Osnabrück Central Station

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Osnabrück Hbf
Station building with station forecourt
Station building with station forecourt
Data
Location in the network Crossing station
Design Tower station
Platform tracks 9
abbreviation HO
IBNR 8000294
Price range 2
opening April 24, 1895
Profile on Bahnhof.de Osnabr-C3-BCck-Hbf
location
City / municipality Osnabrück
country Lower Saxony
Country Germany
Coordinates 52 ° 16 '22 "  N , 8 ° 3' 40"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 16 '22 "  N , 8 ° 3' 40"  E
Railway lines
Railway stations in Lower Saxony
i11 i16 i16 i18

View from the station building onto the station forecourt around 1900
Central station and Theodor-Heuss-Platz with bus station
Trains of the NordWestBahn on tracks 13 and 14

Osnabrück Hauptbahnhof is the main train station of the Lower Saxon city ​​of Osnabrück . It was designed in 1895 as the only two-level tower railway station still in existence in Lower Saxony and serves as a junction for long-distance and regional traffic, which is used by 20,000 travelers and visitors every day.

History of the station

Osnabrück main station was opened on April 24, 1895 as the "Centralbahnhof". It replaced the Hanover station to the west on the Löhne – Rheine railway line and the Bremen station to the north on the Bremen – Münster railway line . The Tecklenburger northern runway could communicate to the central station after gauging the route from 30 March 1935 passenger trains. Passenger traffic on this route between Osnabrück and Mettingen was given up on September 25, 1965.

In 1963 the Federal Railroad decided on a major modernization program for Osnabrück Central Station. This 40 million DM program comprised the electrification of the main routes and the modernization of the signal boxes. The construction of the central signal box "Of" (Osnabrück-Fahrdienstleitung) began in August 1963, and the signal box went into operation on September 4, 1966. This signal box replaced ten smaller signal boxes around the main train station. In and around Osnabrück main station, the shape signals , which were replaced by light signals , also disappeared due to the new track plan pushbutton interlocking .

One week after the new central signal box went into operation, the first train from Münster to be hauled by an electric locomotive reached the city on September 12, 1966 . This was received on track 1 by Ferdinand Erpenbeck and the Federal Minister of Transport Hans-Christoph Seebohm , who took him on the inaugural trip to Münster. The northern part of the taxiway in the direction of Bremen was electrified in 1968, the Löhne – Rheine railway line took place on September 29, 1974 in the direction of Rheine and on May 30, 1976 in the direction of Löhne. The age of steam locomotives ended in Osnabrück in 1977 with the conversion of the last trains to diesel or electric operation.

On June 1, 1984 the passenger train service to Bielefeld via the Haller Willem was stopped.

Since 2000

Since November 1, 2001, the newly built Bahnhofsgarage multi-storey car park can be used, which also has access to platform 1. The multi-storey car park with 700 spaces was built for 20 million DM by the Osnabrücker Parkstätten Betriebs-Gesellschaft (OPG). The passenger traffic over the Haller Willem, which was discontinued in 1984, was resumed on June 12, 2005 after the successful reactivation.

Before the Katholikentag 2008 in Osnabrück, lifts were installed that lead from the platforms. Previously there were only luggage lifts for the lower platforms, which have now been replaced by new passenger lifts. On the upper platforms in front of the elevators there were only baggage carousels that led to the track tunnel, these were removed when the elevators were being installed.

The station building was renovated in 2010 as part of the economic stimulus program 1 . In agreement with the monument protection, white plastic windows were replaced by brown wooden windows. These wooden windows not only correspond to the original appearance of the station, but also meet modern energy-saving requirements. The interior of the station hall and the pillars in the hall were also given a new coat of paint.

investment

In the upper level, the double-track , electrified main line Hamburg  - Bremen  - Ruhr area ( Wanne-Eickel-Hamburg line ) runs from northeast to south-west , which connects with the double-track, electrified main line Amsterdam  - Hanover  - Berlin, which runs from west to east on the lower level ( Löhne – Rheine railway line ) crosses. The tracks of the upper and lower platforms are connected by a ring across the Schinkel district .

In addition, two non-electrified, single-track lines branch off. One in the southeast to Bielefeld ( Osnabrück – Bielefeld railway line ), the other in the north. This forks in Hesepe into two lines: on the one hand the line to Wilhelmshaven via Cloppenburg  - Oldenburg (Oldb) ( railway line Oldenburg – Osnabrück ), on the other hand the line to Delmenhorst via Vechta ( railway line Delmenhorst – Hesepe ). In addition, the railway to Westerkappeln-Recke branches off at Osnabrück-Eversburg .

