Oldenburg Hauptbahnhof

Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf
Entrance of the station building
General information
Location	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Lower Saxony Germany
Coordinates	53°08′37″N08°13′21″E / 53.14361°N 8.22250°E / 53.14361; 8.22250
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Bremen–Oldenburg (KBS 390) Oldenburg–Leer (KBS 390) Wilhelmshaven–Oldenburg (KBS 392) Oldenburg–Osnabrück (KBS 392)
Platforms	7
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Architectural style	Art Nouveau
Other information
Station code	4765 [1]
DS100 code	HOLD [2]
IBNR	8000291
Category	2 [1]
Fare zone	VBN: 740 [3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1915
Services Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Terminus ICE 10 Delmenhorst towards Berlin Ostbahnhof ICE 25 Delmenhorst towards München Hbf Bad Zwischenahn towards Norddeich Mole IC 56 Delmenhorst towards Leipzig Hbf or Cottbus Hbf Preceding station DB Regio Nord Following station Bad Zwischenahn towards Norddeich Mole RE 1 Hude towards Hannover Hbf Preceding station NordWestBahn Following station Rastede towards Wilhelmshaven RE 18 Sandkrug towards Osnabrück Hbf Rastede towards Esens(Ostfriesl) RB 59 Limited service Sandkrug One-way operation Preceding station Bremen S-Bahn Following station Oldenburg-Wechloy towards Bad Zwischenahn RS3 Wüsting towards Bremen Hbf Rastede towards Wilhelmshaven Terminus Oldenburg-Wechloy towards Bad Zwischenahn RS30 Hude towards Bremen Hbf
Location

Oldenburg Hauptbahnhof (originally Oldenburg Centralbahnhof) is the main passenger station in the city of Oldenburg in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is a through station, with seven platform tracks. Its large reception hall was built in the Art Nouveau style.

It is one of two stations in Oldenburg open to passengers, the other one being the newly-constructed Oldenburg-Wechloy suburban rail station opened in 2015 in the vicinity of the University of Oldenburg. Older stations, including Ofenerdiek and Osternburg, have had their passenger service gradually removed over the course of previous decades.

History

Original central station in 1885

The first railway in the capital of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg was the line from Oldenburg to Bremen via Delmenhorst opened by the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways on 15 July 1867. On 3 September 1867, a line was opened from Oldenburg to Heppens (later renamed Wilhelmshaven), financed by the Prussian government. The line was operated by the Oldenburg State Railways, which in 1913 bought the line from Prussia, placing an enormous burden on the state's budget. On 15 June 1869, the Oldenburg–Leer line was opened. On 15 October 1875, the Oldenburg State Railways opened the Oldenburg–Osnabrück line.

The first Oldenburg station was planned to be built in today's Cäcilienplatz. In 1868, it became clear that the proposed building would be too small for the growing demand. Therefore, the project was never realized. Instead, a converted freight shed served as Oldenburg's station for twelve years.

On 21 May 1879, the Central Station was finally inaugurated as the first "real" station in Oldenburg at the site of the present station. It was a neo-Gothic building designed by the renowned architect Conrad Wilhelm Hase. It was considered one of the most romantic railway buildings in Germany.

Today's Oldenburg station was inaugurated on 3 August 1915 without much ceremony after four years of construction. The magnificent Art Nouveau building was designed by the architect, Friedrich Mettegang. A separate building was planned for the Grand Duke of Oldenburg to board trains, called Prince Hall. As part of the new building the tracks were raised by about 3.25 meters (10 ft 8 in). The building was placed at the edge of the tracks, so that the station could be rebuilt as a through station. Up to that time, travellers who wanted to continue past Oldenburg had to change trains. In 1992 the line was electrified from Oldenburg to Leer.

Inside the station

Connections

Main hall

The station's track 1 is next to the main building and it has three Island platforms, numbered as tracks 3/4, 5/6 and 7/8. Track 2 is a through track without a platform.

Platform	Route	Train category
1	Bremen – Hanover	Regional-Express
2 (no platform)	All routes	Freight trains
3	Hanover – Leipzig or Munich, Norddeich Mole	ICE, InterCity
4	Osnabrück, Bremen	NordWestBahn
5	Wilhelmshaven, Esens	NordWestBahn
6	Leer – Emden – Norddeich Mole	InterCity, Regional-Express
7	Bremen	Regionalbahn
8	Hude, Magdeburg and other stations	Regionalbahn, InterCity, special trains
9 (no platform)	Freight	Freight trains
10 (no platform)	Freight	Freight trains

Train services

The following services currently call at the station: ^[4]

Line	Route			Frequency
ICE 10	Oldenburg – Bremen – Hannover – Stendal – Berlin – Berlin Ostbahnhof			One train pair
ICE 25	Oldenburg – Bremen – Hannover – Göttingen – Fulda – München			Some trains
IC 56	Emden Außenhafen –	Emden – Oldenburg – Bremen – Hannover – Magdeburg –	Berlin – Cottbus	60 miin
	Norddeich Mole –		Leipzig – Dresden

The main long-distance service through Oldenburg is the IC 56 InterCity service operating at two-hour intervals to Leipzig via Hanover. In addition, Intercity-Express trains operate once a day on several routes.

Regional services are as follows as of December 2022:

Line	Route	Frequency
RE 1	Hannover Hbf  – Wunstorf  – Nienburg (Weser)  – Verden (Aller)  – Bremen Hbf  – Delmenhorst  – Hude  – Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf – Bad Zwischenahn – Leer  – Emden Hbf  – Norden  – Norddeich Mole	120 mins
RE 18	Osnabrück Hbf  – Bramsche  – Cloppenburg – Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf – Varel  – Wilhelmshaven	60 mins
RB 59	Esens – Oldenburg – Cloppenburg – Quakenbrück – Bramsche – Osnabrück Altstadt – Osnabrück	1 train Sa
RS3	Bremen Hbf – Bremen Neustadt – Heidkrug – Delmenhorst – Hoykenkamp – Schierbrok – Bookholzberg – Hude – Wüsting – Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf (– Oldenburg-Wechloy – Bad Zwischenahn)	60 mins
RS3	Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf – Rastede – Jaderberg – Varel (Oldb) – Sande – Wilhelmshaven	120/180 mins (weekdays during the day)
RS30	Bremen Hbf – Delmenhorst – Hude – Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf – Oldenburg-Wechloy – Bad Zwischenahn	60 mins

References

1. "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025](PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN   978-3-89494-139-0.
3. "Tarifplan" (PDF). Verkehrsverbund Bremen/Niedersachsen. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
4. Timetables for Oldenburg Hbf station (in German)

External links

• Media related to Oldenburg Hauptbahnhof at Wikimedia Commons
• Track plan of Oldenburg (Oldenburg) Hbf from Deutschen Bahn site (PDF; 177,3 KB)
• Images of the old Centralbahnhof