Norden station (Germany)

Norden is a railway station[1] located in Norden in East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a junction station situated on the Emsland Railway line (Rheine - Norddeich), with train services provided by Deutsche Bahn, and the historic Ostfriesische Küstenbahn (lit.'East Frisian Coastal Railway'). The latter is operated by a heritage train on Sundays from June to October.[2]

Norden
Norden railway station
General information
LocationNorden, Lower Saxony,
 Germany
Coordinates53°35′16″N 7°13′09″E / 53.58778°N 7.21917°E / 53.58778; 7.21917
Line(s)Emsland Railway
East Frisian Coastal Railway
Platforms2
Tracks2
Other information
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1883
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Norddeich IC 34 Emden Hbf
IC 35 Emden Hbf
towards Köln Hbf
Norddeich Mole
Terminus
ICE 47 Emden Hbf
Norddeich IC 56 Marienhafe
Preceding station DB Regio Nord Following station
Norddeich RE 1 Marienhafe
towards Hannover Hbf

Train services

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The station is served by the following service(s):[3][4]

Line Route Interval Operator Rolling stock
IC 34 Norddeich Mole – NordenEmdenMünsterHammUnnaSiegenWetzlarFrankfurt (ends December 2024) One train pair DB Fernverkehr Intercity 2
IC 35 Norddeich Mole – Norden – Emden – Münster – DüsseldorfCologneBonnKoblenz (– MainzMannheimStuttgart) Two train pairs
ICE 47 Norddeich Mole – Norden – Emden – Münster – Düsseldorf – Cologne Messe/DeutzFrankfurt Airport – Mannheim – Stuttgart One train pair ICE 3, ICE 3neo
IC 56 Norddeich Mole – Norden – Emden – BremenHanoverBraunschweigMagdeburgLeipzig Three train pairs Intercity 2
RE 1 Norddeich Mole – Norden – Emden – LeerOldenburgDelmenhorst – Bremen – Nienburg – Hannover Two hours DB Regio Nord

Heritage trains

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The line from Norden to Dornum is a heritage railway operated by the MKO, the Museumseisenbahn Küstenbahn Ostfriesland e.V. (lit.'Heritage railway Coastal Railway of East Frisia'). Heritage trains, a diesel locomotive hauling Donnerbüchse coaches, operates on Sundays from June to October on the section of the former Ostfriesische Küstenbahn (lit.'East Frisian Coastal Railway'), which originally connected Norden with Dornum, Esens, Jever and Sande. The section between Dornum and Esens has been dismantled in 1986.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Norden station at the Deutsche Bahn website
  2. ^ a b "Museumseisenbahn Küstenbahn Ostfriesland (MKO) website" (in German). Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Datenbanksuche — Datenbank Fernverkehr". www.fernbahn.de. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Bahnhof Norden". www.bahnhof.de (in German). Retrieved 16 November 2024.