Bad Bentheim railway station

Bad Bentheim
Bad Bentheim station
Location	Bad Bentheim, Lower Saxony Germany
Coordinates	52°18′35″N 7°9′26″E / 52.30972°N 7.15722°E / 52.30972; 7.15722Coordinates: 52°18′35″N 7°9′26″E / 52.30972°N 7.15722°E / 52.30972; 7.15722
Line(s)	Almelo-Salzbergen railway
Platforms	3
Other information
Station code	248
DS100 code	HBTF
Category	5
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1865
Services
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station Hengelo toward Amsterdam Centraal Intercity (DB) 140 Rheine toward Berlin Ostbahnhof Preceding station   WestfahlenBahn   Following station Terminus RB 61 Wiehengebirgs-Bahn Schüttorf toward Bielefeld Hbf

Bad Bentheim is a railway station located in Bad Bentheim, Germany. The station was opened on 18 October 1865 and is located on the Almelo - Salzbergen railway. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn with NS International and the Westfalenbahn.

The station is a border station between Germany and the Netherlands. Dutch and German locomotives change here as the voltage is different in the countries. From Bad Bentheim, passengers can travel on the international service to Amsterdam. Passengers can also reach cities such as Osnabrück, Hannover and Berlin.

To the east of the station is a shunting area for the Bentheimer Eisenbahn which is a freight railway to Nordhorn and Coevorden.

The following services currently call at Bad Bentheim:

From December 2010 until December 2013 there was a trial with a stopping train between Hengelo, Oldenzaal and Bad Bentheim. This service was operated by Syntus as the Grensland-Express, it stopped due to a lack of passengers. From December 2017 the RB61 will be extended to Hengelo. Additionally there are plans to start passenger services between Bad Bentheim, Nordhorn and Neuenhaus.

The station