Track layout

Osnabrück main station, water tower

Upper level, passenger traffic, tracks 1–5

  • Track 1: ERB to Münster (Westf) (RB66); Arrival RE9 from Bremen / Bremerhaven
  • Track 2: long-distance trains in the direction of the Ruhr area
  • Track 3: Long-distance trains to Hamburg, Intercity Münster – Berlin
  • Track 4: RE to Düsseldorf (RE2)
  • Track 5 south: NWB to Halle (Westphalia) and Bielefeld (RB75)
  • Track 5 North: RE to Bremen / Bremerhaven (RE9)

There are also three platform-free through tracks.

Lower level; Passenger traffic, tracks 11-14

  • Track 11: Long-distance trains to Berlin, WFB to Braunschweig (RE60), ERB to Herford and Bielefeld (RB61)
  • Track 12: long-distance trains to Amsterdam, WFB to Rheine (RE60), ERB to Hengelo (RB61)
  • Track 13/14: NWB to Oldenburg and Wilhelmshaven (RE18) and Vechta and Bremen (RB58) (via Delmenhorst)

There was also a track with a freight platform on the lower level (in front of platform 11). There are also two through tracks south of the platforms.

All platforms are barrier-free with lifts. The reception hall has direct access to the platforms on tracks 1-5 through a passenger tunnel, the platforms on tracks 11-14 (lower level) can only be reached via the main platform 1 using stairs and elevators.

Planned modernization measures

Route map Osnabrück
Legend
                  
Line from Bremen
                  
uh Railway line from Damme
                  
Railway line from Delmenhorst
                  
Railway line from Oldenburg Rieste
                  
Ankum-Bersenbrücker Railway Booed
                  
Hare Bersenbrück
                  
Railway line to Holzhausen Alfhausen
                  
                  
Hesepe
                  
Bramsche
                  
Mittelland Canal
                  
Achmer
                  
NRW-Lower Saxony border
                  
Railway line from Recke Halen (North Rhine-Westphalia)
                  
New threading (since 1989)
                  
NRW-Lower Saxony border Ostercappeln
                  
Old threading (until 1989) Vehres
                  
Abzw Piesberger Zechenbahn Belm
                  
uh Eversburg railway station (until 1935) Colliery station
                  
Railway line from Rheine Vorbahnhof
                  
Piesberger gap closing (since 2013) Eversburg ( wedge station )
                  
Osnabrück harbor
                  
Osnabrück old town
                  
Mark Port railway "Cameroon" depot
                  
Hanover station
                  
Connection KME
                  
"Kluskurve"
                  
"Schinkel curve"
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Osnabrück Hbf ( tower station )
                  
Osnabrück Rbh
                  
"Münster curve" Lüstringen
                  
Railway line from Löhne Osnabrück-Rosenplatz (planned)
                  
Osnabrück Horn
                  
Railway line to Bielefeld Sutthausen
                  
Bridge (until 1926)
                  
Hasbergen
                  
Railway line from Georgsmarienhütte Wulfskotten
                  
Bypass railway connecting curve (1944–1949)
                  
Perm Railway from Velpe Natrup-Hagen
                  
Route to Münster

In the course of the economic stimulus programs, the reception building is to be refurbished with energetic measures by DB Station & Service AG . New seating and information media will also be installed in the waiting area. In the coming years, Deutsche Bahn plans to fundamentally modernize the platforms and roofs of Osnabrück Central Station as part of a renewal program for several train stations in Lower Saxony for around 10 million euros.

In addition, the Sp Dr S 60 type relay interlocking belonging to the station and dating from the 1960s is to be replaced by two electronic interlockings ("Osnabrück Hbf Po ESTW-UZ" (HOOX) and "Osnabrück Hbf Pu ESTW-UZ" (HOUX)) become. These ESTW are also intended to replace the surrounding signal boxes as far as Lembruch and Natrup-Hagen or Velpe and Wissingen. there are eight of the type Dr S 2 , five of the type Sp Dr S 60 in addition to the main station , two mechanical interlockings in Velpe from 1950 and one in Lemförde of the type Sp Dr S 600 . Construction of the ESTW HOOX (route Bremen - Wanne-Eickel) started on May 23, 2016, and it is to be put into operation in four stages from November 2017 to December 2019. Construction of the ESTW HOUX should start in 2019; it should be put into operation in November 2020 (west) and August 2021 (east). Both ESTW are to be operated on site. The total investment amounts to 175 million euros. In addition to the two ESTW-Z, 13 ESTW-A and around 1200 point machines and signals will be installed and 32 points removed, 9 level crossings renewed and 17 level crossings adapted.

