Local traffic in Münster

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The transport in Münster comprises a transport network which is predominantly of urban and regional bus and regional train - and regional express lines there, which have several stations and stopping point in the city of Münster. There is no rail-based city transport in Münster, for example by underground trains, trams, light rail vehicles or S-Bahn trains, which means that this is the most populous German municipality without a corresponding offer. There was a tram running in Münster , but it was completely discontinued and dismantled. Münster is in the network area of ​​the Westphalian tariff. In addition to local public transport and motorized private transport, everyday mobility by bicycle is of considerable importance, which is why Münster is colloquially known as the "bicycle capital of Germany".

Logo of the Münsterland transport association
Logo of the WestfalenTarif

City and regional bus transport

A bus from Stadtwerke Münster at the main station

City bus routes

Bus traffic in Münster is mainly operated by Mobile , a branch of Stadtwerke Münster GmbH. There are a total of 22 city bus routes, some of which are linked to regional bus routes (routes 7 and 22) and some of which serve several branches (routes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 and 22). Except for lines 18, 19 and 20, all lines go via the main train station, which is the central transfer point. The lines 33 and 34 run as ring lines from the main station on a ring route around the city center. In school transport, some additional buses (marked with an E in front of the line number) take different routes than usual. For example, the E5 takes a shortcut via Steinfurter Straße or the E8 via Prinzipalmarkt .

  • 1 Amelsbüren - Hiltrup - Hauptbahnhof - Roxel
  • 2 Old Observatory - Central Station (- Oderstrasse) - Danziger Freiheit (- Handorf Kaserne)
  • 4 Clemenshospital - Central Station (- Waldfriedhof Lauheide) - Gelmer
  • 5 Hiltrup - (Berg FIdel -) main station - Gievenbeck - Nienberge
  • 6 Hiltrup - Angelmodde Waldsiedlung - Gremmendorf - Central Station - Coerde Speicherstadt
  • E6 Friedenspark - Hauptbahnhof (only during rush hour)
  • 7 Kappenberger Damm - Central Station - Nienberge (intersection with R41, R72 and R73)
  • 8 Wolbeck - Angelmodde Dorf - Gremmendorf - Central Station - Coerde
  • 9 Hiltrup - Central Station - Kinderhaus - Sprakel
  • 10 Mecklenbeck - Aaseestadt - Central Station - St. Mauritz - Handorf
  • 11 Tannenhof - Central Station - Gievenbeck Dieckmannstrasse
  • 12 Central Station - Gievenbeck Rüschhausweg
  • 13 Central Station - Technology Park
  • 14 Mauritz Friedhof - Hauptbahnhof - Zoo
  • 15 Albachten - Mecklenbeck - Hauptbahnhof - Brüningheide children's home
  • 16 Mecklenbeck - Hbf - Brüningheide children's home
  • 17 Krögerweg - Central Station - North Center - Kinderhaus Schulzentrum
  • 18 Wolbeck - Hiltruper Strasse - Hansestrasse
  • 19 Coerde - Kinderhaus - Sprakel
  • 20 Albachten - Roxel - Mecklenbeck
  • 22 Beckum - Warendorf - Everswinkel - Wolbeck - Hauptbahnhof - Gievenbeck Heekweg (intersection with R22)
  • 33 Central Station - St. Franziskus Hospital - Coesfelder Kreuz - Central Station
  • 34 Central Station - Coesfelder Kreuz - St. Franziskus Hospital - Central Station

Night bus routes

Receipt:

  • N80 Hauptbahnhof - Gievenbeck - Roxel
  • N81 Hiltrup Ost - Grüner Grund - main station - children's home
  • N82 Amelsbüren - Hiltrup - Hauptbahnhof - Coerde - Rudolf-Diesel-Straße
  • N83 Mecklenbeck - Aaseestadt - Central Station - St. Mauritz - Handorf
  • N84 Albachten - Mecklenbeck - Central Station - Wolbecker Straße - Tannenhof
  • N85 Wolbeck - Angelmodde Dorf / Wald - Gremmendorf - Central Station - Gievenbeck - Nienberge

Taxi bus lines (selection)

Supporting documents:

  • T1 Alexianer Werkstätten - Amelsbüren station
  • T5 Glasuritstrasse - Hohe Ward cemetery
  • T8 Gremendorfer Weg - Zeisigweg - Delstrup
  • T9 Lärchenweg - Ringstrasse
  • T10 Roxel - Mecklenbecker Strasse

Express bus routes

On 7 express bus routes, buses go to more distant destinations in the Münsterland.

