greven  - Münster Hbf  - Münster-Hiltrup  - Drensteinfurt  - Hamm (Westf) Hbf  - Bönen  - Unna  - Holzwickede  - Schwerte  - Hagen Hbf  - Ennepetal (Gevelsberg)  - Schwelm  - Wuppertal-Oberbarmen  - Wuppertal Hbf  - Solingen Hbf  - Opladen  - Köln Messe / Deutz  - Köln Hbf  - Dormagen  - Neuss Hbf  - Meerbusch-Osterath  - Krefeld-Oppum  - Krefeld Hbf
Status: timetable change December 2019
60 min National Express
RE 15 Emsland-Express :
Emden Outer Harbor  - Emden Hbf  - Leer (Ostfriesl)  - Papenburg  - Aschendorf - Meppen  - Lingen (Ems)  - Salzbergen  - Rheine  - Emsdetten  - Greven  - Münster (Westf)
Status: timetable change December 2015
60 min Westfalenbahn
RE 42 Niers-Haard-Express :
Münster (Westf) Hbf  - Münster-Albachten  - Bösensell  - Nottuln-Appelhülsen  - Buldern  - Dülmen  - Sythen  - Haltern am See  - Marl-Sinsen  - Recklinghausen Hbf  - Recklinghausen Süd  - Wanne-Eickel Hbf  - Gelsenkirchen Hbf  - Essen Hbf  - Mülheim (Ruhr) Hbf  - Duisburg Hbf  - Rheinhausen  - Krefeld-Uerdingen  - Krefeld Hbf  - Viersen  - Mönchengladbach Hbf
Status: timetable change December 2019
30 min  (Münster - Essen)
60 min  (Essen - M'gladbach)
DB Regio NRW
RB 50 The Lüner :
Dortmund Hbf  - Dortmund-Kirchderne  - Dortmund-Derne  - Prussia  - Lünen Hbf  - Werne an der Lippe  - Capelle (Westf)  - Ascheberg (Westf)  - Davensberg  - Münster-Amelsbüren  - Münster (Westf) Hbf
Status: timetable change December 2015
60 min eurobahn
RB 63 Baumberge-Bahn :
Coesfeld  - Coesfeld School Center  - Lutum  - Billerbeck  - Havixbeck  - Münster-Roxel  - Münster (Westf) Hbf  - Münster Zentrum Nord
Status: timetable change December 2015
60 min DB Regio NRW
RB 64 Euregio-Bahn :
Enschede  - Enschede De Eschmarke - Glanerbrug  - Gronau (Westf)  - Ochtrup  - Metelen Land  - Steinfurt-Burgsteinfurt  - Steinfurt-Grottenkamp  - Steinfurt-Borghorst  - Nordwalde  - Altenberge  - Münster-Häger  - Münster Center North  - Münster (Westf) Main station
Status: timetable change December 2015
60 min DB Regio NRW
RB 65 Ems-Bahn :
Rheine  - Rheine-Mesum  - Emsdetten  - Reckenfeld  - Greven  - Münster-Sprakel  - Münster Zentrum Nord  - Münster (Westf) Hbf
Status: timetable change December 2015
30 min eurobahn
RB 66 Teuto-Bahn :
Osnabrück Hbf  - Hasbergen  - Natrup-Hagen  - Lengerich (Westf)  - Kattenvenne  - Ostbevern  - Westbevern  - Münster (Westf) Hbf
Status: timetable change December 2015
60 min eurobahn
RB 67 Warendorfer Bahn :
Münster (Westf) Hbf  - Telgte  - Warendorf-Eine-Müssingen  - Warendorf  - Beelen  - Clarholz  - Herzebrock  - Rheda-Wiedenbrück  - Gütersloh Hbf  - Isselhorst-Avenwedde  - Brackwede  - Bielefeld Hbf
Status: timetable change December 2016
60 min eurobahn
RB 69/89 Ems-Börde-Bahn :
Münster (Westf) Hbf  - Münster-Hiltrup  - Rinkerode  - Drensteinfurt  - Mersch (Westf)  - Bockum-Hövel  - Hamm (Westf) Hbf  ( wing , part of the train to Bielefeld as RB69, part of the train to Paderborn / Warburg as RB 89)  -…
RB 69: … - Heessen  - Ahlen (Westf)  - Neubeckum  - Oelde  - Rheda-Wiedenbrück  - Gütersloh Hbf  - Isselhorst-Avenwedde  - Brackwede  - Bielefeld Hbf
RB 89: … - Welver  - Borgeln  - Soest  - Bad Sassendorf  - Lippstadt  - Dedinghausen  - Ehringhausen  - Geseke  - Salzkotten  - Scharmede  - Paderborn Hbf  - Altenbeken  - Willebadessen  - Warburg (Westf)
Status: timetable change December 2019
Münster – Bielefeld: 60 min.
Münster – Paderborn: 30 min.
Paderborn – Warburg: 120 min
eurobahn

The main station is to be expanded as a hub for the Münsterland S-Bahn by 2030 . For this purpose, many existing connections are being expanded and renamed.

