Borken (Westf) station explained

Borken (Westf)
Native Name Lang:de
Symbol Location:de
Type:Terminus
Borough:Borken, North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:Germany
Coordinates:51.8486°N 6.8656°W
Platforms:1
Zone:Westfalentarif

57651[1]

Opened:21 June 1880 [2]
Website:www.bahnhof.de

Borken (Westf) station (German: Bahnhof Borken (Westf)) is the main station of the town of Borken and important transport hub of west Münsterland in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Borken station is a former railway junction on the Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck–Winterswijk railway, the Empel-Rees–Münster railway and the Borken–Steinfurt railway. Since 1996, it has been the terminus of the only section of the Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck–Winterswijk line that is still operating.

History

The Dutch Westphalian Railway (NWE) began to build its Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck–Winterswijk line in 1878. It opened it together with the line from Borken-Gemen station as a through station on 21 June 1880. It was named Borken (Westphalia) station on 6 March 1883.

The Prussian state railways (PSE) took over the line of the NWE in 1889. On 1 August 1902, it opened the Empel-Rees–Münster railway from Bocholt station, making Borken station into a railway junction. Just two months later, on 1 October 1902, the Westfälische Landes-Eisenbahn (Westphalian Lands Railway, WLE) opened its terminus of the Borken–Steinfurt line nearby. On 1 October 1904, the PSE opened the Borken-Coesfeld section of the Empel-Rees–Münster line.

Operations

Borken station is now served only by a single Regional-Express service. This is like a Stadt-Express service, as it stops on the section south of Gladbeck West only at the most important stations, while each station is served on the northern section:[3] [4]

Bus services

Line Route
Borken station - Borken Alter Kirchplatz - Reken station - Reken Babarastr. - Klein Reken
Borken station - Borken cemetery - Marbeck-Heiden station - Marbeck Bente - Borken station
Nünning-Realschule - Borken station - Borken cemetery - Marbeck Denkmal - Marbeck-Heiden station - Rhade station
Nünning-Realschule - Borken station - Ramsdorf Ortsmitte - Holthausen Schule - Nordvelen Schlatt - Velen Ellinghaus
Borken Wilbecke - Borken station - Weseke Schlückersring - Stadtlohn Wessendorf - Wüllen Am Spieker - Ahaus station
Borken Jeanette-Wolf-Str. - Borken station - Borken Kettelerstr. - Borkenwirthe Epskamp - Burlo Kloster - Oeding level crossing - Südlohn Am Vereinshaus
Borken station - Borken cemetery - Westborken Schlöter - Hoxfeld Wüst - Rhedebrügge Ortsmitte - Westborken - An der Höchte
Borken Landwehr - Borken station - Borken Jahnstr. - Borken Wagnerstr. - Gemen-RotKreuz Zenter
Borken station - Borken Jahnstr. - Gemenwirthe Alte Mühle - Burlo Kloster
Borken station - Gemen Evers - Weseke Im Brink - Weseke Südlohner Str. - Burlo Kloster - Borkenwirthe Hl.-Kreuz-Kirchen - Grütlohn Jünck - Borken cemetery - Borken station
Borken station - Borken cemetery - Westenborken Schlöter - Rhedebrügge Ortsmitte - Rhedebrügge Heselhaus - Grütlohn Grütering - Borken cemetery - Borken station
Bocholt Bustreff/bus station - Bocholt station - Borken station - Gemen Ortsmitte - Velen Ellinghaus - Flamschen Emmerick - Coesfeld station - Höven Kreuzung - Legden Dorf Münsterland
Borken station - Borken cemetery - Marbeck Waidmannsheil - Raesfeld Kirche - Erle cemetery - Schermbeck Försterei Müller - Rhade Ort - Rhade station - Deuten station - Deuten Mitte - Dorsten bus station / Dorsten station
Bocholt Bustreff/bus station - Bocholt station - Hoxfeld Kaninchenberg - Borken Sägewerk - Borken station - Velen Ellinghaus - Hochmoor Sparkasse - Gescher Lanfer - Goxel Klye - Coesfeld station
Please see timetable
Please see timetable
Bocholt Bustreff/bus station - Rhede Gudulakirche - Borken station - Merfeld church - Münster Inselbogen - Münster Hauptbahnhof

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fahrtauskunft . Westfalentarif . 18 May 2020.
  2. Web site: Borken (Westf) station operations . NRW Rail Archive . André Joost . 23 July 2013 . German.
  3. Web site: RE 14 - Emscher-Münsterland-Express.
  4. Web site: Borken (Westf) station . NRW Rail Archive . André Joost . 23 July 2013 . German.