Metelen Land station

Metelen Land station is located in Metelen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Münster–Enschede railway. The station is operated by the Metelen Land Railway Museum.

Metelen Land
Metelen Land Railway Museum
General information
Location	Steinfurt, NRW Germany
Coordinates	52°9′44″N 7°15′14″E
Line(s)	Münster–Enschede (KBS 407) former Dorsten–Rheine (last KBS 284) former Burgsteinfurt–Borken
Platforms	1
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	4081 [1]
DS100 code	EMTE [2]
Category	6 [1]
Fare zone	Westfalentarif: 51892[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	30 September 1875 [4]
Services
Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station Ochtrup towards Enschede RB 64 Steinfurt-Burgsteinfurt towards Münster Hbf
Location

The station was opened by the Royal Westphalian Railway Company (Königlich-Westfälische Eisenbahn, KWE) on 30 September 1875, along with the Münster–Enschede railway.^[4][5] The station was originally called Metelen and received its current name on 1 October 1902.^[4]

Metelen Land station is served by the following Regionalbahn service:^[6]

Line	Line name	Route	Operator	Frequency
RB 64	Euregio-Bahn	Enschede – Gronau (Westf) – Metelen Land – Steinfurt-Burgsteinfurt – Altenberge – Münster (Westf) Zentrum Nord – Münster (Westf)	DB Regio NRW	60 min

Metelen Land Railway Museum

The station is operated by the Eisenbahn-Interessengemeinschaft Metelen e. V. (Metelen railway community of interest, EIG). It includes, among other things, the Metelen Land Railway Museum (German: Eisenbahnmuseum Metelen Land, which has a uniform and hat collection. The station's fully functional mechanical signal box, a section of railway track with a crossover, a local and long distance barrier, homemade hand-operated inspection trolley, a salon car, workshop wagons, track maintenance equipment, a ticket printing machine, a weighing scale with card issuance, an industrial diesel locomotive and model railways can also be viewed.^[7]