Leer (Ostfriesl) railway station

Leer (Ostfriesland)
Leer railway station in 2007
Location	Leer, Lower Saxony Germany
Coordinates	53°13′52″N 7°27′55″E / 53.23111°N 7.46528°ECoordinates: 53°13′52″N 7°27′55″E / 53.23111°N 7.46528°E
Line(s)	Emsland Railway Oldenburg–Leer railway
Platforms	3
Tracks	5
History
Opened	20 June 1856
Services
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station Emden Hbf towards Emden Außenhafen or Norddeich Mole IC/EC 35 Papenburg towards Konstanz or Stuttgart Hbf Emden Hbf towards Norddeich Mole IC 56 Augustfehn towards Cottbus or Leipzig Hbf Emden Hbf toward Norddeich Mole RE 1 Augustfehn toward Hannover Hbf Westfalenbahn Emden Hbf Terminus RE 15 Emsland-Express Papenburg toward Münster Hbf Arriva Weener toward Groningen Stoptrein 20100 Terminus

Leer (Ostfriesland) (German pronunciation: [leːr ɔstfriːslant]) is a railway station in the town of Leer in Lower Saxony, Germany.^[1] The railway station is situated on the Emsland Railway between the railway stations of Emden and Papenburg and it is the railway terminus on the Oldenburg–Leer railway after the railway station of Augustfehn. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn, Westfalenbahn and Arriva (a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn).

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s):^[2]

• Intercity services (IC/EC 35) Norddeich - Emden - Münster - Düsseldorf - Köln - Bonn - Koblenz - Mainz - Mannheim - Stuttgart
• Intercity services (IC 35) Norddeich - Emden - Münster - Düsseldorf - Köln - Bonn - Koblenz - Mainz - Mannheim - Karlsruhe - Konstanz
• Intercity services (IC 56) Norddeich - Emden - Bremen - Hanover - Braunschweig - Magdeburg - Leipzig
• Regional services RE 1 Norddeich - Emden - Leer - Oldenburg - Bremen - Nienburg - Hanover
• Regional services RE 15 Emden - Leer - Lingen (Ems) - Rheine - Münster
• Local services RB 57 Groningen – Winschoten – Bad Nieuweschans – Leer^[3]

The train service RB57 is replaced by buses since December 2015 for the foreseeable future due a damaged bridge over the Ems between Leer and Weener.

Bus services

^[4]

• 460: Leer - Holtland - Hesel - Aurich
• 467: Leer - Bagband - Strackholt - Ostgroßefehn - Wiesmoor
• 479: Leer - Holtland - Hesel - Neukamperfehn - Jheringsfehn
• 481: Leer - Moormerland - Timmel - Aurich
• 600: Leer - Ihrhove - Flachsmeer - Papenburg
• 604: Leer - Bunde - Verlaat - Ditzum
• 620: Leer - Weener - Bunde - Bad Nieuweschans
• 621: Leer - Neermoor/Warsingsfehn - Oldersum - Emden
• 622: Leer - Ihrhove - Papenburg
• 623: Leer - Augustfehn
• 624: Leer - Weener - Bunderhee - Kanalpolder
• 625: Leer - Remels - Westerstede
• 635: Leer - Wymeer
• 651: Bingum - Leerort - Blinke - Stadtmitte Leer - Logaer Weg - Logabirum (Leer Town Service)
• 656: Burlage - Ostrhauderfehn - Backemoor - Leer
• 661: Moormerland - Leer - Aurich
• 662: Jheringsfehn - Warsingsfehn - Leer
• 690: Burlage - Westrhauderfehn - Collinghorst - Leer

References

1. Leer station at the Deutsche Bahn website
2. Timetables for Leer station (German)
3. (Dutch) Treinserie 20100 (2015), OV in Nederland.nl. Retrieved on 28 December 2014.
4. Bus services serving Leer

External links

• Media related to Bahnhof Leer at Wikimedia Commons