  • S20 Münster - Everswinkel - Freckenhorst - Warendorf
  • S30 Münster - Albersloh - Sendenhorst - Beckum
  • S50 Münster - Münster / Osnabrück Airport - Ibbenbüren
  • S60 Münster - Nottuln
  • S70 / 71 Münster - Laer - Schöppingen - Heek - Ahaus - Vreden (- R71 Winterswijk)
  • S75 Münster - Borken - Rhede - Bocholt
  • S90 / 92 Münster - Senden - Lüdinghausen

Express bus routes

Since August 17, 2020, the new X90 line has been running as a so-called express bus route in addition to the existing S90 / 92 between Münster, Senden, Lüdinghausen and Olfen. Since the express bus has fewer stops, the travel time is significantly reduced compared to the express bus. The aim of the new express bus lines is to create a particularly fast and modern local transport system so that fewer people use individual motorized transport.

Regional bus routes

  • R11 Münster - Telgte - Warendorf
  • R13 Münster - Telgte - Westbevern - Ostbevern
  • R22 Münster - Wolbeck
  • R32 Münster - Albersloh - Sendenhorst
  • R41 Münster - Ottmarsbocholt
  • R51 Münster - Greven - Münster / Osnabrück Airport - Ladbergen - Lengerich
  • R63 Münster - Nottuln (- R62 Coesfeld)
  • R64 Münster - Havixbeck
  • R72 Münster - Altenberge
  • R73 Münster - Altenberge - Nordwalde - Burgsteinfurt

Cycle system

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City buses during the day

Daytime traffic takes place Mon-Fri from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., on weekends only from 8 a.m. The city buses are based on Monday through Saturday every 20 minutes. An exception is line 5, which runs between the main station and Berg Fidel every ten minutes, and the two ring lines, which run every 15 minutes. The minibus lines 18, 19 and 20 run once an hour. Thanks to amplifiers during rush hour, the travel distance of many lines is reduced to ten minutes at least once a day, with line 6 even at 5-minute intervals. On Sundays and public holidays, the traffic is thinned out to a 60-minute cycle (morning) or 30-minute cycle (afternoon), there are no trips on the 5 to Berg Fidel. The ring lines only run every 45 minutes.

Night buses

Night traffic runs on weekdays from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. and on weekend nights from 9 p.m. to 8 a.m. every 30 minutes, with every hour after 1 a.m. (on Saturdays from 6 a.m. again every half hour) The 6 lines meet at the main train station and depart together. Night traffic is supported by taxi buses in the outlying areas.

Regional and express buses

The buses to the region (both regional and express buses) mostly run once an hour. Lines S90 / 92 (every 30 min) and R72 / 73 (together every 20 min, adapted to line 7) are an exception.

Regional trains

Euregio-Bahn (RB64) near the Zentrum Nord train station

Receipt:

Münster Central Station is the largest transfer hub in regional traffic in the Münsterland. Trains run from / to Münster in 8 different directions. Most of them are served by regional trains every hour. Only the axes to Hamm, Rheine, Osnabrück and Essen are served by express lines.

Regional express lines

Regional train

Train stations

The main station of Münster after the renovation and the barrier-free conversion

In addition to the main train station, there are the train stations / stops Münster-Zentrum Nord , Münster-Häger , Münster-Hiltrup , Münster-Albachten , Münster-Mecklenbeck , Münster-Amelsbüren and Münster-Sprakel .

Park and Ride

In Münster there are park-and-ride facilities at the Zentrum Nord, Häger, Albachten and Hiltrup train stations and at some bus stops in the city.

