is the main railway station in the northern German city of Kiel

Kiel

Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...

. It consists of six rail tracks, all of which are electrified, and is a hub for train services to nearby towns such as Plön

Plön

Plön is the district seat of the Plön district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and has about 13,000 inhabitants. It lies right on the shores of Schleswig-Holstein's biggest lake, the Great Plön Lake, as well as on several smaller lakes, touching the town on virtually all sides...

 and Eckernförde

Eckernförde

Eckernförde is a German city in Schleswig-Holstein, Kreis Rendsburg-Eckernförde at the Baltic Sea near Kiel. The population is about 23,000.All German submarines are stationed in Eckernförde....

.

Overview

The station is across the street from the end of the Kiel Fjord

Kiel Fjord

Kiel Fjord is an approximately long fjord or firth of the Baltic Sea along the shores of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Formed by glacial movement during the last Ice Age, it lies between the Danish Wold and Wagria. It originates at the Hörn in centre-city Kiel and merges into the Bay of Kiel.The...

. It is known for its huge number of commuters who travel daily from Kiel to work on the line to Hamburg by the Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...

 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...

. About 24,000 passengers use the station daily, making it the second busiest in Schleswig-Holstein, behind Lübeck Hauptbahnhof

Lübeck Hauptbahnhof

is the Hauptbahnhof for the Hanseatic city of Lübeck, in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is a through station at the western edge of the city centre....

 in the southeast of the state.

History

The station was opened in 1899, replacing a station built between 1843 and 1846 that was 250 metres further north. It was severely damaged in the Second World War and was rebuilt in the 1950s in a simplified form. In the early 2000s, the station underwent a large renovation of its interior.

Services

Regular services to the station operate on the following lines:

• Kiel–Eckernförde–Flensburg
  Kiel–Flensburg railway
  The Kiel–Flensburg railway is a single-track railway in Schleswig-Holstein. The railway connects the city of Kiel on the Baltic Sea with Eckernförde and Flensburg. As trains reach a speed of on the line - rather fast for a local railway - the stretch is nicknamed schnellste Nebenbahn Deutschlands...
  
  
• Kiel–Eutin–Lübeck
  Kiel–Lübeck railway
  The Kiel–Lübeck railway is a non-electrified, mostly single-track railway line in eastern Schleswig-Holstein in north Germany. It links Kiel and Lübeck, the only two cities in the state...
  
  
• Kiel–Rendsburg–Husum
• Kiel–Neumünster–Hamburg