Oldenburg Hauptbahnhof (originallyOldenburg Centralbahnhof) is the main passenger station in the city ofOldenburg in theGerman state ofLower Saxony. It is a through station, with seven platform tracks. Its large reception hall was built in theArt Nouveau style.
It is one of two stations in Oldenburg open to passengers, the other one being the newly-constructedOldenburg-Wechloy suburban rail station opened in 2015 in the vicinity of theUniversity of Oldenburg. Older stations, including Ofenerdiek and Osternburg, have had their passenger service gradually removed over the course of previous decades.
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The first railway in the capital of theGrand Duchy of Oldenburg was theline from Oldenburg to Bremen via Delmenhorst opened by theGrand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways on 15 July 1867. On 3 September 1867,a line was opened from Oldenburg to Heppens (later renamedWilhelmshaven), financed by thePrussian government. The line was operated by the Oldenburg State Railways, which in 1913 bought the line from Prussia, placing an enormous burden on the state's budget. On 15 June 1869, theOldenburg–Leer line was opened. On 15 October 1875, the Oldenburg State Railways opened theOldenburg–Osnabrück line.
The first Oldenburg station was planned to be built in today's Cäcilienplatz. In 1868, it became clear that the proposed building would be too small for the growing demand. Therefore, the project was never realized. Instead, a converted freight shed served as Oldenburg's station for twelve years.
On 21 May 1879, the Central Station was finally inaugurated as the first "real" station in Oldenburg at the site of the present station. It was aneo-Gothic building designed by the renowned architectConrad Wilhelm Hase. It was considered one of the most romantic railway buildings in Germany.
Today's Oldenburg station was inaugurated on 3 August 1915 without much ceremony after four years of construction. The magnificentArt Nouveau building was designed by the architect, Friedrich Mettegang. A separate building was planned for theGrand Duke of Oldenburg to board trains, called Prince Hall. As part of the new building the tracks were raised by about 3.25 meters (10 ft 8 in). The building was placed at the edge of the tracks, so that the station could be rebuilt as a through station. Up to that time, travellers who wanted to continue past Oldenburg had to change trains. In 1992 the line was electrified from Oldenburg to Leer.
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The station's track 1 is next to the main building and it has three Island platforms, numbered as tracks 3/4, 5/6 and 7/8. Track 2 is a through track without a platform.
| Platform | Route | Train category |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bremen –Hanover | Regional-Express |
| 2 (no platform) | All routes | Freight trains |
| 3 | Hanover –Leipzig orMunich,Norddeich Mole | ICE,InterCity |
| 4 | Osnabrück,Bremen | NordWestBahn |
| 5 | Wilhelmshaven,Esens | NordWestBahn |
| 6 | Leer –Emden – Norddeich Mole | InterCity, Regional-Express |
| 7 | Bremen | Regionalbahn |
| 8 | Hude, Magdeburg and other stations | Regionalbahn,InterCity, special trains |
| 9 (no platform) | Freight | Freight trains |
| 10 (no platform) | Freight | Freight trains |
The following services currently call at the station:[4]
| Line | Route | Frequency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICE 10 | Oldenburg – Bremen – Hannover – Stendal – Berlin – Berlin Ostbahnhof | One train pair | ||
| ICE 25 | Oldenburg – Bremen – Hannover – Göttingen – Fulda – München | Some trains | ||
| IC 56 | Emden Außenhafen – | Emden –Oldenburg – Bremen – Hannover – Magdeburg – | Berlin – Cottbus | 60 miin |
| Norddeich Mole – | Leipzig – Dresden | |||
The main long-distance service through Oldenburg is the IC 56InterCity service operating at two-hour intervals to Leipzig via Hanover. In addition,Intercity-Express trains operate once a day on several routes.
Regional services are as follows as of December 2022:
| Line | Route | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| RE 1 | Hannover Hbf –Wunstorf –Nienburg (Weser) –Verden (Aller) –Bremen Hbf –Delmenhorst –Hude –Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf – Bad Zwischenahn –Leer –Emden Hbf –Norden –Norddeich Mole | 120 mins |
| RE 18 | Osnabrück Hbf –Bramsche – Cloppenburg –Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf –Varel –Wilhelmshaven | 60 mins |
| RB 59 | Esens –Oldenburg – Cloppenburg – Quakenbrück – Bramsche – Osnabrück Altstadt –Osnabrück | 1 train Sa |
| RS3 | Bremen Hbf –Bremen Neustadt –Heidkrug – Delmenhorst –Hoykenkamp –Schierbrok –Bookholzberg – Hude –Wüsting –Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf (– Oldenburg-Wechloy –Bad Zwischenahn) | 60 mins |
| RS3 | Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf –Rastede – Jaderberg – Varel (Oldb) –Sande – Wilhelmshaven | 120/180 mins (weekdays during the day) |
| RS30 | Bremen Hbf – Delmenhorst – Hude –Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf – Oldenburg-Wechloy – Bad Zwischenahn | 60 mins |
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