The city of Osnabrück is also planning to provide an additional exit from the main train station to Hamburger Strasse, called “Terminal Ost”. The platform access is to be extended from the main hall to track 5 in order to connect the Hasepark industrial park and thus relieve the traffic situation on the station forecourt.

Passenger numbers

The main station is used by around 20,000 people who get on and off the trains every day. When counting in 2011, an average of 18,996 users in local rail transport was determined. The number has grown by 98% since 2002, when 9,582 local rail passengers were traveling per day.

Humboldt Bridge

In the western area of ​​the lower level, the 100-meter-long Humboldt Bridge crosses the tracks and platforms. The bridge, which can only be used by pedestrians and cyclists, leads from Buerschen Strasse to Theodor-Heuss-Platz in front of the train station . The northern side of the bridge ends on the higher Klushügel, which is why the bridge can be entered at ground level. On the south side, which is on the station forecourt, a difference in height must be overcome using the stairs or an elevator. Until shortly before the opening of the elevator by then Mayor Boris Pistorius on December 1, 2010, the height difference had to be overcome by means of a steep ramp or an old reinforced concrete staircase. The old staircase was replaced by a modern steel staircase and the ramp by an elevator.

The bridge built in 1990 from bongossi wood replaced a bridge built in 1953 from prestressed concrete . The prestressed concrete bridge, which had to be replaced in 1988 due to the risk of collapse, had in turn replaced a pre-war reinforced concrete bridge during its construction.

When the wooden bridge was built in 1990, the use of tropical wood promised a longer lifespan than a structure made of reinforced concrete. However, no sensible water drains were taken into account during construction, so the bridge currently has to be replaced again. In the future, a stainless steel bridge will now run over the tracks. Since this has not yet been done despite the possibility of connecting the platforms to the bridge by means of a staircase, this should possibly be taken into account in the new construction. This would have the advantage that the city center could be reached more quickly from platforms 11/12 and 13/14, as there would be no detour through the station building.

Connecting curves

The upper and lower track levels are connected to one another via several connecting curves. The oldest connecting curve is the Kluskurve northwest of the station. It is used exclusively for freight traffic. The Münster and Bremerkurve run south-east of the former freight yard. Running northeast through the Schinkel district, there is the Schinkel curve, which is divided into the Löhner and Stahlwerk curve on the lower level.

Transport links

Status: Annual timetable 2020

Long-distance transport

line Line course Tact EVU level
ICE 30 Hamburg  - Bremen  - Osnabrück  - Münster  - Dortmund  - Essen  - Duisburg  - Düsseldorf  - Cologne a pair of trains DB long-distance transport above
ICE 31 Hamburg-Altona  - Hamburg  - Bremen  - Osnabrück  - Münster  - Dortmund  - Hagen  - Wuppertal  - Solingen  - Cologne  - Bonn  - Koblenz  - Mainz  - Frankfurt Airport - Frankfurt (from December 15, 2019 - Hanau  - Würzburg  - Nuremberg  - Regensburg  - Passau ) 120 min with gaps DB long-distance transport above
ICE 42 Hamburg-Altona  - Bremen  - Osnabrück  - Munster  - Dortmund  - Cologne  - Stuttgart  - Munich a pair of trains daily DB long-distance transport above
IC 30 ( Binz  - Stralsund  - Rostock / Westerland  - Niebüll  -) Hamburg - Hamburg-Harburg - Bremen - Osnabrück  - Münster - Recklinghausen / Dortmund - Bochum - Essen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Bonn - Koblenz - Mainz - Mannheim  - Heidelberg  - Vaihingen  - Stuttgart 120 min DB long-distance transport above
EC 30 Hamburg-Altona - Hamburg - Hamburg-Harburg - Bremen - Osnabrück  - Münster - Dortmund - Bochum - Essen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Bonn - Koblenz - Mainz - Mannheim - Karlsruhe  - Baden-Baden  - Freiburg  - Basel  - Zurich  / Interlaken Ost two pairs of trains Mon – Sat / one pair of trains Sun. DB long-distance transport above
IC 31 ( Kiel  / Fehmarn-Burg  - Lübeck  -) Hamburg - Bremen - Osnabrück  - Münster - Dortmund - Wuppertal - Cologne - Koblenz - Mainz - Frankfurt (- Würzburg - Nuremberg - Passau) two pairs of trains a day DB long-distance transport above
IC 77 Berlin Ostbahnhof - Berlin  - Berlin-Spandau  - Stendal  - Wolfsburg  - Hanover  - Minden  - Bad Oeynhausen / Bünde  - Osnabrück  - Rheine  - Bad Bentheim - Hengelo  - Deventer  - Apeldoorn  - Amersfoort  - Hilversum  - Amsterdam 120 min DB long-distance transport below
Berlin Ostbahnhof - Berlin - Stendal  - Wolfsburg  - Hanover  - Minden  - Bad Oeynhausen - Bünde  - Osnabrück  - Münster a pair of trains daily above
FLX 20 Hamburg-Altona - Hamburg - Hamburg-Harburg - Osnabrück  - Münster - Gelsenkirchen  - Essen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf - Cologne a pair of trains Flixtrain above

