Rendsburg station

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.

Rendsburg
Through station
LocationAm Bahnhof 20, Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein
Germany
Coordinates54°18′09″N 9°40′15″E
Line(s)
Platforms4
Other information
Station code5223[1]
DS100 codeAR[2]
IBNR8000312
Category4[1]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened18 September 1845
Previous namesRendsburg-Glacis
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio Nord   Following station
Owschlag
toward Flensburg
RE 7
via Neumünster
Nortorf
toward Hamburg Hbf
Owschlag
toward Husum
RE 74
via Rendsburg - Felde
Felde
toward Kiel Hbf
TerminusRB 75
Schülldorf
toward Kiel Hbf
Location
Rendsburg
Location within Schleswig-Holstein
Rendsburg
Location within Germany
Rendsburg
Location within Europe

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.

NOB train on the Rendsburg Loop

History

The approximately 34 km-long Neumünster–Flensburg railway, funded by local interests, was opened by the Rendsburg-Neumünster Railway Company (Rendsburg-Neumünstersche Eisenbahn) between Neumünster and the station then known as Rendsburg-Glacis as part of the Jutland Line (Jütlandlinie) on 18 September 1845.[3] This was followed on 1 January 1847 by a connection to the port railway from Rendsburg-Glacis to Rendsburg-Obereider.

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
IC 76Aalborg–Århus–Kolding–Padborg–Flensburg–Schleswig–Rendsburg–Neumünster–Hamburg HbfIndividual services
ICFlensburg–Schleswig–Rendsburg–Neumünster–MunichIndividual services
RE 7Schleswig-Holstein-Express: Flensburg–Rendsburg–Neumünster–Hamburg Hbf Hourly
RE 74Kiel Hbf–Rendsburg–Schleswig–Husum Hourly
RB 75Kiel Hbf–Rendsburg  (since 5 January 2015)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, RE-SH regional express services to Kiel.
  • 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
  • NOB train to Kiel
  • RB-SH train to Flensburg
  • Preserved signalbox in Rendsburg station

Notes
  1. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. "Königlich Preußische Eisenbahndirektion zu Altona" (in German). bahnstatistik.de. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
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