Paderborn Hauptbahnhof

Paderborn Hauptbahnhof
Through station
Location Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates 51°42′47″N 8°44′26″E / 51.71306°N 8.74056°E / 51.71306; 8.74056Coordinates: 51°42′47″N 8°44′26″E / 51.71306°N 8.74056°E / 51.71306; 8.74056
Line(s)
Platforms 5
Other information
Station code 4846
DS100 codeEPD
Category3
Website www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened 1850

Paderborn Hauptbahnhof is the main passenger station in the city of Paderborn in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the Hamm–Warburg line, part of the Mid-Germany Connection from Cologne or Düsseldorf to Thuringia and Saxony. The Senne Railway branches off to Bielefeld in Paderborn.

History

The railway between Hamm and Paderborn was opened on 1 October 1850 by the Royal Westphalian Railway Company. The line was extended to Warburg in 1853. The Senne Railway was opened in July 1902. The Alme Valley Railway was opened in 1899 towards Büren; it was closed in 1981. Recently there was an attempt to reopen the line to provide a link to Paderborn Lippstadt Airport.

Operations

Every two hours long-distance trains on InterCity line 51 stop at Paderborn. Regional services operate on several Regional-Express and Regionalbahn lines through Paderborn. In addition, Hanover S-Bahn services terminate at the station.

Line Line name Route
RE 1 NRW-Express Aachen - Cologne - DüsseldorfDuisburgEssenDortmundHamm (Westf) – Paderborn
RB 72 Ostwestfalen-Bahn Herford – Lage (Lippe)DetmoldAltenbeken – Paderborn
RB 74 Senne-Bahn BielefeldSennestadt – Paderborn
RB 84 Egge-Bahn Paderborn – OttbergenHolzminden
RB 89 Ems-Börde-Bahn Münster (Westf) – Hamm (Westf) – Paderborn – Warburg (Westf)
S 5 Hanover S-Bahn Paderborn – HamelinWeetzenHanoverLangenhagenHanover Airport
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station
toward Aachen Hbf
RE 1
NRW-Express
Terminus
Preceding station   NordWestBahn   Following station
Paderborn-Kassler Tor
RB 74
Senne-Bahn
Terminus
TerminusRB 84
Egge-Bahn
toward Kreiensen
Preceding station   eurobahn   Following station
Scharmede
toward Münster Hbf
RB 89
Ems-Börde-Bahn
toward Warburg
Preceding station   Westfalenbahn   Following station
TerminusRB 72
Ostwestfalen-Bahn
toward Herford
Preceding station   S-Bahn Hannover   Following station
TerminusS5

Location

The station is only 500 metres from the city centre. PaderSprinter buses operate from Westerntor and Zentralstation bus stops next to the station, connecting to the centre as well as most other parts of the city. Regional buses run from the bus station to nearby towns (including Delbrück, Hövelhof, Bad Lippspringe, Büren and Warburg).

Access

Only platforms 1 to 3 are accessible by lift. There is a wheelchair lift (operated by rail staff) on the stairs to platforms 4 and 5, which are served by Regionalbahn trains to and from Herford, Bielefeld and Holzminden.

Transport Associations

Paderborn is part of the Paderborn-Höxter Regional Transport Association (Nahverkehrsverbund Paderborn-Höxter).

External links

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