In addition, individual long-distance trains connect Osnabrück with:

Local and regional transport

line Line course Tact EVU level
RE 2 Osnabrück  - Münster  - Recklinghausen  - Essen  - Duisburg  - Düsseldorf 060 min DB Regio NRW above
RE 9 Osnabrück  - Diepholz  - Syke  - Bremen  - Osterholz-Scharmbeck - Bremerhaven-Lehe 060 min (Osnabrück – Bremen)
120 min (Bremen – Bremerhaven) 		DB Regio North above
RE 18 Osnabrück  - Bramsche  - Quakenbrück  - Cloppenburg  - Oldenburg  - Sande  - Wilhelmshaven
(weekdays HVZ amplifier trains in the timetable of the RB 58 with wing in Bramsche) (Saturday mornings a pair of trains
with train separation / merging in Sande and on to / from Esens (island buses) or . Wilhelmshaven) 		060 min
030 min during peak hours 		NordWestBahn below
RE 60 Rheine  - Osnabrück  - Bad Oeynhausen - Minden  - Hanover - Braunschweig 120 min Westfalenbahn below
RB 58 Osnabrück  - Bramsche - Vechta  - Delmenhorst  - Bremen 060 min NordWestBahn below
RB 61 Hengelo  - Bad Bentheim - Rheine - Osnabrück  - Herford  - Bielefeld 060 min Eurobahn below
RB 66 Osnabrück  - Lengerich  - Munster 060 min
030 min during peak hours 		Eurobahn above
RB 75 Osnabrück  - Dissen-Bad Rothenfelde - Halle  - Bielefeld 060 (Osnabrück – Halle)
0 30 (Halle – Bielefeld) 		NordWestBahn above

Future development and expansion

RRX 7

The RRX 7 is expected to run from Osnabrück Central Station to Düsseldorf Central Station when the timetable changes in December 2019 [out of date] . This should connect Osnabrück every hour with the North Rhine-Westphalian capital in 93 minutes. Between Osnabrück and Münster it will stop at all stops, while between Münster and Düsseldorf it will drive as a sprinter with only a few stops. Together with the RB 66 “Teuto Bahn” , Osnabrück is connected to Münster every half hour. In addition, the transition to the subsequent lines in Osnabrück will be improved. (see also: Rhein-Haard-Express # Future )

Tecklenburger Nordbahn

The local traffic plan SPNV Westfalen-Lippe provides for the reopening of the Osnabrück – Westerkappeln – Recke rail line for passenger transport.

Special traffic

Osnabrück main station is regularly the destination of special trips from various clubs and providers. During the week of May or the Christmas market, the Teuto-Express offers special trips on the Tecklenburger Nordbahn from Recke or Mettingen.

Ankum Alfhausen over and Bramsche Sundays and holidays, a passenger and bicycle transport is regularly Weser Ems railroad offered to Central Station.

For the State Garden Show 2018 in Bad Iburg various special trips were offered.

Bus transport

Regional bus at the bus station

The train station can be easily reached via the upstream bus station with city and regional buses . The central transfer point for bus traffic, however, is Neumarkt (two stops away).