Bus transport

The main train station is served by the following bus routes for local public road transport:

line Line course
1 Roxel - Coesfelder Kreuz - Central Station  - Prussia Stadium - Hiltrup - Amelsbüren
2 Handorf - Danziger Freiheit - Central Station  - Ludgeriplatz - Youth Hostel - Coesfelder Kreuz - Old Observatory
4th Gelmer - Lock - Central Station  - Clemens Hospital
5 Nienberge - Gievenbeck - Coesfelder Kreuz - Central Station  - Prussia Stadium - Hiltrup
6th Coerde - Central Station  - Gremmendorf - Hiltrup
7th Central station  - Alexian workshops
8th Coerde - Central Station  - Gremmendorf - Wolbeck
9 Children's home - Orléans-Ring - Aegidiimarkt - Central Station  - Prussia Stadium - Hiltrup
10 Mecklenbeck - Bismarckallee - Central Station  - Danziger Freiheit - Handorf
11 Gievenbeck - Coesfelder Kreuz - Central Station  - Hansa Vocational College - St. Margaretha Church - Tannenhof
12 Gievenbeck - Coesfelder Kreuz - Central Station
13 Technologiepark - Coesfelder Kreuz - Hauptbahnhof
14th Zoo - surgery - main station  - Maikottenweg / Gallenkamp turn
15th Albachten - Mecklenbeck - Central Station  - Kreuzschanze - Germania Campus - Children's House
16 Mecklenbeck - Central Station  - Kreuzschanze - Germania Campus - Children's House
17th Krögerweg - main station  - district government - children's home
22nd Gievenbeck - Coesfelder Kreuz - Central Station  - Hansa Vocational College - St. Margaretha Church - Stapelskotten - Wolbeck
33 Main station  - Franziskus-Hospital - Lublin-Ring - Orléans-Ring - Coesfelder Kreuz - Torminbrücke - Main station (ring line counterclockwise)
34 Main station  - Torminbrücke - Coesfelder Kreuz - Orléans-Ring - Lublin-Ring - Franziskus-Hospital - Main station (ring line clockwise)
R11 Münster  - Telgte - Warendorf
R13 Münster  - Telgte - Ostbevern
R22 Münster  - Everswinkel - Freckenhorst - Warendorf
R32 Münster  - Sendenhorst - Ennigerloh
R41 Munster  - Ottmarsbocholt
R51 Münster  - Greven - Münster / Osnabrück Airport - Ladbergen - Lengerich
R63 Münster  - Nottuln - Coesfeld
R64 Munster  - Havixbeck
R72 Munster  - Altenberge
R73 Münster  - Altenberge - Nordwalde - Steinfurt-Borghorst - Steinfurt-Burgsteinfurt
S20 Münster  - Everswinkel - Freckenhorst - Warendorf
S30 Münster  - Sendenhorst - Beckum
S40 Münster  - Telgte - Sassenberg - Versmold
S50 Münster  - Münster / Osnabrück Airport - Saerbeck - Ibbenbüren
S60 Munster Nevinghoff - Munster Hauptbahnhof  - Nottuln
S70 Münster  - Laer - Schöppingen - Ahaus - Vreden
S75 Münster  - Borken - Rhede - Bocholt
S90 Münster  - Senden - Lüdinghausen - Olfen - Datteln
N1 Münster  - Sendenhorst - Ahlen
N2 Münster  - Telgte - Ostbevern
N3 Münster  - Everswinkel - Freckenhorst - Ennigerloh - Beckum - Wadersloh - Lippstadt - Erwitte - Anröchte - Warstein - Meschede
N4 Munster  - Senden - Ludinghausen
N5 Münster  - Altenberge - Nordwalde - Steinfurt-Borghorst - Steinfurt-Burgsteinfurt
N6 Münster  - Laer - Schöppingen - Rosendahl-Holtwick
N7 Münster  - Havixbeck - Billerbeck - Coesfeld - Rosendahl-Darfeld - Rosendahl-Osterwick - Rosendahl-Holtwick - Legden - Gescher - Stadtlohn
N8 Münster  - Nottuln - Coesfeld - Rosendahl-Holtwick - Legden
N9 Münster  - Greven - Saerbeck - Ibbenbueren

D50

Münster  - Münster / Osnabrück Airport

N80

Roxel - Gievenbeck - Coesfelder Kreuz - Central Station
N81 Children's house - Kreuzschanze - Hauptbahnhof  - Inselbogen - Hiltrup
N82 Gelmer - Coerde - Kleimann Bridge - Central Station  - Prussia Stadium - Hiltrup - Amelsbüren
N83 Mecklenbeck - Bismarckallee - Central Station  - Danziger Freiheit - Handorf
N84 Albachten - Mecklenbeck - Central Station  - St. Margaretha Church - Tannenhof
N85 Nienberge - Gievenbeck - Orléans-Ring - Central Station  - Gremmendorf - Wolbeck

Further train stations in Münster

In contrast to many other cities of comparable size, Münster did not have any other train stations for a long time. As a result of incorporations in 1975, a number of today's districts with their own train station came to the city. Since 1995, the core city has also had another important local transport station, the Münster-Zentrum Nord station. The list of stations and stops in Münster (Westphalia) provides an overview of all train stations and stops in today's urban area .

