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| Location | Bundesbahnhof 12,Minden,North Rhine-Westphalia Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°17′26″N8°56′04″E / 52.29056°N 8.93444°E /52.29056; 8.93444 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architect | Schelle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 5085[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DS100 code | HM[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IBNR | 8000252 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Category | 3[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Westfalentarif: 63001[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.bahnhof.de | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1848 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Minden (Westfalen) station (officiallyMinden (Westf) Bf) is a railway station inMinden. The station is located on theHanover–Minden railway toHanover, theHamm–Minden railway toHamm and theVerden–Rotenburg railway toRotenburg an der Wümme. The train services are operated byDeutsche Bahn andWestfalenBahn. The station is also served by theHanover S-Bahn.
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The station was opened in 1848 as the terminus of the trunk line of theCologne–Minden Railway Company (CME), connecting with theRoyal Hanoverian State Railways’Hannover–Minden line. South of Minden the Cologne–Minden line passes through the gap created atPorta Westfalica by theWeser river between theWeser andWiehen Hills. The geography made it difficult to build the railway on the western side of the river through the gap to a station near Minden and then cross the river to continue to the east. Instead it was decided to cross the river at Rehme (nearBad Oeynhausen), continuing north on the eastern bank through the gap, which was widened with explosives and then along alevee to a station built on the eastern bank of the river. Both lines were completed on 15 October 1847. As it was a border station on one of the major routes for east–west traffic, it was originally highly fortified. In 1866 theKingdom of Hanover was annexed byPrussia, allowing the railway to operate continuously fromBerlin toCologne without frontiers. The fortifications around the station were abandoned in 1873.
At the beginning of the 20th century further railway connections were added in the form of theMinden District Railway and theBad Eilsen Light Railway. In 1921 theVerden–Rotenburg railway was built, providing a connection to the north towardsBremen. A freight station was later added and Minden station was connected to a railway to the river port. In 1950 theBundesbahn Central Office, which was responsible for technological development and the procurement of rail vehicles and infrastructure was relocated to Minden, although some of these activities were also carried out inMunich.
The Cologne-Minden Railway Company's station and reception building was built to the design of the royal building inspector Schelle and was completed in 1848 after the start of railway operations on 15 October 1847. It was built in the romantic style, with features based on medieval towers and battlements, a style which was used at this time for many stations inWestphalia. The Minden station is one of the few remaining stations in this style.
The station was designed as a transfer station between the Cologne-Minden and the Royal Hanoverian State railways. This function was no longer required after the absorption of Hanover by Prussia, so the station always showed plenty of space and could accommodate new, larger traffic flows smoothly and without further modification. The facade of Minden station has three parts. The building is divided into two identical-looking end buildings, which are connected by a single-storey central section with a ticket office and baggage-handling facilities. Originally, there were customs facilities and first, second, third and fourth class waiting rooms. In addition, it houses a restaurant and bar.
The Cologne-Minden Railway built its lines and its maintenance facilities on the southern and western side of the station while the Royal Hanoverian State Railways built its lines and its maintenance facilities on the eastern side, turning the station into an "island" station.
The station was opened in 1847 is located on the Rheine to Löhne railway and the Hamm to Minden railway. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn.
The station is served by the following services:[4]
| Line | Route | Frequency |
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| ICE 10 | Berlin East –Berlin –Hanover –Minden –Bielefeld –Hamm –Dortmund –Essen –Duisburg –Düsseldorf–Cologne | Every 2 hours |
| IC 55 | Dresden –Leipzig –Magdeburg –Braunschweig – Hanover –Minden –Bad Oeynhausen –Herford – Bielefeld –Gütersloh – Hamm – Wuppertal – Cologne –Bonn –Koblenz –Mainz –Mannheim –Heidelberg –Stuttgart (–Tübingen) | Every 2 hours |
| RE 6 | Minden – Bad Oeynhausen – Herford – Bielefeld – Hamm – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf –Neuss – Cologne –Cologne/Bonn Airport | Hourly |
| RE 60 | Rheine –Osnabrück – Bad Oeynhausen –Minden – Hanover – Braunschweig | Every 2 hours |
| RE 70 | Bielefeld – Herford – Bad Oeynhausen –Minden – Hanover – Braunschweig | |
| RE 78 | Bielefeld – Herford – Bad Oeynhausen –Minden –Nienburg | |
| S 1 | Minden - Haste - Wunstorf - Hanover - Weetzen - Haste | Hourly |
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