Enschede railway station

Enschede
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	52°13′20″N 6°53′24″E / 52.22222°N 6.89000°ECoordinates: 52°13′20″N 6°53′24″E / 52.22222°N 6.89000°E
Line(s)	Zutphen–Glanerbeek railway
History
Opened	1 July 1866
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Hengelo toward Schiphol Airport NS Intercity 1600 1x/hour; Combined half-hourly service with Intercity 1700 on section Amersfoort-Enschede. Transfer to Intercity 11700 to/from Den Haag Centraal at Amersfoort Terminus Hengelo toward Den Haag Centraal NS Intercity 1700 1x/hour; Combined half-hourly service with Intercity 1600 on section Amersfoort-Enschede. Transfer to Intercity 11600 to/from Schiphol Airport at Amersfoort Enschede Kennispark toward Apeldoorn NS Sprinter 7000 2x/hour, but only 1x/hour on Saturdays; Not on evenings and Sundays Enschede Kennispark toward Zwolle NS Sprinter 7900 2x/hour Deutsche Bahn Terminus RB 51 Westmünsterland-Bahn 1x/hour; Not on evenings after +/- 9:00pm. Combined half-hourly service with RB 64 Euregio-Bahn on section Enschede-Gronau Enschede De Eschmarke toward Dortmund Hbf RB 64 Euregio-Bahn 1x/hour; Combined half-hourly service with RB 51 Westmünsterland-Bahn on section Enschede-Gronau until +/- 9:00pm Enschede De Eschmarke toward Münster Hbf
Location
Enschede Location within Dutch railway station

Enschede is the main railway station in Enschede, the Netherlands. The station opened on 1 July 1866 and is on the Zutphen–Glanerbeek railway. Between the late 1970s and 2001, the passenger service to Germany stopped. The connection to Münster was re-opened in 2001. There is no connection allowing the German trains to run any further into Overijssel; however there was before the line closed.

From summer 2013 to summer 2014 the station is being largely modernised. The station was closed between 6 July and 18 August 2013, in which all the rails and overhead wires were replaced at the station. Platforms 1 and 2 were extended; platform 5 was closed. Platform 4 has been split in two, one part for the trains to Germany and the other part for the Sprinters. The two lines are still not connected. The sidings for stabling trains were also replaced and points replaced to reduce the noise made as trains pass over them.

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s):

• 1x per hour Intercity services Schiphol - Amersfoort - Hengelo - Enschede
• 1x per hour Intercity service The Hague - Utrecht - Amersfoort - Hengelo - Enschede
• 2x per hour local service (Sprinter) Apeldoorn - Deventer - Almelo - Hengelo - Enschede
• 2x per hour local service (Sprinter) Zwolle - Almelo - Hengelo - Enschede
• 1x per hour local service (Regionalbahn) Enschede - Gronau - Coesfeld - Lünen - Dortmund
• 1x per hour local service (Regionalbahn) Enschede - Gronau - Münster

Bus services

Many bus services depart from the bus station in front of the station, many carrying a red Twents livery, for the Twente region (Eastern Overijssel).

• 1 - Wesselerbrink - Boswinkel - Station NS - Twekkelerveld - Twente University
• 2 - Helmerhoek - Station NS - Roombeek - Deppenbroek - Bolhaar
• 3 - Station NS - Wooldrik - Esmarke - Glanerbrug
• 4 - Stroinkslanden - Station NS - 't Zwering
• 5 - 't Zwering - Station NS - Hogeland
• 6 - Stokhorst - Laares - Station NS - Transportcentrum - Boekelo
• 8 - Hengelo Station - Hengelo, IKEA - Hengelo, Vossenbelt - Hengelo, Hasseler Es - Hengelo, Groot Driene - Twente University - Enschede Station NS - Van Heekplein - Wesselerbrink - Transportcentrum - Hengelo Station
• 9 - Hengelo - Twente University - Enschede
• 60 - Enschede - Oldenzaal
• 61 - Enschede - Losser - Overdinkel
• 62 - Borculo - Neede - Haaksbergen - Enschede - Oldenzaal - Denekamp
• 73 - Enschede - Haaksbergen - Groenlo - Winterswijk
• 74 - Enschede - Haaksbergen - Groenlo - Doetinchem

Gallery

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  A Talent DMU on platform 5, with an Intercity on Platform 4

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  A Prignitzer Eisenbahn Class 643 on Platform 5

External links

• NS website (Dutch)
• Dutch Public Transport journey planner (Dutch)