Bike and Ride

Bicycle station Münster (Westphalia) main train station

In addition to the bicycle station at the main train station, which also has a bicycle workshop and offers bicycle rental, there are numerous bus stops and at the train stations Zentrum Nord, Häger, Albachten, Hiltrup, Sprakel and Roxel, bike-and-ride facilities for cyclists.

Local transport tariffs

The city of Münster was part of the transport association Münsterland (VGM); in addition to the city of Münster, the districts of Steinfurt , Borken , Coesfeld and Warendorf are among the shareholders. On August 1, 2017, the VGM tariff was added to the Westphalian tariff , the newly founded Westfalentarif GmbH has its administrative headquarters in Bielefeld . The Westphalia tariff is a merger of the traffic community cathedral country as well as the rate of the traffic community Ruhr lip , the traffic community Westphalia south , the traffic group Paderborn-Hoxter and the OWL-transport company that legally continue as shareholders are active. The Westphalian tariff , which was founded in 2017, has no influence on the NRW tariff , which has been in existence for a long time , but since the changeover, a Westphalian tariff ticket has been required on some routes instead of a NRW tariff ticket, which is somewhat cheaper. In Münster, the Schöne-Tag NRW and Schöne-Fahrt NRW season tickets are also valid on all modes of transport, as well as the Quer-durch-Land ticket for local rail transport.

Connection to long-distance traffic

You can get on and change trains at the main train station. There is also a long-distance bus stop within walking distance of the main train station.

future

One of the first e-buses from Stadtwerke Münster

Electric buses

Stadtwerke Münster has been pursuing a strategy for several years to increase the use of electrically powered buses in Münster. This is funded through the EU-wide research project ZeEUS (Zero Emission Urban Bus System) . In 2015, the first e-buses were used in Münster. By 2030, 100 electric buses are to run on the city bus routes.

Muensterland S-Bahn

On December 2, 2019, a concept for a S-Bahn Münsterland was presented as part of the “Mobiles Münsterland” project, which is to be completed by 2030. The concept provides for all railway lines leaving Münster to be operated by a half-hour S-Bahn / regional train and an hourly express line. To this end, five new stops are to be built on existing routes in Münster, and the Münster-Sendenhorst railway line is to be reactivated, which would go hand in hand with seven additional new stations. In addition, Stadtwerke Münster is increasingly strengthening bus traffic with every change of schedule. A special feature of the upcoming timetable change is the permanent introduction of additional buses in autumn and winter, which were previously only used spontaneously.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Florian Adler: Looking back at trams: This is what Münster's local transport looked like 70 years ago. In: Easy. Closer. Blog. The blog of Stadtwerke Münster. January 30, 2018, accessed April 11, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Topographical representation of the network plan (day). (PDF, 1.52 MB). Retrieved April 11, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Overview of school trips, as of mid-2019 . The timetables for school trips can be selected here. Retrieved April 11, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b Topographical representation of the network plan (night). (PDF, 1.59 MB). Retrieved April 11, 2020 .
  5. ↑ The new ExpressBus X90. In: bus-und-bahn-im-muensterland.de. Retrieved August 26, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Overview of the timetable tables for the city of Münster. The timetable for each individual line can be accessed here as a PDF. Valid since: April 24th, 2019. In: Stadtwerke Münster: Timetable information. Retrieved April 11, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Route network map for regional trains in Münsterland. (PDF, 682 KB), as of December 8, 2018. Provided by Bus & Bahn in Münsterland , accessed on April 11, 2020 .
  8. ↑ a b Gunnar A. Pier: tariff jungle cleared: Westphalian tariff applies in the entire region on buses and trains. On: WN.de - Münsterland. July 31, 2017, accessed April 11, 2020 .
  9. ↑ a b Imprint of WestfalenTarif GmbH. Retrieved April 11, 2020 .
  10. ↑ The e-bus: on the move on quiet feet. In: Stadtwerke Münster Blog. April 23, 2015, accessed on July 18, 2020 (German).
  11. ↑ The depot will be electric for new e-buses. In: Stadtwerke Münster Blog. August 28, 2018, accessed on July 18, 2020 (German).
  12. ↑ From April: The timetable change in bus transport brings improvements. In: Stadtwerke Münster: schedule deviations. Retrieved February 14, 2020 .