Husum (Germany) station

Husum (Germany) station
Through station
Location Husum, Schleswig-Holstein
Germany
Coordinates 54°28′20″N 9°3′20″E / 54.47222°N 9.05556°E / 54.47222; 9.05556Coordinates: 54°28′20″N 9°3′20″E / 54.47222°N 9.05556°E / 54.47222; 9.05556
Line(s)
Platforms 4
Other information
Station code 2953
DS100 codeAHM
Category3 [1]
Website www.bahnhof.de

Husum station is in Husum in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It was built in 1910 and is currently operated by Deutsche Bahn, which classifies it as a category 3 station. A less prestigious predecessor (built in 1854 and demolished in 1910) was located at the northern end of the station, another station (Husum Nord) is to the north of the current main station.

Importance

The station is a railway hub, connecting the WesterlandHamburg line (Marsh Railway) with the route to Husum–Bad St. Peter-Ording line on the Eiderstedt peninsula and the Husum–Jübek line, which connects to the Neumünster–Flensburg line and Kiel.

Operations

All lines are now operated by the Nord-Ostsee-Bahn (NOB) service (now a subsidiary of Veolia Verkehr).However, some InterCity trains are operated by Deutsche Bahn.

Line Route Frequency
IC 26 Westerland (Sylt)HusumHamburgHannover One train pair
IC 27 Westerland (Sylt)HusumHamburgBerlinDresden One train pair
IC 30 Westerland (Sylt) – Husum – Hamburg – BremenMünster (Westf)DortmundDüsseldorfCologne (– KoblenzFrankfurt (Main)) One train pair
NOB Westerland (Sylt) – NiebüllHusumHeideItzehoeElmshornHamburg-Altona Hourly
NOB Westerland (Sylt) – Niebüll – Husum Individual services
RB Husum – Jübek – Schleswig – Owschlag – RendsburgKiel Hourly
RB Husum – Tönning – Bad St Peter-Ording Hourly

Platforms

The station has several platform tracks, but only four of them have a platform that is in use. Trains leave as follows:

All these services stop in Husum about every 30 minutes.

The two central platforms are 76 cm high. The platform on tracks 4 and 5 is 430 metres long, the one on tracks 1-3 is 360 metres long.

Notes

  1. "Stationspreisliste 2016" [Station price list 2016] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.

External links

NOB train in Hamburg
Trains to Kiel and St. Peter
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