Web links

Commons : Münster (Westfalen) Hauptbahnhof  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Deutsche Bahn AG:

NRWbahnarchiv by André Joost:

Further evidence:

Individual evidence

  1. The economy needs the rails In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung March 23, 2017.
  2. Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.muenster.de
  3. https://www.sto-ms.de/bildgeschichte/m%C3%BCnsters-bahnhof/
  4. ^ Anja Gussek-Revermann, Heinz Kilian: Münster and the railway . Ardey-Verlag 2003, p. 173
  5. Karin Völker, Claudia Kramer-Santel: Death Fall: Outrage over the railway. Westfälische Nachrichten , July 14, 2009, accessed on July 15, 2009 .
  6. Interview with Hartmut Mehdorn. (No longer available online.) In: westline.de. January 25, 2007, formerly in the original ; Retrieved January 25, 2007 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.westline.de
  7. report. (No longer available online.) Münstersche Zeitung , May 31, 2007, formerly in the original ; Retrieved May 31, 2007 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.westline.de
  8. Jörg Gierse: Signals on light green. Münstersche Zeitung , October 18, 2007, accessed on October 18, 2007 .
  9. Modernization of the main train station in Münster is delayed further. (No longer available online.) In: bahninfo.de. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014 ; accessed on March 29, 2019 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bahninfo.de
  10. Deutsche Bahn AG ends cooperation with Timon. (No longer available online.) Deutsche Bahn AG, April 9, 2009, archived from the original on April 24, 2009 ; Retrieved April 9, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.deutschebahn.com
  11. a b c d e f Martin Kalitschke: On April 30th the workers moved away - Central station: renovation of the traffic station before the completion / inauguration with Minister Ramsauer? Ed .: Westfälische Nachrichten . February 9, 2013.
  12. a b c d e f Martin Kalitschke: "Visiting card for Münster": Federal Transport Minister Ramsauer inaugurates the renovated traffic station in the train station , Westfälische Nachrichten , May 29, 2013
  13. a b c d e f Martin Kalitschke: Ceremony on platform 14 - First stage of the station renovation is done: New reception building is due to arrive at the end of 2014 , Westfälische Nachrichten , May 29, 2013
  14. a b c d e f New design for the facade: Ramsauer is coming next week to the station opening. Münstersche Zeitung , May 22, 2013, accessed on May 22, 2013 .
  15. a b Martin Kalitschke: Work is progressing quickly Main station: shell finished in summer , in Westfälische Nachrichten , on March 31, 2016
  16. Dirk Anger: Bahn Plans: New Central Station: airy and transparent - significantly less retail trade , Westfälische Nachrichten , March 25, 2011
  17. a b Martin Kalitschke: Construction will not start before the end of 2014: “Station is coming” - but later , Westfälische Nachrichten , 23 December 2011.
  18. a b New building of the main train station ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , City of Münster, September 2015. Accessed February 22, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.muenster.de
  19. Münster Central Station: The next milestone has been reached. In: Westfälische Nachrichten . July 6, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2017 .
  20. Peter Sauer: Wide stairs and new escalators: Passenger Association praises the renovation of the station , Westfälische Nachrichten , June 18, 2012.
  21. http://www.kirche-im-wdr.de/startseite/makePdf/programm/tunnel/
  22. Karin Völker: Former express cargo handling in Münster: demolition has to be postponed due to pigeon droppings. Westfälische Nachrichten , May 9, 2013, accessed on May 9, 2013 . + further article pigeon droppings stop demolition - express goods handling: bird droppings in the attic have to be removed first
  23. a b c d Martin Kalitschke: Demolition behind the train station: Express cargo handling will disappear from May 6th / East exit of the main tunnel closed until the end of June , in: Westfälische Nachrichten , April 19, 2013.
  24. ^ Express goods handling a torso , Westfälische Nachrichten , May 17, 2013
  25. a b Men's dream job excavator driver: Brute , but with feeling , Westfälische Nachrichten , May 22, 2013
    Brute, but with feeling: excavator driver Walter Sezlak tears down the old express cargo handling at the main station , Westfälische Nachrichten , May 22, 2013
  26. July 3, 2019: Current construction site information: It continues on the Hansator's website, accessed on May 2, 2020
  27. Homepage of the Hansator construction project , accessed on May 2, 2020.
  28. Departure map Münster Hbf , valid since December 15, 2019, accessed on May 2, 2020.
  29. Arrival plan for Münster Hbf , valid since December 15, 2019, accessed on May 2, 2020.
  30. Overview map of the train station from the OpenRailwayMap , accessed on May 2, 2020.
  31. underground bunker under the station Münster , 7grad.org
  32. Marga Kift: Light in the shaft: Once underworld and back
  33. ↑ The temporary facility becomes a permanent stop. In: wn.de . March 12, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2018 .
  34. Photo credits: Bicycles at Bremer Platz, 2011