Poggenhagen is a railway station of category six[2] located in Poggenhagen [de], a borough of Neustadt am Rübenberge, Germany. The station is located on the busy Bremen–Hanover railway and was opened in 1908; the last upgrade was for the launch of the Hanover S-Bahn in 2000, whose line S2 serves the station hourly.

Poggenhagen
General information
LocationPoggenhagen, Lower Saxony,  Germany
Coordinates52°28′00″N 9°27′15″E / 52.46667°N 9.45417°E / 52.46667; 9.45417
Line(s)Bremen-Hanover railway
Platforms2
Tracks2
Other information
Fare zoneGVH: C[1]
History
Opened1908
Services
Preceding station Hanover S-Bahn Following station
Neustadt am Rübenberge S 2 Wunstorf
towards Haste (Han)
Poggenhagen station in 2007.

Passing sidings on the western side of the station are also used to run a non-electrified spur to nearby Wunstorf Air Base, but traffic on this spur is very infrequent in recent years. Historically, the spur was of major importance to transport goods to the base during the Berlin Airlift of 1948/1949.

Miscellaneous

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The two side platforms, each able to accommodate 3-car trains of the Hanover S-Bahn, are offset so that trains stop past the level crossing in order to allow for an easier flow of car traffic.

References

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  1. ^ "Regionalzug und S-Bahn" (PDF). Großraum-Verkehr Hannover. December 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Bahnhofskategorieliste DB Station&Service AG 2013" (PDF). Retrieved 4 January 2014.