Rahden station

Rahden station is the northernmost station in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia in the town of Rahden in the Kreis (district) of Minden-Lübbecke. It is located at the northern end of the remaining section of the branch line from Bünde (where there is a connection to the Löhne–Rheine railway), with a connection to Herford station on the Hamm–Minden railway.

Rahden
Terminus
General information
Location	Bünde, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	52°25′59″N 8°37′26″E / 52.43306°N 8.62389°E / 52.43306; 8.62389
Line(s)	Rahden–Herford (KBS 386) Rahden–Uchte (Museum railway) Rahden–Ströhen(Han) (Draisine operations)
Platforms	2 (track 2 serves museum railway) ^[1]
Other information
Station code	5099 ^[2]
DS100 code	HRAH ^[3]
Category	6 ^[2]
Fare zone	Westfalentarif: 64001^[4]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1 October 1899 ^[5]
Services
Preceding station Eurobahn Following station Terminus RB 71 Espelkamp towards Bielefeld Hbf
Location
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History

 

The entrance building seen from platform side

Rahden station was opened on 1 October 1899^[5] at the end point of the railway line from Bünde, which was opened at the same time. Exactly one year later, another section was opened to Sulingen and the remainder of the line to Bassum was taken into operation.^[6] On 15 January 1910 this was followed by the opening of the line to Nienburg.

 

Eurobahn-Talent on the platform in Rahden

Passenger services to Nienburg were abandoned on 29 September 1968 and the section between Uchte and Nienburg was closed at the end of 1996.

Passenger services to Bassum were abandoned on 27 May 1994. This was followed by the closing of freight traffic on the section between Rahden and Barenburg on 1 September 1995 before this section of the line was closed at the end of 1997.^[6]

Location

Rahden station is located on the eastern edge of the town centre. It is located on the railway that formerly ran between Bassum and Herford, which is also called the Ravensberg Railway (Ravensberger Bahn). This now runs from Rahden via Bassum to Herford on the Hamm–Minden Railway.

Since Easter 2009 Auenland-Draisinen GmbH has operated a draisine service on a disused section of the line from Rahden to Ströhen.^[7]

The Museumseisenbahn Rahden-Uchte operates steam excursions on the former Nienburg–Rahden railway from the station during the summer months.^[8]

Rail services

Rahden station is served by a Regionalbahn service (RB71), which is operated by Eurobahn with modern Bombardier Talent diesel railcars.^[9]

Line	Line name	Route	Frequency	Operator
RB 71	Ravensberger Bahn	Rahden – Bünde – Herford – Bielefeld	060 min (Mon–Sat) 120 min (Sun)	Eurobahn

Notes

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bahnhof Rahden (Kr Lübbecke).

1. "Platform information" (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
2. "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
3. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
4. "Fahrtauskunft". Westfalentarif. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
5. "Rahden (Kr Lübbecke) station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
6. "Line 2982: Bünde ↔ Bassum". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
7. "Draisine operations" (in German). Auenland-Draisinen Rahden - Ströhen (Han.). Retrieved 13 January 2013.
8. "Museumseisenbahn Rahden-Uchte" (in German). Retrieved 13 January 2013.
9. "Rahden (Kr Lübbecke) station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 13 January 2014.