Schleswig station explained

Schleswig station
Native Name Lang:de
Symbol:rail
Symbol Location:de
Type:Through station
Address:Bahnhofstr. 29, Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein
Country:Germany
Coordinates:54.5°N 9.5378°W
Opened:29 December 1869
Website:www.bahnhof.de

Schleswig station is the station of the city of Schleswig in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is located on the Neumünster–Flensburg and Husum–Jübek-Schleswig–Kiel lines. It is currently operated by Deutsche Bahn, which classifies it as a category 5 station.

History

Formerly, the station was connected to Schleswig Altstadt station by a three kilometre-long line of the Schleswig District Railway, which connected to lines to Satrup, Kappeln via Süderbrarup and to Friedrichstadt.

Operations

In long-distance traffic, since 9 December 2007, daily Intercity-Express trains on the Aarhus–Hamburg–Berlin route have stopped in Schleswig, but this service ended in December 2015 and was replaced by DSB (railway company) EuroCity trains, which do not stop in Schleswig.[1]

DB Regio Nord operates hourly Regional-Express services between Hamburg and Flensburg an norbahn operates services between Husum and Kiel.

LineRouteIntervalOperator
Flensburg – Schleswig – Hamburg – Berlin-SpandauDresdenPragueOne train pairDB Fernverkehr / České dráhy
Hamburg – SchleswigPadborgOdense CopenhagenEvery two hoursDB Fernverkehr / DSB
HamburgElmshornNeumünsterRendsburgSchleswigFlensburgHourlyDB Regio Nord
Husum – Jübek – Schleswig – Owschlag – Rendsburg – Felde – KielHourlynordbahn

Tracks

The station has three tracks, two of which have a platform that is used for passenger operations. Trains operate as follows:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Deutsche Bahn press release . https://web.archive.org/web/20160216190135/http://www.deutschebahn.com/presse/hamburg/de/aktuell/presseinformationen/10218710/Fahrplanwechsel_HH-SH.html?hl=Neumünster . 2016-02-16 . 2016-08-02.