Oldenburg Hauptbahnhof

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Oldenburg Hauptbahnhof
Logo Deutsche Bahn.svg
Junction station
Oldenburg Hbf1.jpg
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)
Platforms7
Construction
Architectural style Art Nouveau
Other information
Station code4765 [1]
DS100 code HOLD [2]
IBNR8000291
Category 2 [1]
Fare zone VBN: 740 [3]
Website www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1915
Services
Preceding station Deutsche Bahn AG-Logo.svg DB Fernverkehr Following station
Terminus ICE 10 Delmenhorst
ICE 22 Bremen Hbf
One-way operation
ICE 25 Bremen Hbf
towards München Hbf
Bad Zwischenahn IC 56 Delmenhorst
Preceding station Deutsche Bahn AG-Logo.svg DB Regio Nord Following station
Bad Zwischenahn RE 1 Hude
towards Hannover Hbf
Preceding station NordWestBahn Following station
Rastede
towards Wilhelmshaven
RE 18 Sandkrug
Preceding station Bremen S-Bahn Following station
Oldenburg-Wechloy RS3 Wüsting
towards Bremen Hbf
Rastede
towards Wilhelmshaven
Terminus
Oldenburg-Wechloy RS30 Hude
towards Bremen Hbf
Location
Lower Saxony location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Oldenburg
Location in Lower Saxony
Germany adm location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Oldenburg
Location in Germany
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Red pog.svg
Oldenburg
Location in Europe

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.

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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 Oldenburger Centralbahnhof.jpg
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.

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Inside the station

Connections

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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.

PlatformRoute Train category
1 BremenHanover Regional-Express
2 (no platform)All routesFreight trains
3Hanover – Leipzig or Munich, Norddeich Mole ICE, InterCity
4 Osnabrück, Bremen NordWestBahn
5 Wilhelmshaven, Esens NordWestBahn
6 LeerEmden – Norddeich MoleInterCity, Regional-Express
7Bremen Regionalbahn
8Hude, Magdeburg and other stations Regionalbahn, InterCity, special trains
9 (no platform)FreightFreight trains
10 (no platform)FreightFreight trains

Train services

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

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:

LineRouteFrequency
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
RS3 Bremen Hbf – Bremen NeustadtHeidkrug – Delmenhorst – HoykenkampSchierbrokBookholzberg – Hude – WüstingOldenburg (Oldb) Hbf (– Oldenburg-Wechloy – Bad Zwischenahn 60 mins
RS3 Oldenburg (Oldb) HbfRastede – Jaderberg – Varel (Oldb) – Sande – Wilhelmshaven120/180 mins (weekdays during the day)
RS30 Bremen Hbf – Delmenhorst – Hude – Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf – Oldenburg-Wechloy – Bad Zwischenahn60 mins

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  4. Timetables for Oldenburg Hbf station (in German)