Neumünster station

Neumünster station is the main railway station of the town of Neumünster in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is at the junction of lines to Flensburg, Heide, Hamburg-Altona, Kiel, Bad Oldesloe, Kaltenkirchen and until 1985 Ascheberg. It is currently operated by Deutsche Bahn, which classifies it as a category 2 station.^[1]

Neumünster
General information
Location	Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 2, Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein Germany
Coordinates	54°04′33″N 9°58′48″E
Line(s)	Neumünster–Flensburg Neumünster–Heide Hamburg-Altona–Neumünster–Kiel Neumünster–Bad Oldesloe Neumünster–Kaltenkirchen–Hamburg-Eidelstedt Neumünster–Ascheberg (closed)
Platforms	6
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	4420[1]
DS100 code	AN[2]
IBNR	8000271
Category	2[1]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1844
Services Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Kiel Hbf Terminus ICE 4 Sprinter Hamburg Dammtor One-way operation ICE 18 Hamburg-Altona towards München Hbf ICE 20 Hamburg Dammtor towards Zürich HB Kiel Hbf One-way operation ICE 22 Hamburg Dammtor towards Stuttgart Hbf Kiel Hbf Terminus ICE 25 Hamburg Dammtor towards München Hbf ICE 42 Hamburg Dammtor One-way operation Hamburg Hbf towards München Hbf Rendsburg towards Flensburg EC 27 Hamburg-Altona towards Praha Kiel Hbf Terminus Preceding station DB Regio Nord Following station Einfeld towards Kiel Hbf RE 7 Elmshorn towards Hamburg Hbf Nortorf towards Flensburg Bordesholm towards Kiel Hbf RE 70 Brokstedt towards Hamburg Hbf Preceding station Following station Neumünster Stadtwald towards Büsum RB 63 Terminus Terminus RB 82 Neumünster Süd towards Bad Oldesloe Preceding station Following station Terminus A2 Neumünster Süd towards Norderstedt Mitte
Location

History

The station was opened in 1844 by the Altona-Kiel Railway Company (German: Altona-Kieler Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, AKE) during the construction of the first railway line in Schleswig-Holstein, which connected Kiel with Altona. Soon, more lines were added: in 1845 the route to Rendsburg was opened by the Rendsburg-Neumünster Railway Company (Rendsburg-Neumünstersche Eisenbahn). In 1866 the AKE opened its line to Ascheberg and on to Neustadt in Holstein (part of which is now incorporated in the Kiel–Lübeck line) and in 1875 it opened its line to Bad Oldesloe. Finally in 1877 the line to and from Heide was opened by the West Holstein Railway Company (Westholsteinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft). The AKN Railway reached Neumünster in 1916, but at first its trains terminated in Neumünster-Süd station.

The original station building was demolished in 1974 and replaced by a modern building.^[3]

In September 1985 the line from Neumünster to Ascheberg was closed to passenger traffic. In November 1995, freight traffic on the line was also officially closed.

Since 2009, some modernisation has been carried out at the station. Thus, the passenger information systems have been replaced. Facilities on the platforms have been modernised and lifts to the platforms have been replaced.

More recent modernisation includes provision of automatic ticket machines. However if you need help with your ticket purchase and/or need to use the DB ticket office, it is not situated in the Station building but in Rendsburger Strasse over the road from the station. A sign by DB to explain this to passengers is needed.

Operations

ICE services run from Hamburg to Kiel and Flensburg.

Line		Route	Frequency
ICE 4	Kiel – Neumünster – Frankfurt – Frankfurt Flughafen – Mannheim – Stuttgart ( –Ulm –Augsburg –München)		Individual services
ICE 18	Kiel – Neumünster – Hamburg – Berlin – Halle – Erfurt – Nuremberg – Munich
ICE 20	Kiel – Neumünster – Hamburg – Hannover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Frankfurt – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel SBB (– Zürich)
ICE 22	Kiel Hbf – Neumünster – Hamburg – Hannover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Frankfurt – Frankfurt Airport – Mannheim (– Heidelberg) – Stuttgart
ICE 25	Kiel – Neumünster – Hamburg – Hannover – Fulda – Nürnberg – München
ICE 42	Kiel – Neumünster – Hamburg – Dortmund – Köln – Frankfurt Flughafen – Mannheim – Stuttgart – Ulm – München
EC 27	Flensburg –	Neumünster – Hamburg – Berlin – Dresden – Prague
	Kiel –

Regional Transport

The following regional services serve the station:

Line	Route		Frequency	Stock
RE 7	Flensburg – Schleswig – Rendsburg –	Neumünster – Elmshorn – Hamburg Hbf	Hourly	445 (Twindexx)
	Kiel Hbf – Flintbek – Bordesholm – Einfeld –
RE 70	Kiel Hbf – Bordesholm – Neumünster – Brokstedt – Wrist – Elmshorn – Hamburg Hbf		Hourly	445 (Twindexx)
RB 63	(Büsum – Heide –) Hohenwestedt – Neumünster		Hourly	648 (LINT 41)
RB 82	Neumünster – Bad Segeberg – Bad Oldesloe		Hourly	648 (LINT 41)
A2	Neumünster – Kaltenkirchen – Henstedt-Ulzburg – Norderstedt Mitte		Hourly	622 (LINT 54)

(as of 2023)

Tracks

The station has six tracks that are used in passenger transport. Normally they are used as follows:

• Platform track 1: trains to and from Bad Oldesloe.
• Platform track 2: trains to and from Kaltenkirchen–Hamburg-Eidelstedt.
• Platform tracks 3, 4 and 5: trains to and from Hamburg, Kiel and Flensburg.
• Platform track 6: trains operate to and from Heide–Büsum.