Lünen Hauptbahnhof
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Lünen station is located north of central Lünen
on the outskirts of Nordlünen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia
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. Only regional trains operate here. It is the most important transport hub for public transport within the city of Lünen and the northern part of the district of Unna and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn
as a category 4 station
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The station building is built between the diverging railways, which are on different levels. On the lower level is the Dortmund–Enschede line (KBS 412) with tracks 1 and 2, on the upper level is the Dortmund-Münster line (KBS 411) with tracks 3 and 4. There is also the disused track 5. The lower level connects to the nearby Lünen central bus station. Direct access to the platforms is possible through a tunnel from the lower level. The western end of this pedestrian tunnel provides an indirect passage to the inner city.
The station's entrance building has been extensively renovated.
Lünen
Lünen or Luenen is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located north of Dortmund along the Lippe River. It is the largest town of the Unna district, and part of the green Münster area....
on the outskirts of Nordlünen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...
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Significance
Lünen station is an important station for regional trains in the district of UnnaUnna (district)
The Unna district is a Kreis in central North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring authorities are the district of Coesfeld, the city of Hamm, the districts of Soest and Märkischer Kreis, the cities of Hagen and Dortmund, and the district of Recklinghausen.-History:The area of the present...
. Only regional trains operate here. It is the most important transport hub for public transport within the city of Lünen and the northern part of the district of Unna and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...
as a category 4 station
German railway station categories
About 5,400 railway stations in Germany that are owned and operated by the Deutsche Bahn subsidiary DB Station&Service are assigned into seven categories, denoting the service level available at the station....
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Station facility
Lünen station it built at the railway junction and has diverging platforms. There are five tracks at Lünen station, four of which are located on station platforms. The fifth track was used as a connection to the Victoria colliery and is now closed.The station building is built between the diverging railways, which are on different levels. On the lower level is the Dortmund–Enschede line (KBS 412) with tracks 1 and 2, on the upper level is the Dortmund-Münster line (KBS 411) with tracks 3 and 4. There is also the disused track 5. The lower level connects to the nearby Lünen central bus station. Direct access to the platforms is possible through a tunnel from the lower level. The western end of this pedestrian tunnel provides an indirect passage to the inner city.
Platforms
- Track 1: RB51 (DortmundDortmund Hauptbahnhofis the central station for the city of Dortmund in Germany.The station's origins lie in a joint station of the Köln-Mindener Eisenbahn and Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn which was built north of the city centre in 1847. That station was replaced by a new station, erected in 1910 at the current site....
–Lünen–CoesfeldCoesfeldCoesfeld is the capital of the district of Coesfeld in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:Coesfeld received its city rights in 1197, but was first recorded earlier than that in the biography of St. Ludger, patron and first bishop of the diocese of Munster who was born north of...
–GronauGronauGronau is the name of two German cities*Gronau in Westfalen, district Borken, North Rhine-Westphalia*Gronau an der Leine, district Hildesheim, Lower Saxony...
–Enschede) and (Lünen–Dortmund) - Track 2: RB51 (Enschede–Gronau–Coesfeld–Lünen–Dortmund)
- Track 3: RB50 (MunsterMünster Hauptbahnhof-History:The original Münster station was opened in 1848 by the Münster-Hamm Railway Company, when it opened by the Münster–Hamm railway to the then capital of the Prussian Province of Westphalia as a terminus of its branch line from Hamm, where it connected with Cologne-Minden trunk line. The...
–Lünen–Dortmund) and non-stopping long-distance trains (Münster–Dortmund) - Track 4: RB50 (Dortmund–Lünen–Munster), and non-stopping long-distance trains (Dortmund - Munster)
- Track 5: closed (connection to the former Victoria colliery)
History
The station was opened in 1917 as Lünen Ost station, but by 1925 it had been renamed Lünen Hauptbahnhof. It was not the first station in Lünen; this was the now disused Lünen-Nord station, which was opened at the end of the 19th century by the Dortmund-Gronau-Enschede Railway Company .The station's entrance building has been extensively renovated.
Services
Lünen station is served by two regional railway lines.| Line | Line name | Route | Operator |
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| Der Lüner | Dortmund Dortmund Hauptbahnhof is the central station for the city of Dortmund in Germany.The station's origins lie in a joint station of the Köln-Mindener Eisenbahn and Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn which was built north of the city centre in 1847. That station was replaced by a new station, erected in 1910 at the current site.... – Lünen – Werne (a d Lippe) – Münster (Westf) |
eurobahn | |
| Westmünsterland-Bahn | Dortmund – Lünen – Dülmen – Coesfeld (Westf) – Enschede | Prignitzer Eisenbahn |