The VOS tariff ( Verkehrsgemeinschaft Osnabrück ) applies to bus transport in the city and the district of Osnabrück . The Westfalen tariff can also be used for all local public transport in Osnabrück and in the direction of Münsterland . A network tariff (VOS-Plus) and a transitional tariff to Bielefeld to the tariff group “Der Sechser” ( OWL Verkehr GmbH ) apply to the Haller Willem railway line . Tariff space Border for NRW there is the NRW rate .

Further train stations in Osnabrück

Other train stations for passenger traffic in Osnabrück are:

  • Osnabrück old town (formerly Osnabrück-Hasetor) (directions Bramsche - Oldenburg - Wilhelmshaven, Bramsche - Vechta - Bremen, Melle - Bünde - Bielefeld, Melle - Bünde - Hanover - Braunschweig and Ibbenbüren - Rheine - Bad Bentheim - Hengelo), as well
  • Osnabrück- Sutthausen (direction Halle - Bielefeld).

The Osnabrück-Eversburg, Osnabrück-Lüstringen, Bremer Bahnhof and Hannoversche Bahnhof stations are no longer served.

The Osnabrück-Hörne station is purely a depot.

The Osnabrück-Piesberg train station is a former colliery station ( Zeche Piesberg ) and is used by the Osnabrück steam locomotive fans for museum trips.

There are plans to build a new train station at Osnabrück's Rosenplatz. The RB 75 ( Bielefeld - Halle (Westf.) - Osnabrück Hbf ) will stop here.

literature

  • Garrelt Riepelmeier: The runway and its stations, Volume 2: Bremen - Osnabrück DGEG media; November 1, 2014, ISBN 978-3937189840 .

Web links

Commons : Osnabrück Hauptbahnhof  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Deutsche Bahn AG:

ZVBN :

further evidence:

  • osnabahn.de Homepage about the railway systems in and around Osnabrück
  • stadtpanoramen.de Virtual panorama tour through the main station 2001

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Next stop: Osnabrück main station . In: mobile . No. 4 , April 2020, ISSN  0949-586X , ZDB -ID 1221702-5 , p. 104 .
  2. ^ Garrelt Riepelmeier: The runway and your stations, Volume 2 p. 29
  3. ↑ Joachim Dierks: When the electric train came to Osnabrück. In: noz.de. Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung , September 7, 2016, accessed on July 8, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Parking spaces with a direct connection to platform 1. In: Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung . November 12, 2001. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  5. ↑ Barrier-free until the Kirchentag. In: New Osnabrück Newspaper . December 19, 2007, accessed October 29, 2018.
  6. ↑ Fresh paint for the train station. In: New Osnabrück Newspaper . July 7, 2010, accessed October 29, 2018.
  7. ↑ Alexander Klay: Bahn is renovating 17 stations in the northwest. In: New Osnabrück Newspaper . December 4, 2014, accessed August 2, 2020.
  8. ↑ Sebastian Stricker: Electronic signal box in Osnabrück makes trains more punctual. In: New Osnabrück Newspaper . May 23, 2016, accessed August 2, 2020.
  9. ↑ a b c d e f g Egbert Meyer-Lovis: New building of the electronic signal box in Osnabrück. (PDF; 1.05 MiB) (No longer available online.) Deutsche Bahn GNK Hamburg, May 23, 2016, archived from the original on September 22, 2016 ; Retrieved January 1, 1970 . 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
  10. ↑ 3. Local transport plan for the city and district of Osnabrück; 5.3.6 Transport demand in local rail passenger transport p.110 ( Memento of the original dated August 12, 2016 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.planos-info.de
  11. ↑ Edel: New lift to the Humboldt Bridge. In: noz.de. Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung , December 1, 2010, accessed on October 12, 2018 .
  12. ^ Rainer Lahmann-Lammert: Humboldt Bridge at Osnabrück Central Station rotted away. In: noz.de. Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung , December 31, 2017, accessed on October 12, 2018 .
  13. ↑ PM: Transport associations for additional stairs at Osnabrück main station. In: noz.de. Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung , February 7, 2018, accessed on October 12, 2018 .
  14. ↑ Sebastian Stricker: RRX runs every half hour between Osnabrück and Münster. In: New Osnabrück Newspaper . April 18, 2018. Retrieved April 29, 2018
  15. ↑ Martin Schmitz: Ankum: With the rail bus to the state garden show. In: noz.de. Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung , June 16, 2018, accessed on May 4, 2020 .