Bremerhaven-Lehe railway station
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Bremerhaven-Lehe is a railway station in the Lehe district of the city of Bremerhaven
Bremerhaven
Bremerhaven is a city at the seaport of the free city-state of Bremen, a state of the Federal Republic of Germany. It forms an enclave in the state of Lower Saxony and is located at the mouth of the River Weser on its eastern bank, opposite the town of Nordenham...

, Germany
Germany
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History

The station was opened in 1863 as an extension of the Bremen-Geestemünde line. In 1896, the line to Cuxhaven was opened. The station has undergone renovations in the early 2000s and is now equipped with a lift
Elevator
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Operations

The RegionalExpress
RegionalExpress
The term Regional-Express denotes a type of regional train in Germany and Austria .It is best compared to a semi-fast train, as it calls at fewer stations than Regionalbahn or S-Bahn trains, but stops more often than InterCity services...

 trains to and from Osnabrück Hbf
Osnabrück Hauptbahnhof
Osnabrück Hauptbahnhof or Osnabrück Hbf is a railway station located in Osnabrück, Germany. The station was opened in 1895 and is located on the Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg, Löhne–Rheine, Osnabrück–Bielefeld and the Oldenburg–Osnabrück lines. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn, NordWestBahn...

 and Bremen Hbf
Bremen Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Bremen in northwestern Germany. It is the most important rail station for both the city and the state of Bremen; InterCityExpress, Intercity, EuroCity, CityNightLine and DB NachtZug services call at the station, which is situated to the Northeast of the city...

 call at the station. Furthermore, Bremerhaven-Lehe is the terminal and starting point for the RegionalBahn
RegionalBahn
The Regionalbahn is a type of local passenger train in Germany.-Service:Regionalbahn trains usually call at all stations on a given line, with the exception of RB trains within S-Bahn networks, these may only call at selected stations...

 connection to Bremen. Services to Cuxhaven, operated by Nordseebahn, call at the station as well.
The Bremerhaven-Lehe marshalling yard (code HBHLA) is nearby.. The next station to the south is Bremerhaven Hauptbahnhof
Bremerhaven Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Bremerhaven in Northwestern Germany. It is the main railway hub for the city, offering regional connections to Bremen Hbf, Osnabrück Hbf, Cuxhaven, Bremervörde and Hamburg Hbf...

 (HBH), to the north lies the closed station Bremerhaven-Speckenbüttel
Bremerhaven-Speckenbüttel railway station
Bremerhaven-Speckenbüttel is a currently closed railway station on the line from Cuxhaven to Bremerhaven.The station was closed in the early 1980s, along with several others on the line. The station might be reopened when the Bremen S-Bahn scheme becomes effective in 2010....

 (HBHP), the next passenger station still in use is Wremen
Wremen railway station
Wremen is a railway station on the Nordseebahn line from Cuxhaven to Bremerhaven in Northwestern Germany. It is situated close to the village of Wremen.-History:...

 (AWRE) on the line to Cuxhaven.
Connections to local traffic are provided by a bus stop (operated by BremerhavenBus) in front of the station. The old station building has been rented out to two tenants, an hotel
Hotel
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 on the upper floors and an Aldi
ALDI
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 supermarket
Supermarket
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on the ticket hall floor. Access to the station is provided by a passenger tunnel underneath the platforms.
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